gov.noaa.ncdc:C00373 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unknown tabular digital data http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/coare/index.html http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/coare/index.html http TOGA COARE Data Information System information TOGA (Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere) COARE (Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment) Intense Observing Period (IOP) Surface Observations is digital data set DSI-3810, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This data set is a compilation of all the surface observations from various observation platforms during the Intense Observing Period (IOP) of the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA COARE). This experiment was designed to investigate the structure of the coupled system of the warm waters of the western Pacific Ocean and the atmosphere, to improve the ability to model this coupled system. Measured variables include air temperature, sea temperature, wet-bulb temperature, dew point temperature, wind direction, wind speed, relative humidity, specific humidity and precipitation. To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public. TOGA COARE International Project Office 1991 Boulder, CO University Corporation for Atmospheric Research 90 pp. Smith, S. R. Camp, J. P. Legler, D. M. 1996 Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fl, 32310 Center for Ocean Atmospheric Prediction Studies da Silva, A. M. Young, C. C. Levitus, S. 1994 83 pp. Available from: National Oceanographic Data Center, User Services Branch, NOAA/NESDIS/ E/OC21, Washington DC, 20235 data set C00373 ANEMOMETERS BAROMETERS DRIFTING BUOYS HUMIDITY SENSORS HYGROMETERS PSYCHROMETERS RADAR > Radio Detection and Ranging RADIOMETERS RAIN GAUGES TEMPERATURE SENSORS THERMOMETERS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS WET BULB THERMOMETERS WIND VANES XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs BUOYS SHIPS TOGA COARE > TOGA Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce TOGA COARE International Project Office, 1991, TOGA Coupled Ocean-Atmospheric Response Experiment (COARE) Experiment Design Handbook. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder CO, 90pp. da Silva, A. M., C. C. Young, and S. Levitus, 1994: Atlas of Surface Marine Data, Volume 1: Algorithms and Procedures. NOAA Atlas NESDIS 6, US Dept Of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 83pp. Available from: National Oceanographic Data Center, User Services Branch, NOAA/NESDIS/ E/OC21, Washington DC, 20235 Smith, S. R., J. P. Camp, and D. M. Legler, 1996: TOGA COARE Handbook of Quality Control Procedures and Methods for Surface Meteorological Data. COAPS Report 96-3, Center for Ocean Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fl, 32310 http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/coare/index.html http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/coare/index.html http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/coare/index.html 19921021 19930303 Ground Condition Complete As Needed 100.0 180.0 30.0 -30.0 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 TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION RATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN MIXED LAYER EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > UPWELLING/DOWNWELLING EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN HEAT BUDGET EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE GCMD Location Valids INDIAN OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN SOUTH CHINA AND EASTERN ARCHIPELAGIC SEAS EAST CHINA SEA GCMD Location Valids SEA SURFACE TOGA COARE > TOGA Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment SHIPS HYGROMETERS TOGA COARE > TOGA Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment SHIPS HUMIDITY SENSORS TOGA COARE > TOGA Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment SHIPS Expendable Bathythermographs XBT TOGA COARE > TOGA Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment SHIPS RAIN GAUGES TOGA COARE > TOGA Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment SHIPS RADIOMETERS TOGA COARE > TOGA Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment SHIPS Radio Detection and Ranging RADAR TOGA COARE > TOGA Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment SHIPS BAROMETERS TOGA COARE > TOGA Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment SHIPS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS TOGA COARE > TOGA Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment BUOYS DRIFTING BUOYS TOGA COARE > TOGA Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment SHIPS TEMPERATURE SENSORS TOGA COARE > TOGA Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment SHIPS THERMOMETERS TOGA COARE > TOGA Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment SHIPS ANEMOMETERS TOGA COARE > TOGA Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment SHIPS WET BULB THERMOMETERS TOGA COARE > TOGA Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment SHIPS PSYCHROMETERS TOGA COARE > TOGA Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment SHIPS WIND VANES 1 None None http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/coare/index.html TOGA COARE Data Information System Data Sets / Products Not provided Unknown Completeness information not available. Unknown Unknown Year (nyr) is year when data was observed and is a 2-digit integer number. Example: 92 = 1992 Month (mo) is month in which data was observed and is a 2-digit integer number. Example: 10 = October Day (nda) is day in month when data was observed and is a 2-digit integer number. Example: 21 Hour (nhr) is hour in day when data was observed and is a 2-digit integer number. Example: 19 = GMT Minute (min) is minute in hour when data was observed and is a 2-digit integer number. Example: 33 Observation platform (site) identifies where data was observed and can be up to an 8-character string. Can be a ship, land station or buoy. Example: WHOIBUOY Latitude (lat) is expressed as a real number. Negative number used for position south latitude. Example: -1.76 Longitude (lon) is expressed as a real number. Negative number used for west longitude. Example: 155.99 Earth relative wind direction (wndir) is a real number indicating the observed wind direction in degrees true. Example: 182.70 Earth relative wind speed (wnspd) is a real number indicating the observed wind speed in meters per second. Example: 11.10 Atmospheric pressure (pres) is real number reporting the observed pressure in millibars. Example: 1008.40 Air temperature (dbtmp) is a real number reporting the ambient air temperature in degrees Celsius. Example: 27.29 Sea water temperature (sst) is a real number reporting the water temperature at the surface of the sea in degrees Celsius. Example: 29.49 Wet-bulb temperature (wbtmp) is a real number reporting the observed wet-bulb temperature in degrees Celsius. Example: 25.63 Dew point temperature (dptmp) is a real number reporting the dew point temperature in degrees Celsius. Example: -9999.99 = Unknown or missing Relative humidity (relhum) is a real number reporting the relative humidity in percent. Example: -9999.99 = Unknown or missing Specific humidity (sphum) is a real number reporting the specific humidity in grams per kilogram. Example: 83.30 Precipitation (prec) is a real number reporting the total precipitation in millimeters. Example: 0.15 Rain rate (rainrt) is a real number reporting total rainfall in millimeters per hour. Example: 0.05 Time flag (flag(1)) is a 1-character quality control flag. Latitude flag (flag(2)) is a 1-character quality control flag. Longitude flag (flag(3)) is a 1-character quality control flag. Wind direction flag (flag(4)) is a 1-character quality control flag. Wind speed flag (flag(5)) is a 1-character quality control flag. Atmosphere pressure flag (flag(6)) is a 1-character quality control flag. Air temperature flag (flag(7)) is a 1-character quality control flag. Sea temperature flag (flag(8)) is a 1-character quality control flag. Wet-bulb temperature flag (flag(9)) is a 1-character quality control flag. Dew point temperature flag (flag(10)) is a 1-character quality control flag. Relative humidity flag (flag(11)) is a 1-character quality control flag. Specific humidity flag (flag(12)) is a 1-character quality control flag. Precipitation flag (flag(13)) is a 1-character quality control flag. Rain rate flag (flag(14)) is a 1-character quality control flag. The quality control flags are single alphabetic characters for each data value indicating the quality of that specific value. The flags are: A Original data had unknown units. The units shown were determined using a climatology or some other method. B Original data were out of the range bounds outlined in the Prescreening Program Range Bounds that follow the flag descriptions. C Time data are not sequential or date/time not valid. D Data failed the Air Temperature is always greater than or equal to the Wet bulb Temperature is always greater than or equal to the Dew Point Temperature test. E Data failed resultant wind recomputation check. When the data set includes the platform's speed and direction along with the platform relative wind speed and direction, the prescreen program recomputes the earth relative wind speed and direction and compares the computed values to the reported earth relative wind speed and direction. A failed test occurs when the wind direction difference is greater than 10 deg or the wind speed difference is greater than 5 m/s. F Platform velocity unrealistic. Determined by platform position and speed data. G Data are greater than 4 standard deviations from the means in the da Silvaet al.(1994) COADS climatology. The test is only applied to pressure, temperature, sea temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed data. H Discontinuity found in data. I Interesting feature found in data. More specific information on the feature is contained in the data reports. Examples include: hurricanes passing station, sharp sea water temperature gradients, strong convective events, etc. J Data are of poor quality by visual inspection, DO NOT USE. K Data suspect/use with caution this flag applies when the data look to have obvious errors, but no specific reason for the error can be determined. L Oceanographic platform passes over land or fixed platform moves dramatically. M Known instrument malfunction. N Does not agree with neighboring stations. P Position of platform or its movement are uncertain. Data should be used with caution. Q Data questionable. Similar to the K flag, however the original data arrived flagged for use with caution so the Q flag is assigned. S Spike in the data. Usually one or two sequential data values (sometimes up to 4 values) that are drastically out of the current data trend. Spikes occur for many reasons including power surges, typos, data logging problems, lightning strikes, etc. T Time duplicate in data. V Data suspect via detailed station intercomparison. X Data missing or unavailable. Z Data passed evaluation. Prescreening Program Range Bounds Variable Lower Bound Upper Bound Units -------- ----------- ----------- ----- time 1 1 1980 12 31 1999 latitude 90 90 degrees longitude 0 359 degrees platform heading 0 359 degrees platform speed Research vessels 0 15 m/S Stationary buoys 0 0 m/s Drifters 0 2 m/s Land 0 0 m/s wind direction 0 360 degrees wind speed 0 40 m/s atmospheric pressure 950 1050 mb sea level air temperature 10 40 deg. C wet bulb temperature 10 40 deg. C dew point temperature 10 40 deg. C sea temperature 0 35 deg. C relative humidity 0 100 percent specific humidity 0 48 g/kg rain rate 0 150 mm/hr None National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Services Branch Mailing and physical

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