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NCEP ADP Global Upper Air Observations (Mixed), daily 1985-1997Mar

Entry ID: NCAR_DS353.1

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Summary

Abstract: DSS presents a global synoptic set of 6 hourly upper air data reports. These
were operationally collected by NCEP. They include radiosondes,
pibals and aircraft reports received via the Global
Telecommunications System (GTS) and satellite data from the National
Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS).
This data is the primary input to the Global Data Assimilation
System ...

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: NCEP ADP Global Upper Air Observations (Mixed), daily 1985-1997Mar

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/ds353.1/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1985-01-01

Stop Date: 1997-04-12

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT

ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > STATION HEIGHT

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

AIRCRAFT

FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

GTS > Global Telecommunications System

Ancillary Keywords

Fixed Ships

Moving Ships

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: 353.1

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.

Distribution

Distribution Size: 17.466 Gbytes

Distribution Format: ASCII

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.

GREGG WALTERS

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: (303)-497-1218

Fax: (303)-497-1291

Email: baseball 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.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2007-11-13

Last DIF Revision Date: 2007-11-13

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