gov.noaa.ncdc:C00239 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unknown tabular digital data http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov U.S. Rawinsonde Observations (DSI-6201) is a historical digital data set archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). It contains upper air observations by rawinsonde from 1945 to 1990. Stations are mostly U.S. locations, but include a scattering of U.S. civilian and military sites around the globe. The parameters are observation time (year, month, day, hour) in GMT, number of pressure levels, level quality indicator, elapsed time since release (beginning with January 1, 1981), pressure of level (kilopascals and hundredths), geopotential height of level (whole meters), temperature of level (Deg. C and 10ths), relative humidity of level (whole %), wind direction of level (whole degrees), and wind speed of level (meters per sec.). To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public. data set C00239 RADIOSONDES RAWINSONDES BALLOONS RADIOSONDES National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 19450101 19901231 Ground Condition Complete As Needed -180.0 180.0 90.0 -90.0 ISO 19115 Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 004 elevation 006 DIF Discipline Keyword Thesaurus Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Meteorology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Climatology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Weather GCMD Sciences Keyword Valids EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > BAROMETRIC ALTITUDE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > TROPOPAUSE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > STATION HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > PRESSURE THICKNESS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE PROFILES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE GCMD Location Valids GLOBAL GCMD Location Valids STRATOSPHERE TROPOSPHERE BOUNDARY LAYER LAND SURFACE RADIOSONDES RADIOSONDES BALLOONS RAWINSONDES 1 None None Not provided Unknown Completeness information not available. Unknown Unknown FIELD: 001 POSITION: 1-8 ELEMENT: STATION-ID DEFINITIONS: STATION IDENTIFICATION-For U.S. controlled and cooperative stations, this is a WBAN number. For stations received through GTS, it is the WMO number. This field may contain alphabetic characters for ships and remote sensed observations. Numeric station numbers are right justified and zero filled, while alphanumeric station identifiers are left justified and blank filled. If unknown, this field contains "99999999". If the station identification is unknown, both latitude and longitude must be present. FIELD: 002 POSITION: 9-12 ELEMENT: LATITUDE DEFINITIONS: LATITUDE-The station latitude in degrees and minutes. When unknown, this field contains "9999". Latitude will not normally appear for land stations. FIELD: 003 POSITION: 13 ELEMENT: LATITUDE CODE DEFINITIONS: LATITUDE CODE - CODE used to indicate the Northern (N) or Southern (S) latitudes. FIELD: 004 POSITION: 14-18 ELEMENT: LONGITUDE DEFINITIONS: LONGITUDE-The station longitude in degrees and minutes. When unknown, this field contains "99999". Longitude will noT normally appear for land stations. FIELD: 005 POSITION: 19 ELEMENT: LONGITUDE CODE DEFINITIONS: LONGITUDE CODE-CODE used to indicate longitudes East (E) or West (W). FIELD: 006 POSITION: 20-29 ELEMENT: DATE-TIME DEFINITIONS: DATE/TIME-The scheduled time of the observation, as defined by WMO. The format of date/time is YYYYMMDDHH, i.e., year, month, day, hour. This field may never be unknown. POSITION: 20-23 ELEMENT: YEAR DEFINITIONS: YEAR-This is the Year of record. Range of values is 1946-current year processed. POSITION: 24-25 ELEMENT: MONTH DEFINITIONS: MONTH-This is the Month of record. Range of values is 01-12. POSITION: 26-27 ELEMENT: DAY DEFINITIONS: DAY-This is the Day of record, Range of values is 01 to 31. POSITION: 28-29 ELEMENT: HOUR DEFINITIONS: HOUR-This is the Hour of record. Range of values is 00 to 23. Hour is GMT. Normal scheduled observation times are 00 and 12 GMT. For selected periods and areas observations may have been taken at other times, especially 06 and 18 GMT. FIELD: 007 POSITION: 30-32 ELEMENT: NUMBER-REPEAT-GROUPS DEFINITIONS: NUMBER-OF-REPEATING-GROUPS--This number represents the number of data levels found in the current observation, including edited levels. Range of values is 001-200. Two hundred is the maximum number of levels. FIELD: 008 POSITION: 33 ELEMENT: LEVEL-QUALITY-INDCTR DEFINITIONS: LEVEL-QUALITY-INDICATOR--Denotes the results of any quality controls applied to this level. Range is as follows: 0 Original values are correct. 1 Original values are missing. 2 Original values doubtful, a corrected level follows. 3 Original values doubtful, uncorrected. 4 Original values in error, a corrected level follows. 5 Original values in error, uncorrected. 6 Corrected level. 9 Level not checked. A-Z Indicators supplied by NMC. A-G, blank) Automatic via computer system. A Passed vertical consistency check with tight limits. B Failed vertical consistency check and has not been recomputed. C Failed vertical consistency check and was recomputed. D Failed vertical consistency check with tight limits and passed with loose limits. E (Not assigned) F Has been checked but did not pass vertical consistency check with loose limits. G (Not assigned) blank (Not specified) (H-P, $) Manual via Human Intervention H Hold value for next analysis run I (Same as A) J (Same as B K (Same as C) L (Same as D) M (Same as E) N (Same as F) O (Same as G) P Purge from analysis run FIELD: 009 POSITION: 34-37 ELEMENT: TIME-SINCE-RELEASE DEFINITIONS: TIME-The elapsed time since the release of the sounding, in minutes and tenths. If the elapsed time is not known, this field contains "9999". Range is 001 through 9999. Available only for U.S. quality controlled stations beginning January 1981. FIELD: 010 POSITION: 38-42 ELEMENT: PRESSURE-AT-LEVEL DEFINITIONS: PRESSURE-Atmospheric pressure at the current level in kilopascals and hundredths. If unknown, this field contains "99999". (DSI-6201 only - subsurface levels were generated from January 1, 1981 through February 28, 1986. The values were always unknown. This practice was stopped March 1, 1986). FIELD: 011 POSITION: 43-48 ELEMENT: HEIGHT-AT-LEVEL DEFINITIONS: HEIGHT-Geopotential height of the current level in whole meters. If unknown, this field contains "-99999". Range of values is -99999 through 99999. FIELD: 012 POSITION: 49-52 ELEMENT: TEMPERATURE-AT-LEVEL DEFINITIONS: TEMPERATURE-The free air temperature at the current level in degrees and tenths Celsius. If unknown, this field contains "-999". Range of values is -999 through 999. FIELD: 013 POSITION: 53-55 ELEMENT: RELATIVE-HUMIDITY-AT-LEVEL DEFINITIONS: RELATIVE-HUMIDITY-The relative humidity at the current level in whole percent. If unknown, this field contains "999". In DSI-6202, relative humidities are derived statistically for RH's not reported originally. FIELD: 014 POSITION: 56-58 ELEMENT: WIND-DIRECTION-AT-LEVEL DEFINITIONS: WIND-DIRECTION-Direction of the wind in whole degrees (nearest five degrees for observations received through GTS). If unknown, this field contains "999". FIELD: 015 POSITION: 59-61 ELEMENT: WIND-SPEED-AT-LEVEL DEFINITIONS: WIND-SPEED-Speed of the wind in whole meters per second. If unknown, this field contains "999". FIELD: 016 POSITION: 62-67 ELEMENT: QUALITY-FLAGS DEFINITIONS: QUALITY-FLAG-FIELD--This field contains the results of any quality control procedures, identifying each individual element found in error (see table below). QUALITY CONTROL FLAG 0 Element is correct 1 Element is doubtful 2 Element is in error 3 Replacement value 4 Assumed or estimated value 9 Element not checked A-Z Indicators supplied by NMC (A-G, blank) Automatic via computer system. A Passed vertical consistency check with tight limits. B Failed vertical consistency check and has not been recomputed. C Failed vertical consistency check and was recomputed. D Failed vertical consistency check with tight limits and passed with loose limits. E (Not assigned) F Has been checked but did not pass vertical consistency check with loose limits. G (Not assigned) blank (Not specified) (H-P, $) Manual via Human Intervention H Hold value for next analysis run I (Same as A) J (Same as B) K (Same as C) L (Same as D) M (Same as E) N (Same as F) O (Same as G) P Purge from analysis run POSITION: 62 ELEMENT: TIME-QF DEFINITIONS: Time Quality Flag POSITION: 63 ELEMENT: PRESSURE-QF DEFINITIONS: Pressure Quality Flag POSITION: 64 ELEMENT: HEIGHT-QF DEFINITIONS: Height Quality Flag POSITION: 65 ELEMENT: TEMPERATURE- QF DEFINITIONS: Temperature Quality Flag POSITION: 66 ELEMENT: HUMIDITY-QF DEFINITIONS: Humidity Quality Flag POSITION: 67 ELEMENT: WIND-QF DEFINITIONS: Wind Quality Flag FIELD: 017 POSITION: 68 ELEMENT: TYPE-OF DEFINITIONS: TYPE OF LEVEL FLAG--See Table below. 0 Surface 1 Mandatory 2 Significant 3 Generated 4 Tropopause 5 Maximum wind 9 Other/unspecified NOTE: DSI-6201 through December 1975 will contain Type of Level Flags 0, 1, and 9 only. During this period significant, generated, tropopause and max wind all have Flag = 9. 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