The Convection And Moisture EXperiment (CAMEX) was a series of field research investigations sponsored by the Earth Science Enterprise of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The fourth field campaign in the CAMEX series (CAMEX-4) was held in 16 August - 24 September, 2001 and was based out of Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Florida. CAMEX-4 was focused on the study of tropical cyclone (hurricane) development, tracking, intensification, and landfalling impacts using NASA-funded aircraft and surface remote sensing instrumentation. The primary aircraft used during CAMEX-4 were the NASA DC-8 and ER-2 research airborne platforms. These instrumented aircraft flew over, through, and around selected hurricanes as they approached landfall in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and along the east coast of the United States. The NASA aircraft investigated upper altitude regions of the hurricane not normally sampled. Where possible, measurements were compared and validated with coincident observations from the QuikSCAT, Terra, and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellites. This study yielded high spatial and temporal information of hurricane structure, dynamics, and motion. These data, when analyzed within the context of more traditional aircraft, satellite, and ground-based radar observations, provided additional insight to hurricane modelers and forecasters who continually strive to improve hurricane predictions. More accurate hurricane predictions at landfall resulted in decreasing the size of necessary coastal evacuations and increasing the warning time for those areas. More information about the CAMEX-4 campaign can be found at the CAMEX-4 Homepage.
R. Kakar et al. 2006. CAMEX-4 Field Campaign Data Collection [indicate subset used]. Data available online [http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/] from the NASA EOSDIS Global Hydrology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/DATA101
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| Projects: | CAMEX-4 | |
| Platforms: | NASA DC-8, NASA ER-2, QuikSCAT, Terra, TRMM, Ground Stations, GOES-8, WP-3D ORION, MIPS, Balloons | |
| Sensors/Instruments: | Aerosondes, Rawinsondes, 2DP, PR-2, ACLAIM, CPI, C-STAR, CVI, D8D, HVPS, JLH, LASE, LIP-DC-8, MMS, MTP-DC-8, Nevzorov, AMPR, NOAA-O3, EDOP, EHAD, HAMSR, LIP-ER-2, MAS, MTP-ER-2, TW, MIPS-Ceilometer, MIPS-EFM, MIPS-SFC1, MIPS-SFC2, MIPS-Sodar, MIPS-MPR, MIPS-915, X-POW, NPOL, SMART, TOGA RADAR, DOPPLER RADAR, RDEFM, DROPWINDSONDES, FSSP, PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS, PMS 2D-C PROBE, PMS 2D-P PROBE, ANEMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, HYGROMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS, GOES-8 IMAGER, DROPSONDES, WIND PROFILERS, GPS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, Computer, DIAL, INS, THERMISTORS, VIDEO CAMERA, Radiosondes, SMART-R, AIRCRAFT MOTION SENSOR, Sensor Characteristics, MR, OZONEMETERS, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS | |
| Parameters: | Radar, Aerosols, Clouds, Atmospheric Temperature, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Clouds, Atmospheric Electricity, Atmospheric Winds, Infrared Wavelengths, Visible Wavelengths, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Radiation, Precipitation, Microwave, Platform Characteristics, Weather Events, Weather/Climate Advisories, Atmospheric Chemistry | |
| Processing level: | 0, 1A, 1B, 2, 3 | |
| Formats: | 8mm Tape, ASCII, ASCII-asc, ASCII-csv, ASCII-WMO, Binary, DVD, EXCEL, GIF, HDF-4, JPG, McIDAS, NATIVE, PNG, PostScript, RADAR DATA, SIGMET IRIS, Universal Format (UF) | |
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| Location: | GULF OF MEXICO, WESTERN ATLANTIC, FLORIDA KEYS, North Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, NORTH AMERICA, CARIBBEAN, BAHAMAS, FLORIDA | |
| Spatial resolution: | 150km 1.5 degree, 150km 1.4 degree, 15km alt. 36km width, 1kmVIS 4kmIR 8kmH2O, 180 deg. scan/min, 800m horiz 60m vert, 200 METERS | |
| North boundary: | 50° | |
| West boundary: | -116.19° | |
| East boundary: | -48.56° | |
| South boundary: | 10° | |
| Temporal resolution: | Hourly - < Weekly | |
| Start date: | 2001-08-03 | |
| Stop date: | 2001-09-28 | |
CAMEX-4 2ND GENERATION PRECIPITATION RADAR
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/PR2/DATA003
CAMEX-4 AEROSONDE
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/AEROSONDE/DATA201
CAMEX-4 AMPR BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE (TB)
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/AMPR/DATA101
CAMEX-4 ANDROS ISLAND RAWINSONDE AND RADIOSONDES
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/RADIOSONDE/DATA101
CAMEX-4 CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/MULTIPLE/DATA101
CAMEX-4 CONICALLY-SCANNING TWO-LOOK AIRBORNE RADIOMETER (C-STAR)
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/RADIOMETER/DATA101
CAMEX-4 CVI CLOUD CONDENSED WATER CONTENT
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/CVI/DATA201
CAMEX-4 DC-8 DROPSONDE SYSTEM
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/DROPSONDE/DATA201
CAMEX-4 DC-8 FORWARD AND NADIR VIDEO
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/CAMERA/DATA101
CAMEX-4 DC-8 DC-8 INFORMATION COLLECTION AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/NAV/DATA102
CAMEX-4 DC-8 LIGHTNING INSTRUMENT PACKAGE (LIP)
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/LIP/DATA001
CAMEX-4 DC-8 METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM (MMS)
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/MULTIPLE/DATA102
CAMEX-4 DC-8 NEVZOROV TOTAL CONDENSED WATER CONTENT SENSOR
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/PROBES/DATA101
CAMEX-4 DUAL-BEAM UV-ABSORPTION OZONE PHOTOMETER
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/PHOTOMETER/DATA101
CAMEX-4 ER-2 DOPPLER RADAR
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/DOPPLER/DATA201
CAMEX-4 ER-2 HIGH ALTITUDE DROPSONDE
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/DROPSONDE/DATA202
CAMEX-4 ER-2 LIGHTNING INSTRUMENT PACKAGE (LIP)
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/LIP/DATA002
CAMEX-4 ER-2 MICROWAVE TEMPERATURE PROFILER
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/PROFILER/DATA102
CAMEX-4 ER-2 MODIS AIRBORNE SIMULATOR (MAS)
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/MAS/DATA101
CAMEX-4 ER-2 NAVIGATION DATA
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/NAV/DATA103
CAMEX-4 GOES-8 PRODUCTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/GOES/DATA101
CAMEX-4 HIGH ALTITUDE MMIC SOUNDING RADIOMETER (HAMSR)
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/HAMSR/DATA101
CAMEX-4 JPL LASER HYGROMETER
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/HYGROMETER/DATA101
CAMEX-4 LIDAR ATMOSPHERIC SENSING EXPERIMENT (LASE)
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/LIDAR/DATA101
CAMEX-4 MIPS 915 MHZ DOPPLER WIND PROFILER
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/PROFILER/DATA201
CAMEX-4 MIPS CEILOMETER
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/CEILOMETER/DATA101
CAMEX-4 MIPS FIELD MILL
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/FIELDMILL/DATA101
CAMEX-4 MIPS MICROWAVE PROFILING RADIOMETER
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/RADIOMETER/DATA301
CAMEX-4 MIPS SODAR
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/SODAR/DATA201
CAMEX-4 MIPS SURFACE STATION 1
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/MULTIPLE/DATA201
CAMEX-4 MIPS SURFACE STATION 2
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/MUTLIPLE/DATA202
CAMEX-4 MISSION REPORTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/REPORTS/DATA101
CAMEX-4 MOBILE X-BAND POLARIMETRIC WEATHER RADAR
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/XBAND/DATA101
CAMEX-4 NASA PORTABLE S-BAND MULTIPARAMETER WX RESEARCH RADAR
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/SBAND/DATA101
CAMEX-4 NOAA LYMAN-ALPHA HYGROMETER
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/HYGROMETER/DATA102
CAMEX-4 NOAA WP-3D CLOUD PHYSICS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/MULTIPLE/DATA103
CAMEX-4 NOAA WP-3D FLIGHT LEVEL DATA
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/NAV/DATA101
CAMEX-4 NOAA WP-3D RADAR
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/DOPPLER/DATA101
CAMEX-4 NOAA WP-3D VIDEO
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/CAMERA/DATA102
CAMEX-4 SHARED MOBILE ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND TEACHING RADARS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/DOPPLER/DATA301
CAMEX-4 TOGA RADAR
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/CBAND/DATA101
| PI Documentation: | https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS3607.1 BAMS Publication: Overview of the Convection and Moisture Experiment (CAMEX), Kakar et al. |
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| DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-4/DATA101 Digital Object Identifier |
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| Citing DATA: | https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data Instructions for citing GHRC data. |
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