gov.noaa.ncdc:C00188 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unknown tabular digital data http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov Alpine Experiment is historical data set DSI-9684 archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The last major field experiment of the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) evolved from its sub-program on the Air-Flow Over and Around Mountains, called Alpine Experiment (ALPEX). The project has focused on circulations due to wind forcing, including storm surges in the Adriatic and Western Mediterranean Sea. This project was in direct support of the World Meteorological Organization with 20 nations taking part in the project. The specific tasks of the project were: 1. To investigate the mechanism of cyclogenesis in the lee of mountains, 2. To study local mountain wind phenomena such as foehn, mistral and bora, 3. To determine the total drag of a mountain - complex (Alps), 4. To measure the vertical flux of horizontal momentum in lee - waves, 5. To observe orographic influences on precipitation, floods, and heat budget. The world data center for meteorology located in the NCDC provides information on ALPEX data transferred to NCDC from the designated ALPEX collection centers. Information is available on selected national archive data upon request. Information may be provided for: 1. ALPEX quick-look data sets (a) microfilm, (b) digital. 2. Special platform data (research ACFT data). 3. Level II-b (dropwindsonde data). 4. Level III-b (ALPEX analysis data). 5. Special satellite data. 6. U.S. National holding data. To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public. data set C00188 ALTIMETERS ANEMOMETERS AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer BAROMETERS BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS DRIFTING BUOYS DROPSONDES DROPWINDSONDES HYGROMETERS INFRARED RADIOMETERS PSYCHROMETERS PYRANOMETERS RADIOSONDES RAIN GAUGES RAWINSONDES SNOW MEASURING ROD SOIL MOISTURE PROBE SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE STD > Salinity, Temperature, Depth TEMPERATURE SENSORS THERMISTORS THERMOMETERS TOVS > TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder VISUAL OBSERVATIONS WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES WIND VANES AIRCRAFT BALLOONS BUOYS DROPWINDSONDES METEOSAT-2 NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites PIBAL > Pilot Balloons RADIOSONDES SHIPS WEATHER STATIONS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 19820301 19820401 Ground Condition Complete As Needed -5.0 38.0 50.0 30.0 ISO 19115 Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 004 inlandWaters 012 oceans 014 DIF Discipline Keyword Thesaurus Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Meteorology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Climatology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Weather Earth Sciences > Land > Hydrology Earth Sciences > Ocean > Oceanography GCMD Sciences Keyword Valids EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > STORMS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT EARTH SCIENCE > HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > FLOODS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > STORM SURGE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WIND WAVES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY > SEA SURFACE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > STORM SURGE GCMD Location Valids CENTRAL EUROPE MEDITERRANEAN SEA GCMD Location Valids LAND SURFACE TROPOSPHERE STRATOSPHERE BOUNDARY LAYER SEA SURFACE ALPEX > Alpine Experiment DROPWINDSONDES DROPWINDSONDES ALPEX > Alpine Experiment Pilot Balloons PIBAL VISUAL OBSERVATIONS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment BALLOONS RAWINSONDES ALPEX > Alpine Experiment RADIOSONDES RADIOSONDES ALPEX > Alpine Experiment AIRCRAFT DROPSONDES ALPEX > Alpine Experiment AIRCRAFT VISUAL OBSERVATIONS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment AIRCRAFT WIND VANES ALPEX > Alpine Experiment AIRCRAFT ANEMOMETERS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment AIRCRAFT THERMISTORS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment AIRCRAFT ALTIMETERS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment WEATHER STATIONS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment WEATHER STATIONS PYRANOMETERS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment WEATHER STATIONS BAROMETERS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment WEATHER STATIONS THERMISTORS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment WEATHER STATIONS THERMOMETERS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment WEATHER STATIONS RAIN GAUGES ALPEX > Alpine Experiment WEATHER STATIONS HYGROMETERS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment WEATHER STATIONS PSYCHROMETERS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment WEATHER STATIONS WIND VANES ALPEX > Alpine Experiment WEATHER STATIONS ANEMOMETERS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment WEATHER STATIONS SNOW MEASURING ROD ALPEX > Alpine Experiment WEATHER STATIONS SOIL MOISTURE PROBE ALPEX > Alpine Experiment WEATHER STATIONS SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE ALPEX > Alpine Experiment BUOYS DRIFTING BUOYS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment SHIPS WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES ALPEX > Alpine Experiment SHIPS THERMOMETERS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment SHIPS TEMPERATURE SENSORS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment SHIPS BAROMETERS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment SHIPS ANEMOMETERS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment SHIPS WIND VANES ALPEX > Alpine Experiment SHIPS RAIN GAUGES ALPEX > Alpine Experiment SHIPS Salinity, Temperature, Depth STD ALPEX > Alpine Experiment SHIPS BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment METEOSAT-2 INFRARED RADIOMETERS ALPEX > Alpine Experiment NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites NOAA POES Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer AVHRR ALPEX > Alpine Experiment NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites NOAA POES TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder TOVS 5 None None Not provided Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/documentlibrary/datasets.html None National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Service Mailing and physical

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