The Global Upper Air Climatic Atlas (GUACA) Version 1.0 on CD-ROM

BRIEF

The Global Upper Air Climatic Atlas (GUACA) Version 1.0 is a two-volume CD-ROM set containing a 12-year (1980-1991) 2.5 degree upper air data base obtained from the European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF). This CD presents upper air statistics for 15 different vertical levels in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere for dry bulb and dew point temperature, geopotential height, air density, and vector and scalar wind speed. The disc provides access/display software for gridpoint data, contouring capability for user-defined areas, and vertical profiles. The climatology covers the 12-year period as well as individual year-months. The cost is $200.

ATTRIBUTES

Entry_ID: GUACA_NCDC (MD Identifier: 4806)
 
Temporal Coverage:
     From: 1980-01-01                 TO: 1991-12-31 
 
Geographic Coverage:
     Southwest Extent: 90S,180W    Northeast Extent:  90N,180E
 
Source:
     GROUND STATIONS
 
Sensor:
     RADIOSONDE
     RAWINSONDE
 
Storage Media:
     CD-ROM
 
Discipline, Subdiscipline:
     EARTH SCIENCE                   > ATMOSPHERE
     EARTH SCIENCE                   > OCEAN
 
Location Keyword:
     BOUNDARY LAYER
     GLOBAL
     SEA SURFACE
     STRATOSPHERE
     TROPOSPHERE
 
Parameter Group, Parameter:
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > PRESSURE
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > WINDS
     OCEAN DYNAMICS                  > WINDS
 
General Keywords:
     AIR DENSITY
     CD-ROM
     CLIMATOLOGY
     DEW POINT
     DOD
     DRY BULB TEMPERATURE
     ECMWF
     GRID DATA
     GUACA
     IDN_NODE GSFC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
     MONTHLY DATA
     NAVY
     STATISTICS
     UPPER AIR
     USAF
     WIND SPEED
 
Revision Date: 1994-03-01

DATACENTER

Archive: 
   NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC>National Climatic Data Center, NOAA
   Data Set ID: GUACA 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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