gov.noaa.ncdc:C00598 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unknown tabular digital data http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov BOMEX - Miscellaneous Data is a historical digital data set archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). BOMEX Archive includes, data collected during the Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological Experiment (BOMEX) in 1969. Parameters included in this dataset are: boundary layer and surface air temperature, wet bulb temperature, humidity, and winds; clouds; visibility; precipitation; sea surface temperature; and waves. With the cooperation of the Government of Barbados and with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as lead agency, the Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological Experiment (BOMEX) was conducted over the tropical Atlantic East of Barbados in the summer of 1969. The field operations for this multiagency national study of the ocean-atmosphere system were divided into four observation periods: May 3 to 15, May 24 to June 10, June 19 to July 2, and July 11 to July 28. The first three were devoted to the Sea Air Interaction Program--the BOMEX 'Core Experiment'--within a 500-km by 500-km square ship array. During the fourth period, the array was extended southward to incorporate the Intertropical Convergence Zone. The following is a list of the 8 different records and their respected data sets for this project. Miscellaneous Data (DSI-9670) - C00598 Rawinsonde and Radiometersonde Data (DSI-9671) - C00302 Boom Surface Meteorological Data (DSI-9672) - C00303 Salinity-Temperature-Depth (STD) Data (DSI-9673) - C00599 Aircraft Data (DSI-9674) - C00600 Boundary Layer Instrument Package (BLIP) Data (DSI-9675) - C00304 Surface Radar Data (DSI-9676) - C00601 Dropsonde Data (DSI-9677) - C00602 To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public. data set C00598 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 19690501 19690731 Ground Condition Complete As Needed -60.0 -52.0 18.0 07.0 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 > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > PRESSURE TENDENCY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > NET RADIATION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SUNSHINE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > DEGREE DAYS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > DEW POINT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD AMOUNT/FREQUENCY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD TYPES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION RATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SWELLS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WIND WAVES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR GCMD Location Valids ATLANTIC OCEAN GCMD Location Valids SEA SURFACE TROPOSPHERE STRATOSPHERE 1 None None Not provided Unknown Completeness information not available. Unknown Unknown Format for Surface Observations POSITION: 1 ELEMENT: Card code, should always be 1 POSITION: 2 ELEMENT: Ship code 0 = Oceanographer 1 = Rainier 2 = Mt. Mitchell 3 = Discoverer 4 = Rockaway POSITION: 3-5 ELEMENT: Modified Julian day POSITION: 6-7 ELEMENT: Hour, GMT POSITION: 8-9 ELEMENT: Minute POSITION: 10-14 ELEMENT: Station pressure, millibars and tenths POSITION: 15 ELEMENT: Three-hour pressure tendency POSITION: 16-17 ELEMENT: Three-hour pressure change, millibars and tenths POSITION: 18-20 ELEMENT: Dry-bulb temperature, degrees and tenths Celsius POSITION: 21-23 ELEMENT: Wet-bulb temperature, degrees and tenths Celsius POSITION: 24-25 ELEMENT: Dewpoint temperature, degrees and tenths Celsius POSITION: 26-27 ELEMENT: Relative humidity, percent POSITION: 28-30 ELEMENT: Wind direction, degrees true POSITION: 31-32 ELEMENT: Wind speed, knots POSITION: 33-35 ELEMENT: Direction from which wind waves come degrees true POSITION: 36-37 ELEMENT: Wind-wave height, half-meters POSITION: 38-39 ELEMENT: Wind-wave period, seconds POSITION: 40-42 ELEMENT: Direction from which swell comes, degrees true POSITION: 43-44 ELEMENT: Swell height, half-meters POSITION: 45-46 ELEMENT: Swell period, seconds POSITION: 47 ELEMENT: Total cloud amount, eights POSITION: 48 ELEMENT: Low cloud amount, eights POSITION: 49 ELEMENT: Low cloud type POSITION: 50 ELEMENT: Low cloud height POSITION: 51 ELEMENT: Middle cloud type POSITION: 52 ELEMENT: High cloud type POSITION: 53-54 ELEMENT: Visibility POSITION: 55-56 ELEMENT: Present weather POSITION: 57 ELEMENT: Past weather POSITION: 58-60 ELEMENT: Precipitation amount, millimeters POSITION: 61-62 ELEMENT: Hour precipitation began, GMT POSITION: 63-64 ELEMENT: Minute precipitation began, GMT POSITION: 65-66 ELEMENT: Hour precipitation ended, GMT POSITION: 67-68 ELEMENT: Minute precipitation ended, GMT POSITION: 69-80 ELEMENT: Remarks Format for Ship Operations POSITION: 1 ELEMENT: Card code, should always be 4 POSITION: 2 ELEMENT: Ship code 0 = Oceanographer 1 = Rainier 2 = Mt. Mitchell 3 = Discoverer 4 = Rockaway POSITION: 3-5 ELEMENT: Modified Julian day POSITION: 6-7 ELEMENT: Hour, GMT POSITION: 8-9 ELEMENT: Minute POSITION: 10-11 ELEMENT: Latitude (degrees) POSITION: 12-13 ELEMENT: Latitude (minutes) POSITION: 14 ELEMENT: North or South 1 = North 2 = South POSITION: 15-17 ELEMENT: Longitude (degrees) POSITION: 18-19 ELEMENT: Longitude (minutes) POSITION: 20 ELEMENT: East or West 3 = East 4 = West POSITION: 21 ELEMENT: Means of navigation 1 = DR 2 = Astro 3 = Omega 4 = Loran A 5 = Loran C 6 = Satellite 7 = Radar 8 = Visual POSITION: 22-24 ELEMENT: True speed (knots, tenths) POSITION: 25-28 ELEMENT: True heading (degrees, tenths) POSITION: 29-31 ELEMENT: Indicated speed (knots, tenths) POSITION: 32-45 ELEMENT: System status for the last hour 0 = operational 1 = partly cloudy 2 = non-operational, repairable 3 = non-operational, non-repairable POSITION: 32 ELEMENT: Rawinsonde POSITION: 33 ELEMENT: Scanwell POSITION: 34 ELEMENT: Radar wind POSITION: 35 ELEMENT: Boom POSITION: 36 ELEMENT: Surface POSITION: 37 ELEMENT: BLIP POSITION: 38 ELEMENT: STD POSITION: 39 ELEMENT: AEC POSITION: 40 ELEMENT: Niskin POSITION: 41 ELEMENT: Ship navigation system POSITION: 42 ELEMENT: SCARD POSITION: 44-45 ELEMENT: Not used POSITION: 46 ELEMENT: Sign of ships gyro corrections (plus or minus) POSITION: 47-49 ELEMENT: Ships gyro correction (degrees, tenths) Format for STD POSITION: 1 ELEMENT: Card code, should always be 3 POSITION: 2 ELEMENT: Ship code 0 = Oceanographer 1 = Rainier 2 = Mt. Mitchell 3 = Discoverer 4 = Rockaway POSITION: 3-5 ELEMENT: Modified Julian day POSITION: 6-7 ELEMENT: Hour, GMT POSITION: 8-9 ELEMENT: Minute POSITION: 10-13 ELEMENT: Model number POSITION: 14-19 ELEMENT: Serial number for sensor POSITION: 20-25 ELEMENT: Temperature POSITION: 26-31 ELEMENT: Salinity POSITION: 32-37 ELEMENT: Depth 1 POSITION: 38-43 ELEMENT: Depth 2 POSITION: 44-49 ELEMENT: Sound velocity - Calibration information POSITION: 50-53 ELEMENT: Temperature (hundredths) POSITION: 54-57 ELEMENT: Salinity (hundredths) POSITION: 58-62 ELEMENT: Depth (meters in tenths) POSITION: 63 ELEMENT: Surface POSITION: 64 ELEMENT: Nansen POSITION: 65 ELEMENT: STD POSITION: 66 ELEMENT: Observations on file POSITION: 67-69 ELEMENT: Observers initials POSITION: 70-80 ELEMENT: Blank Format for Radiometersonde POSITION: 1-8 ELEMENT: Pressure (millibars in tenths) POSITION: 9-16 ELEMENT: Time (minutes in tenths) POSITION: 17-24 ELEMENT: Temperature (degrees centigrade) POSITION: 25-32 ELEMENT: IR Radiation upward (Langleys/minute) POSITION: 33-40 ELEMENT: IR Radiation downward (Langleys /minute) POSITION: 41-48 ELEMENT: IR Radiation net (Langleys /minute) POSITION: 49-56 ELEMENT: Cooling/Warming (degrees centigrade/day) POSITION: 57-64 ELEMENT: Q-mix (Grams/kilogram) POSITION: 65-72 ELEMENT: Relative humidity (whole percent) POSITION: 73-80 ELEMENT: Blank Note - Each sounding will be preceded by one header card giving ship and date. Format for Dropsonde POSITION: 1 ELEMENT: Card code identification POSITION: 2-6 ELEMENT: Aircraft number POSITION: 7-9 ELEMENT: Day, Julian POSITION: 10-11 ELEMENT: Hour, GMT POSITION: 12-13 ELEMENT: Minute POSITION: 14 ELEMENT: North or South 1 = North 2 = South POSITION: 15-17 ELEMENT: Latitude (tenths) POSITION: 18 ELEMENT: East or West 3 = East 4 = West POSITION: 19-22 ELEMENT: Longitude (tenths) Card 1 = Surface Card 2 = Significant level 2 POSITION: 23-26 ELEMENT: Pressure (tenths) POSITION: 27-28 ELEMENT: Dry bulb POSITION: 29 ELEMENT: Tenths - sign POSITION: 30-31 ELEMENT: Dew point depression code Card 1 = 1000 mb (height) Card 2 = Significant level 3 POSITION: 32-35 ELEMENT: Pressure (tenths) (1000 Mb height) POSITION: 36-37 ELEMENT: Dry bulb POSITION: 38 ELEMENT: Tenths - sign POSITION: 39-40 ELEMENT: Dew point depression code Card 1 = 850 Mb (height) Card 2 = Significant level 4 POSITION: 41-44 ELEMENT: Pressure (tenths) (850 Mb height) POSITION: 45-46 ELEMENT: Dry bulb POSITION: 47 ELEMENT: Tenths - sign POSITION: 48-49 ELEMENT: Dew point depression code Card 1 = 700 Mb (height) Card 2 = Significant level 5 POSITION: 50-53 ELEMENT: Pressure (tenths) (700 Mb height) POSITION: 54-55 ELEMENT: Dry bulb POSITION: 56 ELEMENT: Tenths - sign POSITION: 57-58 ELEMENT: Dew point depression code Card 1 = 500 Mb (height) Card 2 = Significant Level 6 POSITION: 59-62 ELEMENT: Pressure (tenths) (500 Mb height) POSITION: 63-64 ELEMENT: Dry bulb POSITION: 65 ELEMENT: Tenths - sign POSITION: 66-67 ELEMENT: Dew point depression code Card 1 = Significant Level 1 Card 2 = Significant Level 7 POSITION: 68-71 ELEMENT: Pressure (tenths) POSITION: 72-73 ELEMENT: Dry bulb POSITION: 74 ELEMENT: Tenths - sign POSITION: 75-76 ELEMENT: Dew point depression code POSITION: 77-78 ELEMENT: Blank POSITION: 79-80 ELEMENT: Card Number Note - For pressures higher than 999 Mb, code units, tens, and hundreds value. 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