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Brazilian Air Force Rawinsondes and Pibals, January 1950-November 1986

Entry ID: NCAR_DS394.1

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Summary

Abstract: NCDC has provided rawinsonde data for eleven Brazilian stations and pibal data
for thirty stations for the general period January 1950 to November
1986. The actual period, however, varies widely by individual
station. The data were recorded by the Brazilian Air Force.

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS > Data Support Section, Scientific Computing Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Dataset Title: Brazilian Air Force Rawinsondes and Pibals, January 1950-November 1986

Dataset Publisher: UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS > Data Support Section, Scientific Computing Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Online Resource: http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds394.1/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1949-12-08

Stop Date: 1986-11-17

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT

ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > STATION HEIGHT

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

PIBAL > Pilot Balloons

RADIOSONDES

Instrument

RAWINSONDES

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Data Center

Data Support Section, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Data Center URL: http://rda.ucar.edu/
Dataset ID: 394.1

Data Center Personnel
Name: RDA HELP DESK Phone: (303)-497-1231 Fax: (303)-497-1291 Email: dssweb at ucar.edu Contact Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research CISL/DSS P.O. Box 3000 City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80307 Country: U.S.A.

Personnel

BOB DATTORE

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: (303)-497-1825

Fax: (303)-497-1291

Email: dattore at ucar.edu

Contact Address:

National Center for Atmospheric Research

CISL/DSS

P.O. Box 3000

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80307

Country: U.S.A.

BOB DATTORE

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT