CAMEX-4 Hurricane Campaign Atmospheric Soundings from Andros Island

Andros Island served as a launch site for numerous rawinsondes (radiosondes) during the CAMEX-4 hurricane research campaign. These instruments collected vertical profiles, or soundings, of atmospheric conditions including temperature, pressure, relative humidity, wind, and altitude. The dataset was produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with measurements taken in 2001.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vertical wind shear profiles relevant to tropical cyclone intensity changes.
• Validating atmospheric model simulations of temperature and humidity structure during hurricane conditions.
• Studying the thermodynamic environment (temperature, pressure, humidity) of the atmosphere over the Atlantic during a field campaign.
• Correlating in-situ upper-air measurements with satellite observations from the same mission period.

Strengths

• Data originates from a major NASA field campaign (CAMEX-4), ensuring a controlled collection methodology.
• Provides direct in-situ measurements of multiple atmospheric variables (temperature, pressure, humidity, wind, altitude) from instrumented balloons.
• Cross-platform presence on Data.gov and NASA Earthdata signals its importance and curation within official archives.

Limitations

• Critical metadata is missing: exact row count, file size, and specific column names are not provided by any source.
• Sources conflict on the 'last updated' date: Data.gov lists a future date (2026-03-13), while NASA Earthdata lists 2001-09 24.
• The license is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' on Data.gov, with no details provided.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Collected via rawinsondes (radiosondes) launched from Andros Island.

Time Range

2001 (CAMEX-4 campaign period)

Freshness

2001-09-24 16:00:13

Geography

Andros Island, Atlantic Ocean (launch site for atmospheric soundings)