NOAA P-3 SFMR Data

This data set contains the Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer (SFMR) data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) P-3 aircraft flights into the tropical systems of interest to the Tropical Cyclone Intensity (TCI) field project. The primary parameters included are the surface wind speed and rain rate. The storms included are Erika from the 2015 Atlantic region, Patricia from the 2015 East Pacific region, and Matthew from the 2016 Atlantic region. These data are in Net Common Data form (NetCDF format) and were collected from the NOAA Hurricane Research Division (HRD) archives.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2015-08-25T13:45:00Z
    End:  2016-10-08T06:24:00Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2015-08-25T13:45:00Z
Temporal Range End 2016-10-08T06:24:00Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 37.85000
Bounding Box South Lat 11.32000
Bounding Box West Long -109.29000
Bounding Box East Long -63.04000
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : README_NOAA_P3_SFMR.pdf
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format TAR: Unix Tape ARchive (TAR) Format File (application/x-tar)
Standardized Resource Format Archive
Asset Size 44 MB
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Author NOAA/AOML Hurricane Research Division
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Publication Date 2017-12-01T17:07:00
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/GKYT-0ZK8-XD02
Alternate Identifier 488.015
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-07T21:46:29Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::488.015
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation NOAA/AOML Hurricane Research Division. (2017). NOAA P-3 SFMR Data. 1.0. https://doi.org/10.26023/GKYT-0ZK8-XD02. Accessed 04 November 2025.

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