Metadata: 
  File identifier: 
      R4.x260.000-0017-metadata.xml
  Language: 
      eng; USA
  Character set: 
    Character set code: 
      utf8
  Hierarchy level: 
    Scope code: 
      dataset
  Metadata author: 
    Responsible party: 
      Individual name: 
          Yee H. Lau
      Organisation name: 
          Mississippi State University / Geosystems Research Institute
      Position name: 
          Research Associate
      Contact info: 
        Contact: 
          Phone: 
            Telephone: 
              Voice: 
                  2286883477
              Facsimile: 
          Address: 
            Address: 
              Delivery point: 
                  1021 Balch Blvd
                  SSC 2035
              City: 
                  Stennis Space Center
              Administrative area: 
                  Mississippi
              Postal code: 
                  39529
              Country: 
                  USA
              Electronic mail address: 
                  lau@gri.msstate.edu
      Role: 
        Role code: 
          pointOfContact
  Date stamp: 
      2019-04-22T20:41:35+00:00
  Metadata standard name: 
      ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
  Metadata standard version: 
      ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
  Dataset URI: 
      https://data.gulfresearchinitiative.org/metadata/R4.x260.000:0017
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  Identification info: 
    Data identification: 
      Citation: 
        Citation: 
          Title: 
              A meteorology database of Hurricane Patricia's remnants along the Northern Gulf Coast
          Alternate title: 
          Date: 
            Date: 
              Date: 
                  2016-09-19
              Date type: 
                Date type code: 
                  publication
      Abstract: 
          A gridded hourly database at 0.01 degree spacing for the northern Gulf of Mexico was developed from October 
          18-31, 2015 during tropical cyclone Patricia. It combines 4 data sources to create 13 meteorological 
          parameters in NetCDF format. Data sources include: the Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA), the North 
          American Mesoscale Forecast System (NAM), the Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD), and the Advanced Very 
          High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR). These data sources provide 2-meter temperature, relative humidity, 
          surface pressure, 10-meter u and v wind components, sea surface temperature, cloud fraction, downward 
          shortwave radiation flux, downward longwave radiation flux and one hour precipitation total. Additional 
          parameters including the surface u and v momentum stresses, and sensible heat flux, were calculated using 
          the Florida State University’s Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE) algorithm.
      Purpose: 
          During late October of 2015, tropical cyclone Patricia's remnants impacted the atmospheric and oceanic 
          conditions in the northern Gulf of Mexico (NGOM). Patricia formed in the eastern North Pacific Ocean, and 
          rapidly intensified to an intensity of 95 ms-1 (872 mb) at 1200 UTC on October 23, the strongest hurricane 
          on record in the basin. The hurricane then weakened and made landfall on the coast of southwestern Mexico as 
          a category 4 hurricane at 2300 UTC on October 23. The hurricane continued to weaken rapidly during the next 
          several hours while it moved over the high terrain of the Sierra Madre mountains. The mid-level center raced 
          northeastward and separated from the low-level center on early October 24.The system lost coherence that day 
          and was officially labeled dissipated later that morning. The combination of the mid-level shortwave 
          associated with Patricia, near-record precipitable water values of 63.5 mm, and interactions with an 
          upper-level trough moving in from New Mexico induced cyclogenesis in South Texas. This low pressure system 
          formation was associated with 10-12 inches of rain around Corpus Christi and Houston, resulting in flood 
          damage and rescue operations. As the system progressed along NGOM, its evolving structure included a cold 
          front to its south, and complicated occluded/warm fronts extending from its east and north side. This 
          resulted in several wind discontinuities around the cyclone. The low also created storm surge conditions of 
          0.6-1.2 meters in coastal Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
      Status: 
        Progress code: 
          completed
      Point of contact: 
        Responsible party: 
          Individual name: 
              Patrick Fitzpatrick
          Organisation name: 
              Mississippi State University / Geosystems Research Institute
          Position name: 
              Associate Research Professor
          Contact info: 
            Contact: 
              Phone: 
                Telephone: 
                  Voice: 
                      2286881157
                  Facsimile: 
              Address: 
                Address: 
                  Delivery point: 
                      1021 Balch Blvd
                  City: 
                      Stennis Space Center
                  Administrative area: 
                      Mississippi
                  Postal code: 
                      39529
                  Country: 
                      USA
                  Electronic mail address: 
                      fitz@gri.msstate.edu
          Role: 
            Role code: 
              pointOfContact
      Descriptive keywords: 
        Keywords: 
          Keyword: 
              Patricia
          Keyword: 
              Tropical cyclone
          Keyword: 
              Meteorological Parameters
          Type: 
            Keyword type code: 
              theme
      Descriptive keywords: 
        Keywords: 
          Keyword: 
              Northern Gulf of Mexico
          Type: 
            Keyword type code: 
              place
      Language: 
          eng; USA
      Topic category: 
        Topic category code: 
          climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
      Extent: 
        Extent: 
          Geographic element: 
            Geographic bounding box: 
              West bound longitude: 
                  -90.13
              East bound longitude: 
                  -87.05
              South bound latitude: 
                  29
              North bound latitude: 
                  30.94
          Geographic element: 
            BoundingPolygon: 
              Polygon: 
                Polygon: 
                  Outer boundary: 
                    Linear ring: 
                      gml:posList: 
                        29 -90.13 30.94 -90.13 30.94 -87.05 29 -87.05 29 -90.13
          Temporal element: 
            Temporal extent: 
              Extent: 
                Time period: 
                  Description: 
                    ground condition and modeled period
                  Begin date: 
                    2015-10-18
                  End date: 
                    2015-10-31
      Supplemental Information: 
          2-meter temperature (Celsius), relative humidity (rha, Percentage), surface pressure (mb), 10-meter u and v 
          wind components (m/s), sea surface temperature (sst, Celsius), cloud fraction (decimal), downward shortwave 
          radiation flux (DSWRF, Watts/m2), downward longwave radiation flux (DLWRF, Watts/m2), one hour precipitation 
          total (precip1Hr, mm/hr), surface u and v momentum stresses (N/m2), and sensible heat flux 
          (Watts/m2).|||||This dataset was initially accepted on 2016-10-14 and was updated on 2019-02-28. The values 
          in the variables "surfaceVMomentumStress" and "surfaceUMomentumStress" were modified to correct an error in 
          which the output was always absolute values.
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  Distribution info: 
    Distribution: 
      Distributor: 
        Distributor: 
          Distributor contact: 
            Responsible party: 
              Organisation name: 
                  Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC)
              Contact info: 
                Contact: 
                  Phone: 
                    Telephone: 
                      Voice: 
                          3618253604
                  Address: 
                    Address: 
                      Delivery point: 
                          6300 Ocean Drive
                      City: 
                          Corpus Christi
                      Administrative area: 
                          TX
                      Postal code: 
                          78412
                      Country: 
                          USA
                      Electronic mail address: 
                          griidc@gomri.org
                  Online Resource: 
                    Online Resource: 
                      Linkage: 
                        URL: 
                          https://data.gulfresearchinitiative.org
              Role: 
                Role code: 
                  distributor
          Distributor format: 
            Format: 
              Name: 
                  NetCDF
              Version: 
                inapplicable
              File decompression technique: 
                  tar.gz
          Distributor transfer options: 
            Digital transfer options: 
              Transfer size: 
                  554.8993
              Online: 
                Online Resource: 
                  Linkage: 
                    URL: 
                      https://data.gulfresearchinitiative.org/data/R4.x260.000:0017
                  Protocol: 
                      https
                  Name: 
                      Data Landing Page
                  Description: 
                      GRIIDC dataset landing page
                  Function: 
                    Online function code: 
                      information
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  Metadata maintenance: 
    Maintenance information: 
      Maintenance and update frequency: 
        unknown
      Maintenance note: 
          This ISO metadata record was automatically generated from information provided to GRIIDC for dataset: 
          R4.x260.000:0017 on 2019-12-06T02:40:12-06:00
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