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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

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

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

BALLOONS [Information]

GROUND STATIONS [Information]

Instrument

RADIOSONDES [Information]

RAWINSONDES [Information]

Project

EOSDIS >Earth Observing System Data Information System [Information]

ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program [Information]

Keywords

Alaska

Arctic

Atmospheric Soundings

Canada

Dewpoint Depression

EOSDIS

Finland

Greenland

Norway

Polar

Radiosondes

Rawinsondes

Russia

Sweden

US

Wind Direction

Wind Speed

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center [Information]
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

National Snow and Ice Data Center [Information]
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at the National Snow and Ice Data Center [Information]
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/noaa/
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0008

Data Center Personnel

Name: NSIDC NOAA 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

World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder [Information]
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/wdc/
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.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-05-14

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