GOES CPEX: Satellite Data for Convective Storm Study

Sixteen NASA DC-8 missions collected this satellite data during the 2017 Convective Processes Experiment. The dataset captures convective storm dynamics over the North Atlantic, Gulf of America, and Caribbean Sea from late May to late June 2017. It provides geostationary satellite observations to study storm initiation, organization, growth, and dissipation.

Use Cases

• Analyzing convective storm initiation and dissipation patterns based on geostationary satellite imagery.
• Validating atmospheric models using time-series data from a focused field campaign.
• Studying the spatial organization of storms over oceanic regions during early summer.

Strengths

• Data originates from a dedicated NASA field campaign involving sixteen research flights.
• Provides a focused temporal snapshot of convective activity over a specific oceanic region.
• Available in the standardized, self-describing netCDF-3 format.

Limitations

• Column names and dataset size are unspecified across all sources, limiting precise understanding of structure.
• The last updated date conflicts between sources, with one showing a future date (2026-04-10).
• License is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' without explicit terms.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Collection Method

Products obtained from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 13 (GOES-13), collected in support of the NASA Convective Processes Experiment (CPEX) field campaign.

Time Range

2017-05-31 to 2017-07-25

Freshness

2026-04-10 02:37:10.984674

Geography

North Atlantic-Gulf of America-Caribbean Sea region