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BOMEX - Boom Surface Meteorological Data (DSI-9672)

Entry ID: gov.noaa.ncdc.C00303

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Summary

Abstract: BOMEX - Boom Surface Meteorological Data is a historical digital data set archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). BOMEX Archive includes, data collected during the Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological Experiment (BOMEX) in 1969. Parameters included in this dataset are: air temperature, wet bulb temperature, dew point temperature, humidity, winds, sea surface temperature and ... radiation. With the cooperation of the Government of Barbados and with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as lead agency, the Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological Experiment (BOMEX) was conducted over the tropical Atlantic East of Barbados in the summer of 1969. The field operations for this multiagency national study of the ocean-atmosphere system were divided into four observation periods: May 3 to 15, May 24 to June 10, June 19 to July 2, and July 11 to July 28. The first three were devoted to the Sea Air Interaction Program--the BOMEX 'Core Experiment'--within a 500-km by 500-km square ship array. During the fourth period, the array was extended southward to incorporate the Intertropical Convergence Zone. The following is a list of the 8 different records and their respected data sets for this project. Miscellaneous Data (DSI-9670) - C00598 Rawinsonde and Radiometersonde Data (DSI-9671) - C00302 Boom Surface Meteorological Data (DSI-9672) - C00303 Salinity-Temperature-Depth (STD) Data (DSI-9673) - C00599 Aircraft Data (DSI-9674) - C00600 Boundary Layer Instrument Package (BLIP) Data (DSI-9675) - C00304 Surface Radar Data (DSI-9676) - C00601 Dropsonde Data (DSI-9677) - C00602 BOOM DATA The five fixed ships used as observation platforms were the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ships Oceanographer, Rainier, Mt. Mitchell, Discoverer, and the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Rockaway. The mooring system designed to maintain the ships at their designated locations failed -- the Mt. Mitchell's and Rainier's at the very beginning of period I, the Rockaway's early in period II, and the Oceanographer's and Discoverer's later during the same period. After mooring failure, the ships used various modes of steaming and drifting in an attempt to remain as close as possible to their assigned positions. More than 2,500 rawinsondes were released during BOMEX from the five ships, with surface temperature, humidity, and wind being measured both manually by observers aboard ship and electronically by sensors mounted on a boom extending from the bow of each ship. This memorandum presents a preliminary comparison of the first 200 m of the rawinsonde temperature data to determine (1) whether the ships' effects might have contaminated the lower levels of the rawinsonde data and (2) if contamination is evident, whether use of the electronically measured surface temperature data would tend to reduce or eliminate the contamination.

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

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: data set

CURRENTNESS REFERENCE: Ground Condition

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 18.0

S: 7.0

E: -52.0

W: -60.0

Data Set Citation

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

Dataset Title: BOMEX - Boom Surface Meteorological Data (DSI-9672)

Dataset Release Date: Unknown

Data Presentation Form: tabular digital data

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

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1969-05-01

Stop Date: 1969-07-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > BAROMETRIC ALTITUDE

ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT

ISO Topic Category

ENVIRONMENT

OCEANS

Platform

AIRCRAFT

SHIPS

SATELLITES

Instrument

SAR > Synthetic Aperture Radar

SCATTEROMETERS

Ancillary Keywords

Arctic Sea Ice

Sea Ice

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

NSIDC_NOAA

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

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: FTP

Distribution Size: 1.32 GB

Distribution Format: binary

Personnel

NATIONAL ICE CENTER

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: (301) 394-3100

Email: liaison at natice.noaa.gov

Contact Address:

NOAA Satellite Operations Facility

4231 Suitland Road

City: Suitland

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20746

Country: USA

Publications/References

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enna, P., and W. N. Meier. 2002. SSM/I sea ice algorithm inter-comparison: Operational case studies from the National Ice Center, IGARSS Proceedings, INT_A32_04, Toronto, 24-28 June 2002. Meier, W. N, M. L. van Woert, and C. Bertoia. 2001. Evaluation of operational SSM/I ice concentration algorithms, Ann. Glaciology, 33, 102-108. Meier, Walter, 2005. Comparison of Passive Microwave Ice Concentration Algorithm Retrievals With AVHRR Imagery in Arctic Peripheral Seas. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol 40, No. 6, pp 1324-1334. Meier, W. N, M. L. van Woert, and C. Bertoia. 2001. Evaluation of operational SSM/I ice concentration algorithms, Ann. Glaciology, 33, 102-108. Meier, W. N., T. Maksym and M.L. Van Woert, Evaluation of Arctic operational passive microwave products: a case study in the Barents Sea during October 2001. Ice in the Environment: Proceedings of the 16th IAHR International Symposium on Ice, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2nd-6th December 2002, In
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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2006-10-01

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-12-23

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