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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.

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

Distribution

Distribution Media: CD-ROMs

Personnel

JONATHAN D. W. KAHL

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 414-229-4561

Email: kahl at csd.uwm.edu

Contact Address:

Department of Geosciences

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

P.O. Box 413

City: Milwaukee

Province or State: WI

Postal Code: 53201

Country: USA

MARK C. SERREZE

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: (303) 492-6199

Fax: (303) 492-2468

Email: serreze 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

NSIDC USER SERVICES

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

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

Kahl, J.D., M.C. Serreze, S. Shiotani, S.M. Skony, and R.C. Schnell, In situ meteorological sounding archives for arctic studies, Bul. Amer. Met. Soc., 73(11), 1824-1830, 1992.

Serreze, M.C., J.D. Kahl and S. Shiotani, The Historical Arctic Rawisonde Archive Documentation Manual, NSIDC SP-2, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, 26 p., 1992.

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Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-05-14

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