FASTEX provides data from a field program conducted over the North Atlantic Ocean during January and February 1997 to study extratropical cyclones. The experiment was organized by UCAR/JOSS/NOAA/CODIAC and involved multiple scientific objectives including storm intensification processes and adaptive observational strategies. Data collection aimed to enable detailed diagnosis and prediction of eastern oceanic storm life cycles and their associated cloud and precipitation systems.
Use Cases
- Analyze the 3-D kinematic fields over cyclone domains for input into mesoscale data assimilation models.
- Study the mesoscale organization of precipitation at various stages of an extratropical cyclone's life-cycle.
- Test adaptive observational strategies for dropsonde placement to improve numerical forecasts of cyclone development.
- Calculate heat and moisture budgets and the vertical distribution of heating by cloud systems from gathered datasets.
- Investigate tropopause folds and dry intrusions associated with eastern Atlantic extra-tropical cyclones.
Strengths
- Data originates from a coordinated, multi-objective field experiment with defined scientific goals.
- Temporal coverage is precisely defined as January and February 1997.
- Spatial coverage is explicitly the North Atlantic Ocean, a key region for storm genesis.
Limitations
- Dataset is temporally stale, with no updates since the conclusion of the field program in 1997.
- Specific data volume, row count, and available features (columns) are unknown from the provided description.
- Potential for incomplete spatial coverage depending on aircraft and instrument deployment during the experiment.
Provenance
- Source
- UCAR/JOSS/NOAA/CODIAC, organized under the FASTEX field program.
- Collection Method
- Field experiment involving aircraft, dropsondes, and other instruments for adaptive observation.
- Time Range
- January and February 1997.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- North Atlantic Ocean.