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Description

The Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS) measures emitted thermal radiances that are used to obtain temperature and water vapor profiles of the Earth's atmosphere in clear-sky conditions. Due to the S-HIS scanning capability, the instrument provides 2 km resolution (at nadir) across a 40 km wide ground swath when flown at an altitude of 20 km onboard the NASA Global Hawk unmanned aircraft. S-HIS data were collected during the 5-week HS3 field campaign study periods in the 2012 to 2014 Atlantic hurricane seasons.

Product Summary

Platforms
GLOBAL HAWK
Instruments
S-HIS
Spatial Extent

N: 50.0961 S: 7.55205 E: -19.2257 W: -154.611

Location
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2011-09-01 to 2014-09-30
Data Partner
Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/MSFC/GHRC)
Concept ID
C1979871558-GHRC_DAAC
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
820
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Radiance ,
Temperature Profiles ,
Water Vapor Profiles

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Henry Revercomb, J. T. (2025). Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS) [Data set]. NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/HS3/SHIS/DATA201 Date Accessed: 2026-05-16

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Composite impact of Global Hawk unmanned aircraft dropwindsondes on tropical cyclone analyses and forecasts Christophersen, Hui, Aksoy, Altug, Dunion, Jason, Aberson, Sim Radiance, Temperature Profiles, Water Vapor Profiles
The inner-core temperature structure of Hurricane Edouard (2014): Observations and ensemble variability Munsell, Erin B., Zhang, Fuqing, Braun, Scott A., Sippel, Jason A., Didlake, Anthony C. Radiance, Temperature Profiles, Water Vapor Profiles, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Wind Profiles, Humidity, Atmospheric Pressure Measurements, Vertical Profiles, Tropical Cyclones
NASA's hurricane and severe storm sentinel (HS3) investigation Braun, Scott A., Newman, Paul A., Heymsfield, Gerald M. Radiance, Temperature Profiles, Water Vapor Profiles, Doppler Velocity, Radar Reflectivity, Tropical Cyclones, Cirrus Cloud Systems, Lidar Backscatter, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness
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