Tropical Cyclone Intensity (TCI) Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) V2.1

The Tropical Cyclone Intensity (TCI) Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) dataset was created for the TCI field campaign from August 30, 2015 through October 23, 2015. The goal of the TCI field campaign was to improve the prediction of tropical cyclone (TC) intensity and structure change. The specific focus was to have an improved understanding of TC upper-level outflow layer processes and dynamics. These Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) data were obtained from the instrument onboard the NASA WB-57 aircraft flow on specific dates during the campaign. The data files include brightness temperature, rain rate, wind speed, and sea surface temperature estimates in netCDF-3 format, with corresponding browse imagery in PNG format.

本数据集，即热带气旋强度（TCI）飓风成像辐射计（HIRAD）数据集，系为2015年8月30日至2015年10月23日间进行的TCI实地考察活动所创建。TCI实地考察活动旨在提升对热带气旋（TC）强度及其结构变化的预测能力。考察重点在于深化对TC高层流出层过程及其动力学的理解。在考察期间，特定日期通过搭载于NASA WB-57飞机上的仪器收集到了这些HIRAD数据。数据文件包含亮度温度、雨率、风速以及海面温度估算值，均以netCDF-3格式存储，并附有PNG格式的浏览图像。