The NCDC Hurricane Satellite (HURSAT) Microwave data set consist of raw satellite observations derived from the SSMI Sensor Data Records (SDR) data centered on historical tropical cyclones (TC).
| Current Data Set Version | v05 |
| Updates | To be updated as needed. See revision plans for more information. |
| Number of storms | 2412 tropical cyclones |
| Number of storm observations | 58,284 netCDF files (Average of 24 observations per storm) |
| Temporal coverage | July 10, 1987 to Dec. 14, 2009 |
| Temporal resolution | Dependent on number of operational SSMI |
| Spatial coverage | Global coverage |
| Basins | All tropical cyclone-prone basins in the world |
| Spatial resolutions |
Data are provided in two forms: gridded and swath.
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| Data set grid | Data from within ~1100 km of the interpolated storm center are provided. The gridded data are provided at 0.07 deg lat/lon grid centered on the storm location at the time of image on a 301x301 grid. |
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| Satellites | F8, F10, F11, F13, F14, F15 |
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| Data set generation | IBTrACS v03r02 were used to locate potential SSMI overflights. When SSMI was nearby, the 6-hourly storm track was interpolated to a position coincident with the SSMI observation. The satellite data were then interpolated to 8km. NetCDF files also contain the swath data at the native satellite resolution. |



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