The sources of data include the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Circulation Library, NCDC, National Meteorological Center, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), British Meteorological Office in Bracknell, England, and the U.S. Air Force Environmental Technical Applications Center (ETAC). A collection of 15 years of global rawinsonde data and all available surface land and surface ship reports was obtained for analyses.
Entry_ID: FA00919 (MD Identifier: 431)
Temporal Coverage:
From: 1958-05-01 TO: 1973-04-30
Geographic Coverage:
Southwest Extent: 90S,180W Northeast Extent: 90N,180E
Source:
GROUND STATIONS>Fixed Weather Stations
SHIP/BUOYS
Sensor:
RADIOSONDE
RAWINSONDE
Storage Media:
Magnetic Tape
Discipline, Subdiscipline:
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND
Location Keyword:
BOUNDARY LAYER
GLOBAL
TROPOSPHERE
Parameter Group, Parameter:
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > HUMIDITY
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS > ALTITUDE
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS > HUMIDITY
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS > PRESSURE
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS > WINDS
GEOGRAPHY AND LAND COVER > TOPOGRAPHIC DATA
General Keywords:
CLIMATOLOGY
DAILY DATA
HOURLY DATA
LIBRARY
STATISTICS
SURFACE
TD-9942
UPPER AIR
Revision Date: 1992-04-08
Quality Statement:
All daily data were carefully checked for erroneous reports at several phases
in the processing scheme.
Archive:
NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC>National Climatic Data Center, NOAA
Data Set ID: TD-9942
Contact: ROSS, THOMAS
NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
Federal Building
37 Battery Park Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801-2733
USA
Electronic Mail: INTERNET> TROSS@NCDC.NOAA.GOV
Phone: (704) 271-4994
Tech Contact: ROSS, THOMAS
NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
Federal Building
37 Battery Park Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801-2733
USA
Electronic Mail: INTERNET> TROSS@NCDC.NOAA.GOV
Phone: (704) 271-4994
Entry Author: STEURER, PETER
NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
Federal Building
37 Battery Park Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801-2733
USA
Phone: (704) 271-4445
Information in this entry provided by NCDC
NOAA Product Information Catalog, 1988, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Washington DC,
171 pp.
Oort, Abraham, Global Atmospheric Circulation Statistics, NOAA Professional
Paper No. 14, U.S. Governmentent Printing Office, Washington.
Selected Guide to Climatic Data Sources, 1988, U.S. Dept. of Commerce,
Washington DC.