HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) GLOBAL HAWK ADVANCED VERTICAL ATMOSPHERIC PROFILING SYSTEM (AVAPS) DROPSONDE SYSTEM V2
The Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Global Hawk Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) Dropsonde System dataset was collected by the Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS), built by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), which served as the dropsonde system for the Global Hawk aircraft during the HS3 campaign. Goals for HS3 included: assessing the relative roles of large-scale environment and storm-scale internal processes; and addressing the controversial role of the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) in tropical storm formation and intensification as well as the role of deep convection in the inner-core region of storms. AVAPS dropsondes provide in-situ, high-vertical resolution measurements of atmospheric variables including pressure, temperature, humidity, geographic location, and winds, providing a vertical profile of the atmospheric conditions. The raw instrument measurement precision is as follows: pressure +-1.0 hPa, temperature +-0.2 degrees C, wind +-1 ms-1, and humidity +-7 percent. The measured information was transmitted via Iridium or Ku-Band satellite to the ground station where the Global Telecommunications System (GTS) performed additional processing for research and operational purposes.
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| Spatial Extent: | Bounding Rectangle: N: 47.1646 S: 7.9001 E: -19.0779 W: -97.5988 |
Data Format(s): | Distribution: ASCII |
| Temporal Extent: | Platform(s): | Global Hawk UAV | |
| Data Center(s): | NASA/MSFC/GHRC, Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA | Instrument(s): | AVAPS, DROPSONDES |
| Version: | 2 | ||
- Other Citation Details: Hock, Terry , Kate Young and Holger Voemel.2017. HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) GLOBAL HAWK ADVANCED VERTICAL ATMOSPHERIC PROFILING SYSTEM (AVAPS) DROPSONDE SYSTEM V2 [indicate subset used]. Dataset available online from the NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center DAAC, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/HS3/AVAPS/DROPSONDE/DATA202
10.5067/HS3/AVAPS/DROPSONDE/DATA202
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/hs3/AVAPS/doc/HS3_AVAPS_Guide_V2.pdf, The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset
- PI DOCUMENTATION: https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/hs3/AVAPS/doc/readme.V5.HS3-2013.GHdropsonde.pdf, Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) 2013 Global Hawk Dropsonde Data Analysis Summary
- PI DOCUMENTATION: https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/hs3/AVAPS/doc/readme.V3.HS3-2014.GHdropsonde.pdf, Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) 2014 Global Hawk Dropsonde Data Analysis Summary
- PI DOCUMENTATION: https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/hs3/AVAPS/doc/readme.V5.HS3-2012.GHdropsonde.pdf, Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) 2012 Global Hawk Dropsonde Project Analysis Summary
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data, Instructions for citing GHRC data
Collection Information
Data Identification
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Processing Level
2
https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/proc_level
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Collection Progress
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Access Constraints
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Acquisition Information
Projects
| Project Short Name | Campaigns | Project Dates |
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| HS3 | No campaigns listed. | No dates provided. |
Temporal Information
Temporal Keywords
- Hourly - < Daily
Spatial Information
| Coverage Type | Zone Identifier | Geometry | Granule Representation |
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| HORIZONTAL | CARTESIAN | CARTESIAN |
Location Keywords
- OCEAN
- ATLANTIC OCEAN
- NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
Data Centers
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NASA/MSFC/GHRC
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Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA
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320 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville, Alabama 35805
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Data Contacts
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Archive And Distribution Information
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Format: ASCII
Format Type: Native
Fees: 0.0
File Distribution Information
Direct Distribution Information
Region: us-west-2
S3 Bucket and Object Prefix Names: ghrcw-protected/hs3avaps2__2/
S3 Credentials API Endpoint: https://data.ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov/s3credentials
S3 Credentials API Documentation URL: https://data.ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov/s3credentialsREADME