NCDC Global U.S. Upper Air, NCDC GTS Upper Air, NCDC GTS AFGWC Upper Air and

Upper Air Monthly Statistics (WARMFLUX)

BRIEF

The major parameters in the TD-6201 (non-global) file are observation time, number of levels level quality indicator, elapsed time since release, pressure of level, geopotential height of level, temperature of level, relative humidity of level, and wind direction and speed of level. The pressure levels included fall into 3 categories: 1) Mandatory levels--levels required by the WMO for transmission in parts A and C of a coded RAWIND report, 2) Standard levels--levels used for internal processing by the NCDC, but not generally reported in a coded message, and 3) Significant levels--levels required to adequately describe a sounding, as transmitted in parts B and D of a coded message. These observations are supplied by the National Weather Service (NWS), U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and South American cooperative stations.

The TD-6202 file (September 1963 through December 1970), and the TD-6203 file (July 1971 through December 1978) also contain the same parameters, but is global. These data were collected from the National Meteorological Center with missing data filled from the U.S. Air Force Global Weather Center digital files. Southern Hemisphere stations are usually not available until July 1966.

The TD-9711 data file is a by-product of the TD-6201 file containing upper air statistics computed monthly for each standard pressure level for approximately 117 upper air stations. Thirty seven levels, from the surface to 2-mb, are possible for each station.

ATTRIBUTES

Entry_ID: FA00831_832_833_344_432 (MD Identifier: 4867)
 
Temporal Coverage:
     From: 1946-10-01                 TO:  
 
Geographic Coverage:
     Southwest Extent: 90S,180W    Northeast Extent:  90N,180E
 
Source:
     GROUND STATIONS
 
Sensor:
     RADIOSONDE
     RAWINSONDE
 
Storage Media:
     Computer Printouts
     Magnetic Tape
     Manuscript Records
 
Discipline, Subdiscipline:
     EARTH SCIENCE                   > ATMOSPHERE
 
Location Keyword:
     BOUNDARY LAYER
     GLOBAL
     STRATOSPHERE
     TROPOSPHERE
 
Parameter Group, Parameter:
     ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION         > HUMIDITY
     ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION         > WATER VAPOR
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > HUMIDITY
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > PRESSURE
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > WINDS
 
General Keywords:
     CLIMATOLOGY
     DIGITAL DATA
     DOD
     HOURLY DATA
     IDN_NODE GSFC/NCDC
     MONTHLY DATA
     NAVY
     SURFACE
     TD-6201
     TD-6202
     TD-9711
     UPPER AIR
     USAF
 
Revision Date: 1994-03-01
 
Quality Statement:
 

The TD-6201 data are currently processed through a combined computer/manual
edit, relying primarily on computer editing procedures.  The TD-6202 and 6203
files are subject to varying degrees of quality control by the receiving
agency.  NCDC accepts these data as correct during reformatting (binary to
ASCII) procedures, therefore the user must be prepared to perform his own
quality checks on these data. data.

DATACENTER

Archive: 
   NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC>National Climatic Data Center, NOAA
   Data Set ID: TD-6201 
                TD-6202 
                TD-6203 
                TD-9711 
 
   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

PERSONNEL

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

REFERENCE


NOAA Product Information Catalog, 1988, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Washington DC,
171 pp.

Selected Guide to Climatic Data Sources, 1988, U.S. Dept. of Commerce,
Washington DC.

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