Worldwide Rawinsonde/Radiosonde Time Series Data including GTS Observations,

along with Aircraft and Balloon Data from NCAR

BRIEF

These time series of RAOB data have been assembled from a variety of sources around the world and is archived at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The NCAR inventory features upper-air data from the U.S., United Kingdom (UK), Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the French Isles, and India, with some station data being up to date. The data is available on magnetic tape, on-line, or on paper.

The data inventory includes U.S., Canada, Carribean, Mexico, Pacific Islands, and Chile since 1946; U.S Air Force at Okinawa, Balboa (Canal Zone), and Clark through 1976; U.S. permanent ships; Australia since 1943; New Zealand since 1955; UK through 1970; French Polynesia through 1970; Africa since 1951; Singapore since 1957; Ascension Island since 1953; France since 1948; India since 1950; and Antarctica since 1956.

As of April 1989, some selected RAOB counts include the U.S. (4.6 million), UK (528,000), Canada (669,000), Australia (337,000), New Zealand (68,000), French Isles (15,000), and India (262,000).

Global Telecommunications System (GTS) data include all surface and upper-air observations ingested by the National Meteorological Center (NMC) globally, and in real time (RAOB, Aircraft, Satellite Soundings, Satellite Winds) since 1962, as well as data from the U.S. Navy since 1972.

Aircraft data include NMC aircraft since 1962; U.S. Air Force global since 1947; Australia since 1971; global aircraft from Sadler (Univ. of Hawaii) since 1960; and GATE (GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment), Summer 1974. Balloon data include the Southern Hemisphere EOLE (1971-1972) and TWERLE (1975-1976) experiments.

ATTRIBUTES

Entry_ID: NCAR_TSRSRCODS (MD Identifier: 264)
 
Temporal Coverage:
     From: 1943-01-01                 TO:  
 
Geographic Coverage:
     Southwest Extent: 90S,180W    Northeast Extent:  90N,180E
 
Source:
     AIRCRAFT
     BALLOON
     GROUND STATIONS>Fixed Weather Stations
     SHIP
 
Sensor:
     RADIOSONDE
     RAWINSONDE
 
Storage Media:
     Hardcopy
     Magnetic Tapes, 1600 and 6250bpi
     On-line
 
Discipline, Subdiscipline:
     EARTH SCIENCE                   > ATMOSPHERE
     EARTH SCIENCE                   > OCEAN
 
Location Keyword:
     BOUNDARY LAYER
     EQUATORIAL
     GLOBAL
     MID-LATITUDE
     POLAR
     TROPOSPHERE
 
Parameter Group, Parameter:
     ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION         > HUMIDITY
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > HUMIDITY
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > PRESSURE
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > WINDS
     OCEAN DYNAMICS                  > PRESSURE
     OCEAN DYNAMICS                  > WINDS
 
General Keywords:
     CLIMATOLOGY
     DAILY DATA
     EOLE
     GTS
     RAOB DATA
     SURFACE
     TIME SERIES
     TWERLE
     UPPER AIR
 
Revision Date: 1992-03-02

DATACENTER

Archive: 
   NCAR>National Center for Atmospheric Research
   Data Set ID: DS 353.0 
                DS 360 
                DS 361 
                DS 365 
                DS 602.1 
                DS 615 
                DS 800 
                DS 875 
                DS 880 
 
   Contact: JOSEPH, DENNIS 
            National Center for Atmospheric Research
            Data Support Section
            P.O. Box 3000
            Boulder, CO  80307
            USA
 
            Electronic Mail: INTERNET> JOSEPH@BIERSTADT.SCD.UCAR.EDU
 
            Phone: 303-497-1216

PERSONNEL

Tech Contact: JENNE, ROY 
              National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
              P.O. Box 3000
              Boulder, CO 80307-3000
              USA
 
              Electronic Mail: OMNET> R.JENNE
 
              Phone: (303) 497-1215
 
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
 
 
Information in this entry provided by NCAR

REFERENCE


Jenne, Roy L., June 1989.  'Data Availability at NCAR', NCAR, Boulder, CO.

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