Foreign Winds Aloft (DSI-5200)

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

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: Foreign Winds Aloft (DSI-5200)

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Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data

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Online_Linkage: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov

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Foreign Winds Aloft is historical digital data set DSI-5200, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This is a collection of miscellaneous, historical, upper air winds data. DSI-5200 contains wind speeds and directions at various levels above the earth's surface. Data is from a sampling of countries over the world. Data periods vary from station to station. The earliest data is from 1927, and the latest is from 1971. DSI-5200 includes the following historical data collections, with file names in double-quotes: 1. "african_middle_east_winds_aloft" 1953/01/01-1961/11/30 (Sudan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Iraq, and Afghanistan) 2. "african_winds_aloft" 1961/07/01-1963/06/30 (Africa [various countries], Syria, Israel, and Jordan) 3. "burma_haitian_winds_aloft" 1956/04/30-1957/07/01 (Burma and Port-au-Prince, Haiti) 4. "chinese_winds_aloft" 1956/08/20-1959/12/31 5. "india_pakistan_winds_aloft" 1953/12/31-1959/05/31 and "india_pakistan_winds aloft" 1954/01/01-1963/12/31 (India, Pakistan, and island of Borneo [Sarawak and north Borneo]) 6. "italian_pibals" 1927/04/01-1933/12/31 7. "japanese_winds_aloft" 1941/11/11-1953/12/31 8. "korean_winds_aloft" 1937/07/31-1957/12/31 9. "portuguese_macao_indian_winds_aloft" 1948/03/17-1948/12/02 (Portugal, Macao, India, Pakistan, Arabia, Burma, Ceylon [Sri Lanka], and Indian Ocean islands) 10. "se_asian_winds_aloft" 1959/09/16-1967/07/31 and "se_asian_winds_aloft" 1960/04/01-1967/07/29 (Southeast Asia and Pacific islands) 11. "winds_aloft" 1954/03/30-1960/08/17 (Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay) 12. "winds_aloft" 1949/03/01-1971/01/07 (Philippines) 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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Beginning_Date: 19270401

Ending_Date: 19710107

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.0

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > VERTICAL WIND MOTION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES

Theme_Keyword: PIBAL > PILOT BALLOONS

Theme_Keyword: RADIOSONDES

Theme_Keyword: RAWINSONDES

Theme_Keyword: VISUAL OBSERVATIONS

Theme_Keyword: ESIP > EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS PROGRAM

Theme_Keyword: Global

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Theme_Keyword: G3os/

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: ELEVATION

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

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Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Access_Constraints: ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: None DISTRIBUTION LIABILITY: Every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of current NOAA quality control procedures. NOAA can only certify that the data provided to its customers is an authentic copy of the records which were accepted for inclusion in NOAA archives. NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.

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ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY REPORT: Not provided LOGICAL CONSISTENCY REPORT: Unknown COMPLETENESS REPORT: Completeness information not available. LINEAGE/PROCESS STEP: PROCESS DESCRIPTION: Unknown PROCESS DATE: Unknown

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Contact_Organization: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Contact_Person: NCDC CUSTOMER SERVICE

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 151 Patton Avenue, Room 120

City: Asheville

State_or_Province: NC

Postal_Code: 28801-5001

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 828-271-4800

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 828-271-4876

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ncdc.orders@noaa.gov

Resource_Description: ______DSI-5200 ____

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

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DATA CENTER URL

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http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nmmrview/fgdc.jsp?id=gov....

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View Source Metadata document from the Metadata Manager and Repository (NMMR).

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20060627

Metadata_Review_Date: 20110721

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Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: NCDC CUSTOMER SERVICE

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 151 Patton Avenue, Room 120

City: Asheville

State_or_Province: NC

Postal_Code: 28801-5001

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 828-271-4800

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 828-271-4876

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ncdc.orders@noaa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time