gov.noaa.ncdc:C00415 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#TD6300 http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/documentlibrary/datasets.html#TD6300 http DSI-6300 Documentation NCDC Dataset Documentation for DSI-6300 information U.S. Rawinsonde is digital data set DSI-6301, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). DSI-6301 consists of upper air rawinsonde data from upper air stations operated by the United States of America around the world, from 1946 to the present day. This data set is one of a large family of NCDC upper air data sets that are collectively called CARDS, or Comprehensive Aerological Data Sets. CARDS data includes the following purely meteorological parameters: clouds and obscuration, pressure, geopotential height, temperature, relative humidity, dew point depression, and wind speed and direction. CARDS data also includes a large number of technical specifications and quality control parameters. To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public. data set C00415 RADIOSONDES RAWINSONDES BALLOONS RADIOSONDES National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/documentlibrary/datasets.html#TD6300 http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/cab/igra/index.php?name=visualization http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/cab/igra/index.php 19460101 Present Ground Condition In work As Needed -180.0 180.0 90.0 -90.0 ISO 19115 Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 004 elevation 006 environment 007 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 > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > DEW POINT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD AMOUNT/FREQUENCY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > STATION HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD TYPES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > FOG EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE PROFILES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES GCMD Location Valids GLOBAL GCMD Location Valids TROPOSPHERE STATOSPHERE RADIOSONDES RADIOSONDES BALLOONS RAWINSONDES 1 None None http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/cab/igra/index.php?name=visualization Provides visualization of IGRA data by station, and Creates maps of IGRA data for a user-specified time, pressure level and area. GIF Not provided Unknown Completeness information not available. Unknown Unknown Refer to NCDC Dataset Documentation for DSI-6300 http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/documentlibrary/datasets.html#TD6300 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Services Branch Mailing and physical

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