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.