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Hourly and Daily Surface and Upper Air Weather Data for China, Japan, Indonesia, Phillipines, Adjacent Seas and Western Pacific (1860-1943)
Entry ID: NCL00008_12_13_14_17_18_53

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Summary

Abstract: The Buitenzorg, Indonesia data reside in 1 book, 'Observations
Meteorologiques Tires Des Observations Faites Au Jardin Botanique De
Buitenzorg 's Lands Plantentuin' (C/eg AOb), and is written in
French. The tables contained in this book are hourly weather
observations and daily weather averages for Buitenzorg, Indonesia from
1901 to 1904. The parameters included in these tables are air
temperature, temperature at ground depths of 30, 60, 90 cm, and
absolute and relative humidity.

The eastern China data reside in 1 book, 'Climatic Atlas of China
Proper' (Miscellaneous Unclassified Publications). The maps contained
in this atlas are monthly, seasonal, and annual weather averages for
Eastern China from 1860 to 1943. The variables displayed in this
atlas are pressure, air temperature, and precipitation. For
precipitation, there are maps of the month of maximum and minimum
precipitaion, rainy days, period with monthly precipitation greater
than 100 and 200 mm, the maximum and minimum annual, and the maximum
daily precipitation. Other features included in this atlas are
monthly climatic types, climatic divisions according to Koeppen's
classification, and tentative climatic divisions.

The China, Japan, and Phillipines data reside in 1 book, 'Hong-Kong
Observatory Weather Maps, November 1926 Specimen Month' (Miscellaneous
Foreign Weather Maps). The data contained in these books are daily
weather observation tables for China, Japan, and the Phillipines, and
daily weather maps for East Asia and adjacent seas for the month of
November 1926. The surface parameters included in the tables are
pressure, wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, and present
weather for a specific observation time. The maps include isobars,
cloudiness, and wind barbs.

The southeast Asia data resides in 6 books, 'Service Meteorologique De
L'Indochine Observations Meteorologiques' (C/ed I410), and is written
in French. The data contained in this book are hourly weather
observation tables for Southeast Asia and daily weather maps for East
Asia and adjacent areas of the Western Pacific for the period 1937 to
1939. The surface parameters included in the tables are cloudiness,
rainfall, visibility, and surface wind speed and direction. In
addition, hourly upper level wind observations are given for Southeast
Asian cities. The maps contain isobars, wind barbs and cloudiness for
5 A.M of each day of the period.

The Taiwan and Korea data reside in 1 book, 'Aerial Weather Charts of
Sea Near Japan' (Miscellaneous Foreign Publications), and is written
in Japanese with notes in English. This book contains two types of
data: monthly mean wind rose diagrams for Taiwan and Korea from the
surface to 3,000 meters; and wind contour maps for the East Coast of
Asia and adjacent seas, for levels of 1,000, 1,500, 2,000, and 3,000
meters above the surface. These data are for 1922 and 1923 only.

The Manilla, Phillipines data reside in 1 book, 'Observatorio
Meteorologico De Manila' (C/eg 20 M278C), and is written in
Portuguese. The data contained in this book are graphs of continuous
daily weather traces for Manila, Phillipines from 1884 to 1888. The
parameters displayed on these graphs are surface pressure, wind speed
and direction, temperature, humidity, vapor pressure, and rainfall.
In addition there are some seismological parameters displayed.

The China precipitation data reside in 1 book, 'Etude Sur La Pluie En
Chine' (C/eb G417), and is written in French. The data contained in
this book are maps of monthly, seasonal, and annual precipitation for
China averaged over the period 1873 to 1925.

These books are part of the foreign meteorological data collection
held by the NOAA Central Library in Washington, DC. Information in
this collection dates back to the 18th century for daily, monthly,
seasonal, and annual tabular summaries, and the 19th century for
weather maps. These data are the result of foreign exchange
agreements, but the collection has not been updated since 1983.

Geographic Coverage

N: 55.0

S: -10.0

E: 180.0

W: 85.0

Min Altitude: SURFACE

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1860-01-01

Stop Date: 1943-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN
CONTINENT > ASIA > EASTERN ASIA > CHINA
OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > INDONESIA
CONTINENT > ASIA > EASTERN ASIA > JAPAN
CONTINENT > ASIA > EASTERN ASIA > NORTH KOREA
CONTINENT > ASIA > EASTERN ASIA > SOUTH KOREA
CONTINENT > ASIA > EASTERN ASIA > TAIWAN
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > PHILIPPINES
CONTINENT > ASIA > Southeast Asia > Indonesia
CONTINENT > ASIA > SOUTHEASTERN ASIA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > EQUATORIAL > Equatorial Asia
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > MID-LATITUDE
VERTICAL LOCATION > BOUNDARY LAYER
VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA SURFACE
VERTICAL LOCATION > TROPOSPHERE

Data Resolution
Temporal Resolution: Hourly, Daily, Seasonal, Annual

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
ENVIRONMENT
GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
OCEANS

Platform

BALLOONS    [Information]

GROUND STATIONS    [Information]

METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS    [Information]

Project

ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program [Information]

Keywords

ANNUAL DATA

CHINA

CLIMATOLOGY

DAILY DATA

EAST ASIA

HOURLY DATA

IDN_NODE GSFC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC

INDONESIA

JAPAN

MONTHLY DATA

PHILLIPINES

RAINFALL

SEASONAL DATA

SOIL TEMPERATURES

SOUTHEAST ASIA

STATISTICS

SURFACE

UPPER AIR

UPPER LEVEL WINDS

WEATHER OBSERVATIONS

Originating Center

NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/LISD

Data Center

Library Services Information Division, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce [Information]
Data Center URL: http://www.lib.noaa.gov/
Dataset ID: C/EB G417
Dataset ID: C/EG 20 M278C
Dataset ID: C/EG AOB
Dataset ID: C/EG I410
Dataset ID: MISC. FOREIGN PUBLICATIONS
Dataset ID: MISC. UNCLASSIFIED PUBLICATIONS

Data Center Personnel

Name: NOAA CENTRAL LIBRARY
Phone: (301) 713-2600 x124
Fax: (301) 713-4598
Email: reference at www.lib.noaa.gov
Contact Address:
NOAA Central Library
1315 East-West Highway 2nd Floor, SSMC3
City: Silver Spring
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20910-3282
Country: USA

Personnel

PETER L. GRIMM
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: (301) 713-0575
Fax: (301) 713-1249
Email: peter.l.grimm at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
NOAA Environmental Information Services
1315 East-West Highway, SSMC3, Station 15441
City: Silver Spring
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20910
Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-02-23

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