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Six-Second Upper Air Data (DSI-9948)

Entry ID: gov.noaa.ncdc.C00381

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Summary

Abstract: Six-Second Upper Air Data is digital data set DSI-9948, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This data set contains radiosonde data. High resolution 6-second data has been received at NCDC since April 1995 and archived as digital data set DSI-9948. Geographic coverage is the United States of America including Alaska and Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, US territories in the Pacific, and nations in the Pacific hosting offices of the US National Weather Service (NWS). Major parameters deal with a typical radiosonde release and are time, pressure, dry bulb temperature, dew point temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, ascension rate, longitude, latitude, elevation and azimuth, and altitude.

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

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Spatial coordinates

N: 72.0

S: -15.0

E: -60.0

W: 130.0

Data Set Citation

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

Dataset Title: Six-Second Upper Air Data (DSI-9948)

Dataset Release Date: Unknown

Data Presentation Form: tabular digital data

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

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1995-04-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA > PUERTO RICO

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA > VIRGIN ISLANDS

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

Platform

ICESAT > Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite

Instrument

GLAS > Geoscience Laser Altimeter System

Ancillary Keywords

Climate Diagnostics

ICESat

Data Center

British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom

Data Center URL: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/
Dataset ID: BAS-LasersGreenlandAntarctic2003-2007

Data Center Personnel
Name: LINDA CAPPER Phone: +44 (0) 1223 251448 Email: l.capper at bas.ac.uk Contact Address: BAS Press Office British Antarctic Survey High Cross, Madingley Road City: Cambridge Country: UK

Publications/References

British Antarctic Survey. (2009, September 23). Press release – Lasers from space show thinning of Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. Accessed October 2, 2009. http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/press/press_releases/press_release.php?...

Haven, K. (2007, August 28). Greenland’s Ice Island Alarm. NASA’s Earth Observatory. Accessed October 2, 2009.

Pritchard, H.D., Arthern, R.J., Vaghan, D.G., and Edwards, L.A. (2009, September 23). Extensive dynamic thinning on the margins of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. Nature, doi.10.1038/nature08471. Accessed October 2, 2009.

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2009-10-13

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-12-19

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