HS3 2013 Global Hawk Dropsonde Data. Version 5.0

This data set contains Global Hawk dropsonde data from seven research flights of the unmanned NOAA/NASA Global Hawk (GH) aircraft conducted between 20 August and 19 September 2013 for the Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) project. The GH is equipped with an NCAR/NOAA dropsonde system specially designed for remote operation. A total of 433 quality controlled soundings are contained in the final HS3 dropsonde data set.

本数据集收录了2013年8月20日至9月19日期间，针对飓风与强风暴哨兵（Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel, HS3）项目开展的7架次由美国国家海洋和大气管理局（National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA）与美国国家航空航天局（National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA）联合运营的全球鹰（Global Hawk, GH）无人研究飞机执行的研究飞行任务所获取的探空数据。该全球鹰无人机搭载了专为远程操控设计的美国国家大气研究中心（National Center for Atmospheric Research, NCAR）与NOAA联合开发的探空系统。最终的HS3探空数据集中共包含433条经过质量控制的探空廓线。