Radiosonde Data of North America (1946-1992) Version 1.0 on CD-ROM

BRIEF

The Radiosonde Data of North America (1946-1992) contains all available radiosonde data for North America (U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Carribean Islands) through the 100-mb level on four disks. This 4-CD set was produced by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in conjunction with the Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL) of the Environmental Research Laboratory (ERL), Boulder, Colorado. The disk periods are 1946-1965, 1966-1979, 1980-1989, and 1990-1992. Data includes significant, mandatory, and special wind levels for all observation times and includes geopotential height, temperature, dew point, wind direction, and scalar speed. The user can select for output to printer, screen, or file, a single station or multiple stations for a defined time period, or all stations within a specified geographic region in either synoptic or station sort. The CD'S also contain available station metadata. The access software resides on a separate diskette and is included with the purchase of the 4-CD set. The cost is $400.

ATTRIBUTES

Entry_ID: RADIOSONDE_NCDC (MD Identifier: 3670)
 
Temporal Coverage:
     From: 1946-01-01                 TO: 1992-12-31 
 
Geographic Coverage:
     Southwest Extent: 15N,180E    Northeast Extent:  72N,50W
 
Source:
     GROUND STATIONS
 
Sensor:
     RADIOSONDE
     RAWINSONDE
 
Storage Media:
     CD-ROM
 
Discipline, Subdiscipline:
     EARTH SCIENCE                   > ATMOSPHERE
 
Location Keyword:
     BOUNDARY LAYER
     EQUATORIAL
     MID-LATITUDE
     NORTH AMERICA
     POLAR
     STRATOSPHERE
     TROPOSPHERE
 
Parameter Group, Parameter:
     ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION         > HUMIDITY
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > HUMIDITY
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > WINDS
 
General Keywords:
     CANADA
     CARRIBEAN ISLANDS
     CD-ROM
     CLIMATOLOGY
     DAILY DATA
     DEW POINT
     MEXICO
     RADIOSONDE
     SCALAR SPEED
     SURFACE
     UPPER AIR
     WIND DIRECTION
 
Revision Date: 1993-11-22

DATACENTER

Archive: 
   NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC>National Climatic Data Center, NOAA
   Data Set ID: RADIOSONDE CD-ROM 
 
   Contact: MCCOWN, SAM 
            Climate Services Branch
            National Climatic Data Center
            NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC E/CC31
            Asheville, NC 28801
            USA
 
            Electronic Mail: INTERNET> ORDERS@NCDC.NOAA.GOV
                             OMNET> NCDC.SERVICE
 
            Phone: (704) 271-4272
                   (704) 271-4800
                   (704) 271-4876 FAX

PERSONNEL

Tech Contact: WILLIAMS, CLAUDE N.
              NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
              Global Climate Laboratory
              Federal Building
              37 Battery Park Avenue
              Asheville, NC 28801
 
              Phone: (704) 271-4266
                     FTS 672-0266
 
Entry Author: SCIALDONE, JOHN N.
              Hughes STX
              7701 Greenbelt Road, Suite 400
              Greenbelt, MD  20770
              USA
 
              Electronic Mail: INTERNET> SCIALDONE@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV
                               NSI/DECnet> NCF::SCIALDONE
 
              Phone: (301) 441-4214
 
 
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