Description
The GRIP High Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP) dataset was collected by the High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP), which is a dual-frequency (Ka- and Ku-band) conical scan system, configured with a nadir viewing antenna on the Global Hawk aircraft. The HIWRAP instrument provides calibrated reflectivity and unfolded Doppler velocity. These dual-frequency radar measurements have frequencies similar to that of the GPM. These data are from the Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) experiment from September 16, 2010 through September 24, 2010. The major goal was to better understand how tropical storms form and develop into major hurricanes. NASA used the DC-8 aircraft, the WB-57 aircraft and the Global Hawk Unmanned Airborne System (UAS), configured with a suite of in situ and remote sensing instruments that were used to observe and characterize the lifecycle of hurricanes. HIWRAP flew on the Global Hawk aircraft mainly over the Gulf of Mexico.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | Velocity-Azimuth Display Analysis of Doppler Velocity for HIWRAP; Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | Ensemble Kalman Filter Assimilation of HIWRAP Observations of Hurricane Karl (2010) from the Unmanned Global Hawk Aircraft, Monthly Weather Review, 142, 4559-4580 | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | Wind Retrieval Algorithms for the IWRAP and HIWRAP Airborne Doppler Radars with Applications to Hurricanes; American Meteorological Society Volume 31, Issue 6 (June 2014) | Open resource |
| View the documentation for this dataset's algorithms | HTML | The NASA High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler; IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.54,no.1, pp.298-310, Jan.2016 | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | Instructions for citing GHRC data | Open resource |
| The dataset's project home page | HTML | The home page for the project or program which sponsored the dataset | Open resource |
| View a micro article on this dataset | HTML | Hurricane Micro Article | Open resource |
| View the primary investigator's documentation for this dataset | HTML | High-altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP) | Open resource |
| Get a related visualization | HTML | N/A | Open resource |
| Get a related visualization | GIF | Sample browse image | Open resource |
| Google Scholar search results | HTML | Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. | Open resource |
| Download this dataset | HTML | Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link | Open resource |