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Historical Arctic Rawinsonde Archive

Entry ID: NSIDC-0008

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Summary

Abstract: Volumes 1 through 5 of this data set contain millions of vertical soundings (temperature, pressure, humidity, wind) representing all available rawinsonde ascents from Arctic land stations poleward of 65 degrees North from the beginning of record through mid-1996. Most records begin in the late 1950s, and a few in 1947 or 1948. Typically, 20 to 40 levels are included in each sounding. Coverage is relatively uniform, except in the Greenland interior. All sounding data were obtained from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), and from the NOAA National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). All data are available on CD-ROM. Documentation is available on disk, on-line, and as hard copy. Software (FORTRAN and C) programs for data retrieval are provided on CD-ROM.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: 65.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Jonathan Kahl and Mark Serreze

Dataset Title: Historical Arctic Rawinsonde Archive

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

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

Online Resource: http://www.nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0008.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1947-11-10

Stop Date: 1996-06-30

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR > NORTH POLAR

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

BALLOONS

GROUND STATIONS

Instrument

RADIOSONDES

RAWINSONDES

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Ancillary Keywords

Alaska

Arctic

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0008

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Publications/References

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) publications written by the MODIS Science Team: [available online at http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci_team/pubs/]

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2000, MODIS data products catalog (EOS AM platform): [Greenbelt, Maryland], Goddard Space Flight Center, http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/dataprod/index.php.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, revised 2004, EOS Reference Handbook, a Guide to NASA's Earth Science Enterprise and the Earth Observing System: Greenbelt, Maryland, Goddard Space Flight Center, 261 p. [available online in pdf format at http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftp_docs/data_products_1.pdf].

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2003-01-02

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-06-10

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