HURSAT MW Data

Version = Beta

The data is in beta release. This means that the netCDF data structure (e.g., variable names, attributes) could likely change before the public release (version 1) is made.

Sample NetCDF CDL

A sample netCDF CDL file (i.e., output from ncdump -h) is available.

Data Access

Contact Ken Knapp for access to the data.

File naming convention

YgYgYgYgDgDgDgBBLtLtLnLn-NNN.YYYY.MM.DD.HHMM.SS.Sat.WWW.hursat-mw.VER.nc

YgYgYgYg - Four digit year denoting the year of storm genesis
DgDgDg - 3 digit day of year of storm genesis
BB - Basin of genesis:
- EP - East Pacific
- WP - West Pacific
- SP - South Pacific
- IO - Indian Ocean
- NA - North Atlantic
LtLt - Absolute value of the latitude of the storm genesis location (rounded to the nearest integer). Latitude values are positive except for SP storms, which are negative.
LnLnLn - Longitude of the storm genesis (rounded to nearest integer) (0-359)
NNN - First three letters of the name of the storm (mmm = storm name not available).
YYYY - Year of the satellite observation.
MM - Month of year of the satellite observation.
DD - Day of month of the satellite observation.
HHmm - Hour (HH) and minute (mm) of the satellite observation. All times are in the Universal Time Coordinate (UTC).
SS - Scan number [1-64]. Location in the low resolution scan of the storm center. The center of the scan is pixel 32 with scan edges at 1 and 64
Sat - SSMI Satellite ID
WWW - Wind speed from the best track data
VER - Data set version (currently "beta")

Example

2003249NA14329-ISA.2003.09.13.1102.10.F13.134.hursat-mw.beta.nc

Storm began in 2003 on day of year 249 (Sep. 6).
NA - Storm began in the North Atlantic
14 - Storm began near 14 deg North
329 - Storm began near 329 deg East (31 deg West)
ISA - Isabelle
2003 = 2003
09 = September
13 = September 13th
1102 = 11:02 UTC
10 = Storm center nearest the 10th pixel (near the swath edge)
F13 - SSMI aboard F13
134 - Maximum sustained wind (1-minute average) at 134 kmots)
beta - Data set version (currently "beta")