gov.noaa.ncdc:C00383 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/cab/igra/index.php http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/documentlibrary/datasets.html#TD6307 http DSI-6307 Documentation NCDC Dataset Documentation for DSI-6307 information CARDS Monthly Statistics is digital data set DSI-6307, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This data set uses data from Comprehensive Aerological Data Set (CARDS) (DSI-6305), also archived at NCDC. DSI-6307 is similar in concept and format to Monthly Aerological Data Set (MONADS) (DSI-6220), another digital data set archived at NCDC. DSI-6305 and DSI-6220 are monthly upper air statistics. DSI-6307 data are for surface, tropopause, and mandatory pressure levels. At each level, monthly statistical parameters are provided for geopotential height or pressure, temperature, relative humidity, specific humidity, dew point temperature, wind speed, zonal wind speed, and meridional wind speed. Those statistical parameters are: mean value; standard deviation; minimum value; maximum value; first, second, and third quartile values, and number of non-missing observations used in the calculations. Data are global, from 1948 through 2001. NCDC maintains this data set in archive but no longer updates nor actively distributes it. It has been superseded by the Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive (IGRA) (C00616). To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public. data set C00383 RADIOSONDES RADIOSONDES National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/cards/cards_homepage.html 19480101 20011231 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 > PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > TROPOPAUSE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > STATION HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER 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 > INVERSION HEIGHT 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 > 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 > PRECIPITABLE WATER EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE GCMD Location Valids GLOBAL GCMD Location Valids LAND SURFACE BOUNDARY LAYER TROPOSPHERE STRATOSPHERE RADIOSONDES RADIOSONDES 1 None None Not provided Unknown Completeness information not available. Unknown Unknown Block of Simple and Order Statistics.The CARDS Monthly Statistics archive format (block of simple statistics) consists of data records in ASCII format. There are two types of records: 1. Identification record (38 Bytes) 2. Level statistics data record (282 Bytes) - this record is repeated. The identification record refers to all of the level statistics data records that follow the identification record until the next identification record is encountered. Note!!! In calculating the standard deviation, the divisor N (not N-1) was used, where N is the number of non-missing observations.Identification Record (38 Bytes)Element: BEGREC Length: 1 Byte Remarks: Beginning of identification record (# symbol).Element: INDST Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Station number. INDST is the WMO number. INDST is a station number assigned according to TDF63 CARDS data format.Element: STN Length: 1 Byte Remarks: Station Number Indicator. Specifies the type of station for which the statistics are calculated. The range of values is 0-9. The type station is identified in the TDF63 CARDS data format document.Element: STNNUM Length: 8 Bytes Remarks: The number assigned to the station according to the numbering system specified in position STN. Within a month, STNNUM may differ from INDST, the values of STN and STNNUM are taken from the first observation where ELEV is non-missing.Element: YEAR Length: 4 Bytes Remarks: Year of Observations.Element: MNTH Length: 2 Bytes Remarks: Month of observations, two digit month (preceding zero appended when needed).Element: LAT Length: 5 BytesRemarks: Station latitude in hundredths of degrees, multiplied by 100, positive in the North Hemisphere, negative in the Southern Hemisphere (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: LONG Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Station longitude in hundredths of degrees, multiplied by 100, increasing in east direction (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: ELEV Length: 5 Bytes Station elevation, height of the launch site in meters, negative if below mean sea level (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: STTIME Length: 2 Bytes Remarks: Standard launch time for which statistics are calculated. Possible values are: 03 UTC and 15 UTC for the period January 1948 to June 1957 and 00 UTC and 12 UTC from July 1957 to the present. For the period beginning July 1957, observations which differ from 00 UTC or 12 UTC by not more than 3 hours, are used in the calculations for STTIME=00 or 12 UTC.Level Statistics Data Record (282 Bytes, repeats for mandatory levels) Element: STLT Length: 2 Bytes Remarks: Statistics level type. May have the following values(see DSI-6300 data format document):32 - Statistics for mandatory pressure levels. Are calculatedfrom observational data with the following values of Level Types: 32, 81, 82, 83, 86, 87, 88, 89 31 - Statistics for the surface level. Calculated from observational data with the following level types: 31, 8326 - Statistics for tropopause levels. Calculated from observational data with the following level types: 26, 81, 89, 90Element: PRES Length: 5 Bytes Pressure for the level (in tenths of millibars, multiplied by 10). Has the following values:If STLT=32 - mandatory pressure level pressure valueIf STLT=26 or STLT=31 - mean monthly value of pressure calculated for the station for this level (surface or tropopause)Block of Statistics for Geopotential HeightIf STLT=32 - geopotential height statistics at mandatory pressure levelsIf STLT=26 or STLT=31 - pressure statistics for tropopause and surface STLT=32Element: MHGT Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Mean value of height in geopotential meters, negative ifbelow mean sea level, equal to -9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: SHGT Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Standard deviation height in geopotential meters, equal to -9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MIHGT Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Minimum height in geopotential meters, negative if below mean sea level, equal to -9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MAHGT Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Maximum height in geopotential meters, negative if below mean sea level, equal to -9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MDHGT Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Median (second quartile) value of height, in geopotential meters, negative if below mean sea level, equal to -9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: Q1HGT Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: First quartile (25 percentile) value of height, in Geopotential meters, negative if below mean sea level, equal to -9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: Q3HGT Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Third quartile (75 percentile) value of height, in geopotential meters, negative if below mean sea level, equal to -9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: NHGT Length: 2 Bytes Remarks: Number of non-missing observations used in the calculationof height statistics.The following record for pressure statistics will appear instead of statistics for height if STLT=26 or STLT=31Element: MPRS Length: 5 BytesRemarks: Mean value of pressure in tenths of millibars, multiplied by 10, equal to -9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: SPRS Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Standard deviation of pressure in tenths of millibars, multiplied by 10, equal to -9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MIPRS Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Minimum pressure in tenths of millibars, multiplied by 10,equal to -9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MAPRS Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Maximum pressure in tenths of millibars, multiplied by 10,equal to -9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MDPRS Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Median (second quartile) value of pressure, in tenths of millibars, multiplied by 10, equal to -9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: Q1PRS Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: First quartile (25 percentile) value of pressure, intenths of millibars, multiplied by 10, equal to -9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: Q3PRS Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Third quartile (75 percentile) value of pressure, in tenths of millibars, multiplied by 10, equal to -9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: NPRS Length: 2 Bytes Remarks: Number of non-missing level observations used in the calculation of pressure statisticsBlock of Statistics for TemperatureElement: MTEMP Length: 4 BytesRemarks: Mean value of temperature in degrees and tenths of degrees Celsius, multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: STEMP Length: 3 Bytes Remarks: Standard deviation value of temperature in degrees and tenths of degrees Celsius, multiplied by 10, equal to 999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MITEMP Length: 4 BytesRemarks: Minimum value of temperature in degrees and tenths of degrees Celsius, multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MATEMP Length: 4 Bytes Remarks: Maximum value of temperature in degrees and tenths of degrees Celsius, multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed)Element: MDTEMP Length: 4 Bytes Remarks: Median (second quartile) value of temperature in degrees and tenths of degree Celsius, multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: Q1TEMP Length: 4 Bytes Remarks: First quartile (25 percentile) value of temperature in degrees and tenths of degree Celsius, multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: Q3TEMP Length: 4 Bytes Remarks: Third quartile (75 percentile) value of temperature in degrees and tenths of degree Celsius, multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: NTEMP Length: 2 Bytes Remarks: Number of non-missing observations used in the calculation of temperature statistics.Block of Statistics for Relative HumidityElement: MRHUM Length: 4 Bytes Remarks: Mean value of relative humidity in whole and hundredths of percents, multiplied by 100, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: SRHUM Length: 3 Bytes Remarks: Standard deviation value of relative humidity in whole andhundredths of percents, multiplied by 100, equal to 999 ifmissing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MIRHUM Length: 4 Bytes Remarks: Minimum value of relative humidity in whole and hundredths of percents, multiplied by 100, equal to 9999 if missing(preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MARHUM Length: 4 Bytes Remarks: Maximum value of relative humidity, in whole and hundredths of percents, multiplied by 100, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MDRHUM Length: 4 Bytes Remarks: Median (second quartile) value of relative humidity in whole and hundredths of percents, multiplied by 100, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: Q1RHUM Length: 4 Bytes Remarks: First quartile (25 percentile) value of relative humidity in whole and hundredths of percents, multiplied by 100, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: Q3RHUM Length: 4 Bytes Remarks: Third quartile (75 percentile) value of relative humidity in whole and hundredths of percents, multiplied by 100, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: NRHUM Length: 2 Bytes Remarks: Number of non-missing observations used in the calculation of relative humidity statistics.Block of Statistics for Specific HumidityElement: MSPHUM Length: 6 BytesRemarks: Mean value of specific humidity in thousandths of gram perkilogram, multiplied by 1000, equal to 999999 if missing(preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: SSPHUM Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Standard deviation value of specific humidity in thousandths of a gram per kilogram, multiplied by 1000, equal to 99999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MISPHUM Length: 6 Bytes Remarks: Minimum value of specific humidity in thousandths of a gram per kilogram, multiplied by 1000, equal to 999999 if missing preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MASPHUM Length: 6 Bytes Remarks: Maximum value of specific humidity in thousandths of gramper kilogram, multiplied by 1000, equal to 999999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MDSPHUM Length: 6 Bytes Remarks: Median (second quartile) value of specific humidity inThousandths of a gram per kilogram, multiplied by 1000, equal to 999999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: Q1SPHUM Length: 6 Bytes Remarks: First quartile (25 percentile) value of specific humidity in thousandths of a gram per kilogram, multiplied by 1000, equal to 999999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: Q3SPHUM Length: 6 Bytes Remarks: Third quartile (75 percentile) value of specific humidity in thousandths of a gram per kilogram, multiplied by 1000, equal to 999999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: NSPHUM Length: 2 Bytes Remarks: Number of non-missing observations used in the calculation of specific humidity statistics.Block of Statistics for Dewpoint TemperatureElement: MDPTEMP Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Mean value of dewpoint temperature in degrees and tenths of degrees Celsius, multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: SDPTEMP Length: 3 Bytes Remarks: Standard deviation of dewpoint temperature in degrees andtenths of degrees Celsius, multiplied by 10, equal to 999if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MIDPTEMP Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Minimum value of dewpoint temperature in degrees and tenths of degrees Celsius, multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MADPTEMP Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Maximum value of dewpoint temperature in degrees and tenths of degrees Celsius, multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MDDPTEMP Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Median (second quartile) value of dewpoint temperature indegrees and tenths of degrees Celsius, multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: Q1DPTEMP Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: First quartile (25 percentile) value of dewpoint temperature in degrees and tenths of degrees Celsius, multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: Q3DPTEMP Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Third quartile (75 percentile) of dewpoint temperature indegrees and tenths of degrees Celsius, multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: NDPTEMP Length: 2 Bytes Remarks: Number of non-missing observations used in the calculation of dewpoint temperature statistics.Block of Statistics for Wind SpeedElement: MWSPD Length: 4 Bytes Remarks: Mean value of wind speed in tenths of meters per second,multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: SWSPD Length: 4 Bytes Remarks: Standard deviation of wind speed in tenths of meters persecond, multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MIWSPD Length: 4 Bytes Remarks: Minimum value of wind speed in tenths of meters per second, multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MAWSPD Length: 4 Bytes Remarks: Maximum value of wind speed in tenth of meters per second,multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MDWSPD Length: 4 Bytes Remarks: Median (second quartile) value of wind speed in tenths ofmeters per second, multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: Q1WSPD Length: 4 Bytes Remarks: First quartile (25 percentile) value of wind speed in tenths of meters per second, multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: Q3WSPD Length: 4 Bytes Remarks: Third quartile (75 percentile) value of wind speed in tenths of meters per second, multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: NWSPD Length: 2 Bytes Remarks: Number of non-missing observations used in the calculation of zonal wind speed statistics.Element: MUWIND Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Mean value of zonal wind in tenths of meters per second,multiplied by 10, equal to 99999 if missing (precedingzeroes appended when needed).Element: SUWIND Length: 4 Bytes Remarks: Standard deviation value of the zonal wind in tenths of meters per second, multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MIUWIND Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Minimum value of zonal wind in tenths of meters per second, multiplied by 10, equal to 99999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MAUWIND Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Maximum value of the zonal wind in tenths of meters per second, multiplied by 10, equal to 99999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MDUWIND Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Median (second quartile) value of the zonal wind in tenths of meters per second, multiplied by 10, equal to 99999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: Q1UWIND Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: First quartile (25 percentile) value of the zonal wind intenths of meters per second, multiplied by 10, equal to 99999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: Q3UWIND Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Third quartile (75 percentile) value of the zonal wind intenths of meters per second, multiplied by 10, equal to 99999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: NUWIND Length: 2 Bytes Remarks: Number of non-missing observations used in the calculation of statistics for the zonal and meridional wind.Element: MVWIND Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Mean value of meridional wind in tenths of meters per second, multiplied by 10, equal to 99999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: SVWIND Length: 4 Bytes Remarks: Standard deviation of the meridional wind in tenths of meters per second, multiplied by 10, equal to 9999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MIVWIND Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Minimum value of the meridional wind in tenths of meters per second, multiplied by 10, equal to 99999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MAVWIND Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Maximum value of the meridional wind in tenths of meters per second, multiplied by 10, equal to 99999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: MDVWIND Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Median (second quartile) value of the meridional wind, inif missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: Q1VWIND Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: First quartile (25 percentile) value of the meridional wind in tenths of meters per second, multiplied by 10, equal to 99999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: Q3VWIND Length: 5 Bytes Remarks: Third quartile (75 percentile) value of the meridional wind in tenths of meters per second, multiplied by 10, equal to 99999 if missing (preceding zeroes appended when needed).Element: NVWIND Length: 2 Bytes Remarks: Number of non-missing observations used in the calculation of meridional wind statistics. 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