Project # 2005-304 RAINEX

Hurricane RAinband and INtensity-change EXperiment

Principal Investigator(s):   Shuyi S. Chen, Robert A. Houze, Jr.

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory P-3 Orion

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Low-Rate Variable List from Production netCDF File


If a variable name shows a hyperlink, clicking on it will display information from RAF Bulletin No. 9

Name Units Description
base_timeseconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000Start time of data recording.
Timeseconds since 2005-08-27 13:17:00 +0000time of measurement
time_offsetseconds since 2005-08-27 13:17:00 +0000Seconds since base_time.
ACINSm/s2Aircraft Vertical Acceleration
ADIFRmbarVertical Differential Pressure, Radome
BDIFRmbarHorizontal Differential Pressure, Radome
BLATAgIRS Lateral Body Acceleration
BLONGAgIRS Longitudinal Body Acceleration
BNORMAgIRS Normal Body Acceleration
BPITCHRdeg/sIRS Body Pitch Rate
BROLLRdeg/sIRS Body Roll Rate
BYAWRdeg/sIRS Body Yaw Rate
DPTdeg_CDew/Frost Point Temperature, Fuselage Top
GGALTmGPS Geopotential Altitude
GGLATdegree_NGPS Latitude
GGLONdegree_EGPS Longitude
GGMODEnoneGPS Mode
GGNSATcountGPS Number of Satellites
GGSPDm/sGPS Ground Speed
GGTRKdegree_TGPS Track Angle
GGVEWm/sGPS Ground Speed Vector, East Component
GGVNSm/sGPS Ground Speed Vector, North Component
GSFm/sInertial Ground Speed
HGM232mGeometric (Radar) Altitude (APN-232)
HGM232S Geometric Altitude Status Monitor (APN-232)
LATdegree_NInertial Latitude
LONdegree_EInertial Longitude
PITCHdegreeAircraft Pitch Angle
PSFmbarRaw Static Pressure, Fuselage
QCFmbarRaw Dynamic Pressure, Fuselage
QCRmbarRaw Dynamic Pressure, Radome
ROLLdegreeAircraft Roll Angle
THDGdegree_TAircraft True Heading Angle
TKATdegree_TIRS Track Angle, True
TTRLdeg_CTotal Temperature, Radome Left
TTRRdeg_CTotal Temperature, Radome Right
VEWm/sInertial Ground Speed Vector, East Component
VNSm/sInertial Ground Speed Vector, North Component
VSPDm/sIRS-Computed Aircraft Vertical Velocity
AKRDdegreeAttack Angle, Radome Diff. Pressure
ATRLdeg_CAmbient Temperature, Radome Left
ATRRdeg_CAmbient Temperature, Radome Right
ATTACKdegreeAttack Angle, Reference
ATXdeg_CAmbient Temperature, Reference
DPTCdeg_CDew Point Temperature, T-Electric Top
DPXCdeg_CDew Point Temperature, Reference
EDPCmbarAmbient Water Vapor Pressure, Reference
IASknotIndicated Airspeed
LATCdegree_NGPS-Corrected Inertial Latitude
LONCdegree_EGPS-Corrected Inertial Longitude
MRgram/kgMixing Ratio, T-Electric
ONEnoneConstant value of 1.
PALTmNACA Pressure Altitude
PALTFfeetNACA Pressure Altitude
PSFCmbarCorrected Static Pressure, Fuselage
PSURFmbarCalculated Surface Pressure
PSXmbarRaw Static Pressure, Reference
PSXCmbarCorrected Static Pressure, Reference
QCFCmbarCorrected Dynamic Pressure, Fuselage
QCRCmbarCorrected Dynamic Pressure, Radome
QCXmbarRaw Dynamic Pressure, Reference
QCXCmbarCorrected Dynamic Pressure, Reference
RHODTgram/m3Absolute Humidity, T-Electric Top
RHUM%Relative Humidity
SOLAZradianSolar Azimuth Angle
SOLDEradianSolar Declination Angle
SOLELradianSolar Elevation Angle
SOLZEradianSolar Zenith Angle
SSLIPdegreeSideslip Angle, Reference
SSRDdegreeSideslip Angle, Radome Diff. Pressure
TASFm/sAircraft True Airspeed, Fuselage
TASHCm/sAircraft True Airspeed, Humidity Corrected
TASRm/sAircraft True Airspeed, Radome
TASXm/sAircraft True Airspeed, Reference
THETAKPotential Temperature
THETAEKEquivalent Potential Temperature
THETAVKVirtual Potential Temperature
TTXdeg_CTotal Temperature, Reference
UIm/sWind Vector, East Component
UICm/sGPS-Corrected Wind Vector, East Component
UXm/sWind Vector, Longitudinal Component
UXCm/sGPS-Corrected Wind Vector, Longitudinal Component
VEWCm/sGPS-Corrected Inertial Ground Speed Vector, East Component
VIm/sWind Vector, North Component
VICm/sGPS-Corrected Wind Vector, North Component
VNSCm/sGPS-Corrected Inertial Ground Speed Vector, North Component
VYm/sWind Vector, Lateral Component
VYCm/sGPS-Corrected Wind Vector, Lateral Component
WDdegree_THorizontal Wind Direction
WDCdegree_TGPS-Corrected Horizontal Wind Direction
WIm/sWind Vector, Vertical Gust Component
WICm/sGPS-Corrected Wind Vector, Vertical Gust Component
WP3m/sDamped Aircraft Vertical Velocity
WSm/sHorizontal Wind Speed
WSCm/sGPS-Corrected Horizontal Wind Speed
XMACH2noneAircraft Mach Number Squared
ZEROnoneConstant value of 0.

Last update: Wed May 31 16:58:46 GMT 2006