NOAA's Hurricane Research Division has a variety of data sets that
have been collected during their annual Hurricane Field Program.
This consists mostly of data collected by NOAA aircraft flying into
and around hurricanes, but also includes wind field analyses, land
based radar loops, and data archived from U.S. Air Force reconnaisance
flights.
To access this data, we ask that you read our Data Policy below and at the bottom of the pageclick accept. This will take you to our main data page
which should allow you to navigate through the years to find the storm you want.
Unless otherwise stated data contained on this site are the
property of the US Department of Commerce and may not have been
processed for quality assurance.
We ask that a proper acknowledgement to the "NOAA Hurricane Research
Division of AOML" accompany the use of these data in any publications
or presentations. If Type 2 or 3 data are used in a scientific paper,
please cite the relevant publication(s) of the HRD staff scientists who
developed the methods for generating or processing the data.
If use of Type 2 or 3 data in a
publication constitutes a major or fairly significant aspect of an article,
co-authorship by an HRD scientist is appropriate; please discuss any such
planned use with the associated contact scientist
listed in the metadata or information sections for the particular data
type.
If you do cite our work in a publication, please send us a reprint or an
email with the citation, so that we might keep track of the use of our work.
Thank you in advance.
Please check the HRD Staff and
Publication pages
for additional citations that may help your research. We welcome
collaborations and will lend our expertise in interpretation and
evaluation of the data.
HRD's Data Types and Distribution
Freely available Data on the Web:
Type1:
Raw or Experimental Data
Any data transmitted in near-real-time such as TEMPDROP's and Flight Level
MINOBS
Type2:
Synthesized Data
HRD Near Real-Time information and products such as Mission reports and H*Wind Surface Analysis
HRD Data User Agreement
Data sets available through HRD's Web sites are freely available and can be downloaded for academic,
research, or professional purposes subject to the following user terms:
User must notify the designated HRD researcher when any future work based
on or derived from HRD Type 2 or Type 3 data is published.
User agrees not to redistribute original HRD data and Documentation.
User will acknowledge the support of HRD in any publications using these Data with the following
citation: 'Data sets were provided by the Hurricane Research Division(HRD)...'
If use of Type 2 or 3 data in a publication constitutes a major or fairly
significant aspect of an article, co-authorship by an HRD scientist[s] is
appropriate; please discuss any such planned use
with the associated contact scientist listed in the metadata or information
sections for the particular data type. Please check the HRD Staff
and Publication pages for
additional citations that may help your research. We welcome collaborations
and will lend our expertise in interpretation and
evaluation of the data.
User agrees to send a link to a freely accessible PDF (not beyond a pay wall)
of any publications resulting from the use of the data and documentation to
Frank Marks. If this is not possible,
a hard copy version can be mailed to the following address:
Director, Hurricane Research Division
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
4301 Rickenbacker Cswy
Miami, Florida 33149
By using or copying these data and documentation, the Data User agrees to abide by the
terms of this agreement.