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Daily Arctic Ocean Rawinsonde Data from Soviet Drifting Ice Stations

Entry ID: NSIDC-0060

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Summary

Abstract: This archive of daily rawinsonde measurements of wind direction and speed, atmospheric pressure, humidity, air temperature, and geopotential height as well as surface-based observation of cloud cover (amount, type and height) from Soviet North Pole drifting stations was assembled under the direction of Dr. J. Kahl, with funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: 70.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Title: Daily Arctic Ocean Rawinsonde Data from Soviet Drifting Ice Stations

Dataset Release Date: 1997-01-01

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsi-0060.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1954-04-19

Stop Date: 1990-07-31

Science Keywords

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > MICROWAVE > BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > INFRARED WAVELENGTHS > BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

NOAA-10 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-10

NOAA-16 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16

Instrument

AMSU-A > Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A

MSU > Microwave Sounding Unit

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

DISCOVER > Distributed Info. Services for Climate/Ocean Prod./Visualizations for Earth Res.

CWIC > CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog

Access Constraints none

Ancillary Keywords

EOSDIS

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Global Hydrology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/
Dataset ID: msut4

Data Center Personnel
Name: GHRC USER SERVICES OFFICE Phone: 256-961-7932 Fax: 256-961-7859 Email: ghrcdaac at itsc.uah.edu Contact Address: GHRC User Services Office Global Hydrology Resource Center (GHRC) 320 Sparkman Drive City: Huntsville Province or State: AL Postal Code: 35805 Country: USA