gov.noaa.ncdc:C00062 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unknown tabular digital data http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov World Marine Surface Atlas is historical digital dataset DSI-9781, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The major data variables and parameters are means and standard deviations of wind, pressure, air temperature, dew point temperature, sea temperature, air-sea temperature difference, and wave heights. The data base came from the marine atlas files that were generated to produce the 5 volume series of U.S. Navy Marine Climatic Atlas of the World. In addition the Polar Regions were pulled from the former TDF-11 library file and quality controlled similar to the atlas files. Related files are North Atlantic atlas file, South Atlantic atlas file, North Pacific atlas file, South Pacific atlas file, Indian Ocean atlas file. To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public. R.G. Quayle 19740901 volume 18, no., 5 Unknown Environmental Data Service U.S. Navy, Naval Weather Service Command 1974 North Atlantic Ocean navair 50-1c-528 U.S. Navy, Naval Weather Service Command 1977 North Pacific Ocean navair 50-1c-529 U.S. Navy, Naval Weather Service Command 1976 Indian Ocean navair 50-1c-530 U.S. Navy, Naval Weather Service Command 1978 South Atlantic Ocean navair 50-1c-531 U.S. Navy, Naval Weather Service Command 1979 South Pacific Ocean navair 50-1c-532 U.S. Navy, Naval Weather Service Command 1969 The World navair 50-ac-54 U.S. Naval Oceanography Command Unknown World-Wide Means and Standard Deviations navair, 50-1c-65 data set C00062 ANEMOMETERS BAROMETERS DEWPOINT SENSORS PSYCHROMETERS TEMPERATURE SENSORS THERMOMETERS WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES WIND VANES SHIPS National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce R.G. Quayle: 'A Climatic Comparison Of Ocean Weather Station And Transient Ship Records'. Environmental Data Service, 'Mariners Weather Log', volume 18, no., 5 September 1974. U.S. Navy, Naval Weather Service Command: 'Marine Climatic Atlas of the World' volume I (revised), 'North Atlantic Ocean', navair 50-1c-528, 1974; volume II (revised), North Pacific Ocean', navair 50-1c-529, 1977; volume III (revised), 'Indian Ocean' navair 50-1c-530, 1976; Volume IV (revised), 'South Atlantic Ocean', navair 50-1c-531, 1978; volume (revised) 'South Pacific Ocean', navair 50-1c-532, 1979; Volume VIII, 'The World', navair 50-ac-54,1969. U.S. Naval Oceanography Command; 'Marine Climatic Atlas of the World', Volume IX, 'World-Wide Means and Standard Deviations', navair, 50-1c-65. 18500101 19701231 Ground Condition Complete As Needed -180.0 180.0 90.0 -90.0 ISO 19115 Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 004 oceans 014 DIF Discipline Keyword Thesaurus Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Meteorology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Climatology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Weather Earth Sciences > Ocean > Oceanography GCMD Sciences Keyword Valids EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > DEW POINT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT GCMD Location Valids GLOBAL OCEAN GCMD Location Valids TROPOSPHERE SEA SURFACE SHIPS ANEMOMETERS SHIPS DEWPOINT SENSORS SHIPS PSYCHROMETERS SHIPS BAROMETERS SHIPS THERMOMETERS SHIPS TEMPERATURE SENSORS SHIPS WIND VANES SHIPS WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES 1 None None The marine observations went through a computer check for internal consistency and then duplicates were eliminated. Also a manual edit was performed on the extreme values. This edit processing was done a basin at a time. The data were further checked through the analyses. Then the analyses were checked and the charts digitized with all inflection points and singularly identified. The results were then plotted back at the original scale for quality control. The reliability of the analyses over land (when they were extracted from various existing publications) and in data sparse areas such as the Polar Regions is not of the quality of the highly traveled ocean areas. Unknown Completeness information not available. Not derived from another source. Unknown ELEMENT: Basin Code POSITION: 1 DESCRIPTION: '9' only. This indicated world-wide coverage of oceans. ELEMENT: Type of Contour POSITION: 2-3 DESCRIPTION: This code defines the specific element for which contours will follow. See parameter codes listed below. ELEMENT: Month POSITION: 4-5 DESCRIPTION: The month of each specified parameter. ELEMENT: Digitizing Mode POSITION: 6-7 DESCRIPTION: The digitizing mode code defining the type of contour point. The X, Y coordinates are associated with: 2 = X and Y are part of the grid 3 = Contour line sequence number 4 = The contour line 5 = A center value 6 = A high center ELEMENT: Sequence Points in a Line POSITION: 8-10 DESCRIPTION: Each XY point along a contour is sequenced in ascending order, starting with 1. ELEMENT: Arbitrarily Assigned Line Number POSITION: 11-14 DESCRIPTION: Each contour was assigned a unique number, as it was being digitized. This helps identify the contour so corrections could be made. ELEMENT: Pen Command POSITION: 15 DESCRIPTION: The pen commands give the needed instructions for the plotter to redraw the contour charts. PEN1 = 2-Move with pen (over water between 80 N and 80 S) = 3-Move with pen up (over land and water for parameters 20, 30, 50) PEN2 = 4-Draw value of contour (between 80 S and 80 N) PEN3 = 8-Move with pen down (over land or between 80 N and 90 N or 80 S and 90 S) = 9-Move with pen up (over land or between 80 N and 90 N or 80 S and 90 S) ELEMENT: Value of Contour POSITION: 16-21 The value of the digitized contour line. ELEMENT: X-Coordinate POSITION: 22-27 DESCRIPTION: The X-coordinate is the distance measured in inches along the horizontal from the origin in the lower left corner of the map. The maps are Miller projections running form pole to pole and 120 E to 120 E. The maps were scaled to standard size. ELEMENT: Y-Coordinate POSITION: 28-33 DESCRIPTION: The Y coordinate is the distance measured in inches along the vertical from the origin in the lower left corner of the map. Maps are Miller projections scaled to standard size. PARAMETER CODES FILE NUMBER: 1 PARAMETER CODE: 10 ELEMENT CONTOURS: Wind (knots) Mean FILE NUMBER: 2 PARAMETER CODE: 11 ELEMENT CONTOURS: Wind (knots) Standard Deviation FILE NUMBER: 3 PARAMETER CODE: 20 ELEMENT CONTOURS: Pressure (mb) Mean FILE NUMBER: 4 PARAMETER CODE: 21 ELEMENT CONTOURS: Pressure (mb) Standard Deviation FILE NUMBER: 5 PARAMETER CODE: 30 ELEMENT CONTOURS: Air Temperture (C deg) Mean FILE NUMBER: 6 PARAMETER CODE: 31 ELEMENT CONTOURS: Air Temperature (C deg) Standard Deviation FILE NUMBER: 7 PARAMETER CODE: 50 ELEMENT CONTOURS: Dew point temp. (C deg) Mean FILE NUMBER: 8 PARAMETER CODE: 51 ELEMENT CONTOURS: Dew point temp. (c deg) Standard Deviation FILE NUMBER: 9 PARAMETER CODE: 60 ELEMENT CONTOURS: Sea Temperature (C deg) Mean FILE NUMBER: 10 PARAMETER CODE: 61 ELEMENT CONTOURS: Sea Temperature (C deg) Standard Deviation FILE NUMBER: 11 PARAMETER CODE: 70 ELEMENT CONTOURS: Air-Sea Temp. Difference (C deg) Mean FILE NUMBER: 12 PARAMETER CODE: 71 ELEMENT CONTOURS: Air-Sea Temp. Difference (C deg) Standard Deviation FILE NUMBER: 13 PARAMETER CODE: 80 ELEMENT CONTOURS: Wave Height (meters) Mean FILE NUMBER: 14 PARAMETER CODE: 81 ELEMENT CONTOURS: Wave Height (meters) Standard Deviation None National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Service Mailing and physical

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