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  <idinfo>
    <datsetid>
      gov.noaa.ncdc:C00187
    </datsetid>
    <citation>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin>
          National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
        </origin>
        <pubdate>
          Unknown
        </pubdate>
        <title>
          Constant Pressure Prognostic Charts
        </title>
        <geoform>
          chart
        </geoform>
        <onlink>
          http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov
        </onlink>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <abstract>
        Constant Pressure Prognostic Charts are historical constant
pressure prognostic charts that are available at the National Climatic Data
Center (NCDC). These operational forecasts began 4 hours after 00Z and 12Z
observation times on a 1:40 million scale unless otherwise noted. The
forecast levels were produced for 1000, 850, 700, 500, 300, 200, and 100
millibar levels. Most levels were forecast in 12 hour increments out to 48
hours. The 500 millibar was forecast out to 168 hours.
The forecasts usually contain two or more of the following:
All charts contain height contours - solid lines in decameters at 60 or 120
meter intervals.
Temperature - dashed lines at intervals of 5 degrees Celsius.
Wind - dashed lines at intervals of 20 knots.
Thickness (derived from subtracting the height of a low level from a higher
one) - dashed lines in decameters at 60-meter intervals.
      </abstract>
      <purpose>
        To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers
and the public.
      </purpose>
      <supplinf>
        chart
      </supplinf>
      <noaainfo>
        <entry>
          C00187
        </entry>
        <sensor>
          RADIOSONDES
        </sensor>
        <source>
          RADIOSONDES
        </source>
        <center>
          National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
        </center>
      </noaainfo>
    </descript>
    <timeperd>
      <timeinfo>
        <rngdates>
          <begdate>
            Unknown
          </begdate>
          <enddate>
            Unknown
          </enddate>
        </rngdates>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>
        Ground Condition
      </current>
    </timeperd>
    <status>
      <progress>
        Complete
      </progress>
      <update>
        As Needed
      </update>
    </status>
    <spdom>
      <bounding>
        <westbc>
          -135.0
        </westbc>
        <eastbc>
          -50.0
        </eastbc>
        <northbc>
          55.0
        </northbc>
        <southbc>
          24.0
        </southbc>
      </bounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt>
          ISO 19115 Topic Category
        </themekt>
        <themekey>
          climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          004
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          elevation
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          006
        </themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>
          DIF Discipline Keyword Thesaurus
        </themekt>
        <themekey>
          Earth Sciences &gt; Atmosphere &gt; Meteorology
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          Earth Sciences &gt; Atmosphere &gt; Climatology
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          Earth Sciences &gt; Atmosphere &gt; Weather
        </themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>
          GCMD Sciences Keyword Valids
        </themekt>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; ALTITUDE &gt; BAROMETRIC ALTITUDE
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; ALTITUDE &gt; TROPOPAUSE
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE &gt; PLANETARY/ROSSBY WAVES
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE &gt; PRESSURE THICKNESS
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE &gt; ANTICYCLONES/CYCLONES
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE &gt; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE  &gt; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE  &gt; AIR TEMPERATURE
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE &gt; TEMPERATURE PROFILES
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; ATMOSPHERIC WINDS &gt; UPPER LEVEL WINDS
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; ATMOSPHERIC WINDS &gt; WIND PROFILES
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; ATMOSPHERIC WINDS &gt; FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE &gt; TEMPERATURE TENDENCY
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE &gt; PRESSURE TENDENCY
        </themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekt>
          GCMD Location Valids
        </placekt>
        <placekey>
          UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          CANADA
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          MEXICO
        </placekey>
      </place>
      <stratum>
        <stratkt>
          GCMD Location Valids
        </stratkt>
        <stratkey>
          LAND SURFACE
        </stratkey>
        <stratkey>
          TROPOSPHERE
        </stratkey>
      </stratum>
    </keywords>
    <plainsid>
      <platflnm>
        RADIOSONDES
      </platflnm>
      <instflnm>
        RADIOSONDES
      </instflnm>
    </plainsid>
    <bandidnt>
      <numbands>
        1
      </numbands>
    </bandidnt>
    <accconst>
      None
    </accconst>
    <useconst>
      None
    </useconst>
  </idinfo>
  <dataqual>
    <attracc>
      <attraccr>
        Not provided
      </attraccr>
    </attracc>
    <logic>
      Unknown
    </logic>
    <complete>
      Completeness information not available.
    </complete>
    <lineage>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>
          Unknown
        </procdesc>
        <procdate>
          Unknown
        </procdate>
      </procstep>
    </lineage>
  </dataqual>
  <eainfo>
    <overview>
      <eaover>
        Constant Pressure Prognostic Charts are constant pressure 
forecast charts that are available at the NCDC.
      </eaover>
      <eadetcit>
        None
      </eadetcit>
    </overview>
  </eainfo>
  <distinfo>
    <distrib>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>
            National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
          </cntorg>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntpos>
          Customer Services Branch
        </cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>
            Mailing and physical
          </addrtype>
          <address>
            151 Patton Avenue
          </address>
          <address>
            Room 468
          </address>
          <city>
            Asheville
          </city>
          <state>
            North Carolina
          </state>
          <postal>
            28801-5001
          </postal>
          <country>
            USA
          </country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>
          828-271-4800
        </cntvoice>
        <cnttdd>
          828-271-4010
        </cnttdd>
        <cntfax>
          828-271-4876
        </cntfax>
        <cntemail>
          ncdc.orders@noaa.gov
        </cntemail>
        <hours>
          8:00 - 6:00 Eastern
        </hours>
        <cntinst>
          http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/about/ncdcordering.html
        </cntinst>
      </cntinfo>
    </distrib>
    <distliab>
      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.
    </distliab>
  </distinfo>
  <metainfo>
    <metd>
      20060627
    </metd>
    <metrd>
      20060627
    </metrd>
    <metc>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>
            National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
          </cntorg>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntpos>
          Customer Services Branch
        </cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>
            Mailing and physical
          </addrtype>
          <address>
            151 Patton Avenue
          </address>
          <address>
            Room 468
          </address>
          <city>
            Asheville
          </city>
          <state>
            North Carolina
          </state>
          <postal>
            28801-5001
          </postal>
          <country>
            USA
          </country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>
          828-271-4800
        </cntvoice>
        <cnttdd>
          828-271-4010
        </cnttdd>
        <cntfax>
          828-271-4876
        </cntfax>
        <cntemail>
          ncdc.metadata@noaa.gov
        </cntemail>
        <hours>
          8:00 - 6:00 Eastern
        </hours>
      </cntinfo>
    </metc>
    <metstdn>
      Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata
    </metstdn>
    <metstdv>
      FGDC-STD-012-2002
    </metstdv>
    <metextns>
      <onlink>
        http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/metadata/extensions/local_extensions.html
      </onlink>
      <metprof>
        NGDC Extensions to FGDC Metadata
      </metprof>
    </metextns>
    <metextns>
      <onlink>
        http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/csdgm_rs_ex/MetadataRemoteSensingExtens.pdf
      </onlink>
      <onlink>
        http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/csdgm_rs_ex/remote-sensing-metadata
      </onlink>
      <metprof>
        Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata, FGDC-STD-012-2002
      </metprof>
    </metextns>
    <metextns>
      <onlink>
        http://www.eis.noaa.gov/fgdc/fgdcleg.html
      </onlink>
      <metprof>
        NOAA Supplemental Information in Description (NOAA legacy extension to FGDC)
      </metprof>
    </metextns>
  </metainfo>
  
  
  
  
  
  
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