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Foreign Winds Aloft (DSI-5200)

Entry ID: gov.noaa.ncdc.C00548

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Summary

Abstract: Foreign Winds Aloft is historical digital data set DSI-5200, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This is a collection of miscellaneous, historical, upper air winds data. DSI-5200 contains wind speeds and directions at various levels above the earth's surface. Data is from a sampling of countries over the world. Data periods vary from station to station. The earliest data is from ...

Purpose: To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: data set

CURRENTNESS REFERENCE: Ground Condition

Related URL

Link: VIEW EXTENDED METADATA

Description: View Source Metadata document from the Metadata Manager and Repository (NMMR).

Geographic Coverage

(Click for Interactive Map)

Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Dataset Title: Foreign Winds Aloft (DSI-5200)

Dataset Release Date: Unknown

Data Presentation Form: tabular digital data

Online Resource: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1927-04-01

Stop Date: 1971-01-07

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

ARWS > Automatic Remote Weather Station

Instrument

HUMIDITY SENSORS

LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR

Project

LTER > Long-Term Ecological Research

LAWN > LTER Automatic Weather Network

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints Acceptance and utilization of LTER data requires that:
- The Principal Investigator be sent a notice stating reasons for
acquiring any data and a description of the publication intentions.
- The Principal Investigator of the data set be sent a copy of the
report or manuscript prior to submission and be adequately cited in
any resultant publications.
- A copy of any resultant publications should be sent to the McMurdo
data manager as well as the Principal Investigator

Ancillary Keywords

meteorology

temperature

Data Center

International Sterring Committee for Global Mapping

Data Center URL: http://www.iscgm.org/cgi-bin/fswiki/wiki.cgi

Data Center Personnel
Name: SECRETARIAT OF THE INTERNATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE FOR GLOBAL MAPPING Email: sec at iscgm.org Contact Address: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan Kitasato 1 City: Tsukuba Province or State: Ibaraki Postal Code: 305-0811 Country: Japan