gov.noaa.ncdc:C00082 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unknown tabular digital data Rockville, MD NOAA/NESDIS > National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov FGGE (First GARP Global Experiment) International Format is a historical digital data set archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The idea of an intensive, prolonged, global, atmospheric observing experiment was conceived early in the development of the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP). This concept was later formalized by the Joint Organizing Committee (JOC) for GARP when it recommended to the executive committee of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and to the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) the implementation of a twelve-month global observing experiment to be called the FGGE. The NCDC can provide information of FGGE data transferred from designated FGGE collection centers throughout the world. Information is also available on selected national archives data that are not a part of The NCDC. To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public. tabular digital data C00082 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 19780101 19791130 Ground Condition Complete As Needed -180.0 180.0 90.0 -90.0 ISO 19115 Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 004 elevation 006 oceans 014 DIF Discipline Keyword Thesaurus Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Meteorology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Climatology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Weather Earth Sciences > Ocean > Oceanography Earth Sciences > Land > Hydrology GCMD Sciences Keyword Valids EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SOLAR RADIATION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE PROFILES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > PRESSURE TENDENCY EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > DEW POINT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > VERTICAL WIND MOTION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > SNOW DEPTH GCMD Location Valids GLOBAL GCMD Location Valids LAND SURFACE SEA SURFACE TROPOSPHERE STRATOSPHERE 1 None None Not provided Unknown Completeness information not available. Unknown Unknown Information on the format of each type of data can be found on the Microsoft Word document that will be provided with the data files to customers. Below is the header file format. The layout of the header file is: CHARACTERS: 1-6 DESCRIPTION: Short title for project name, left justified, blank filled CHARACTERS: 7-10 DESCRIPTION: Code figure representing producers (See table XXVI) (Beginning date) CHARACTERS: 11-12 DESCRIPTION: Year CHARACTERS: 13-14 DESCRIPTION: Month CHARACTERS: 15-16 DESCRIPTION: Day CHARACTERS: 17-18 DESCRIPTION: Hour (GMT) (End date) CHARACTERS: 19-20 DESCRIPTION: Year CHARACTERS: 21-22 DESCRIPTION: Month CHARACTERS: 23-24 DESCRIPTION: Day CHARACTERS: 25-26 DESCRIPTION: Hour (GMT) CHARACTERS: 27-80 DESCRIPTION: Blanks CHARACTERS: 81-240 DESCRIPTION: Name of office and country that produced the file CHARACTERS: 241-480 DESCRIPTION: Address of office CHARACTERS: 481-560 DESCRIPTION: Name of scientist that provided the data (optional) CHARACTERS: 561-640 DESCRIPTION: Date the file was written CHARACTERS: 641-720 DESCRIPTION: Translation table CHARACTERS: 721-800 DESCRIPTION: Characteristics of the file (number of tracks, density, recording code, etc.) *Note these characteritics were for the original tape files. Data has since been digitally transferred.) CHARACTERS: 801-1200 DESCRIPTION: Plain language description of the contents of the file by data type(s). CHARACTERS: 1201-to as needed DESCRIPTION: Tables of codes; the formats of each logical record as written on file followed by any plain language comments. All tables and code figures should be arranged in numeric order. The tables will be followed by descriptions of the formats used to write the logical records on file and further plain language information. The header file is terminated by a single "end-of-file" mark and will be followed by a "data" file. The idea of the header file is that it may printed out, and, since the first record is in a strict format, it can further be used for file management in computer operations. None National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Service Mailing and physical

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