21 Research data p3 (Meteorology: Sources of CD-ROMs)
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This article is from the Meteorology FAQ, by Tom Berg hcane@mobile.gulf.net with numerous contributions by others.
21 Research data p3 (Meteorology: Sources of CD-ROMs)
Historical Arctic Rawinsonde Archive (HARA), 1947-1987. (Price on
request):
The Historical Arctic Rawisonde Archive on CD-ROM, volumes 1-3,
contains over 1.2 million vertical soundings of temperature, pressure,
humidity, and wind, representing all available rawisonde ascents from
Arctic land stations poleward of 65 degrees North from the beginning
of record through 1987. For most stations the record begins in 1958,
a few begin in 1947 or 1948. The data are one file per year per
station. Coverage is relatively uniform, except in the interior of
Greenland. Typically 20-40 leve ls are available in each sounding.
Documentation is provided on the CD-ROM volumes, and in hard copy
(NSIDC Special Report 2, 1992). Software (Fortran and C) is provided
on the CD-ROM volumes to retrieve a subset of the sounding data.
Data for 1988-1990, and monthly averaged data, will be distributed in
late 1994. Sounding data were obtained from the National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado and the National
Climatic Data Center (NCDC) of NOAA in Asheville, North Carolina.
Data from drifting ice islands, ships and aircraft dropsondes are
being assembled as a separate archive.
Contact NSIDC, information above.
Eastern Arctic Ice, Ocean and Atmosphere Data, Volume 1, CEAREX-1
($50):
Contains sea ice acceleration, deformation and stress; hydrography
(CTDs); meteorology; bathymetry; acoustics and ambient noise (sample
data) from Coordinated Eastern Arctic Experiment (CEAREX). Includes
meteorology from Marginal Ice Zone Experiment (MIZEX), 1983, 1984,
1987. Experiment location: Arctic Ocean north of Svalbard; Fram
Strait, September 1988 - May 1989. Amount of data: 460 mbytes.
Data format: ASCII files. Associated software: none. Additional
volumes are planned; content not yet determined.
Contact NSIDC, information above.
NWS/NOHRSC snow cover data ($50 each year):
Airborne snow water equivalent and satellite areal extent of snow
cover data for 1990-1993 are now available on CD-ROM for major
portions of the U.S., Alaska, and Canada. The CD-ROMs include: (1)
airborne snow water equivalent data and the digitized flight line
network, (2) calibrated AVHRR and GOES satellite data used to map snow
cover, (3) the classified snow cover images (4) national and regional
snow cover image products, and (5) ancillary data sets including
digital elevation data, digitized NWS bas in boundaries, and the
alphanumeric results of the satellite snow cover mapping by basin and
by elevation zone.
Contact: CD-ROM Snow Cover Data, National Operational Hydrologic
Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC), National Weather Service, NOAA, 1735
Lake Drive West, Chanhassen, Minnesota 55317-8582 612/361-6610, FAX
612/361-6634, email tim@snow.nohrsc.nws.gov (Tim Szeliga) dial-up bbs
612/361-6632
STORM-FEST data (3 discs, price unknown):
Data from the STORM-FEST experiment -- surface observations and
rawinsonde, satellite, radar, NOWRAD, and profiler data -- plus Zeb
software for viewing the data.
Contact Steve Williams, sfw@ncar.ucar.edu.
AVHRR monthly global MCSST / CZCS data (5 discs, price on request)
The AVHRR MCSST and CZCS phytoplankton pigment concentration data set
contains monthly averaged sea-surface temperatures (day and night)
derived from NOAA satellite AVHRR which are temporally and spatially
coregistered with phytoplankton pigment concentration data acquired
from the CZCS instrument on Nimbus-7. The CZCS data cover 1978-1986
and AVHRR data cover the period from 1981-1986, giving 5 years of
coregistered data.
Contact: PO.DAAC at JPL. Contact the User Services Office at
podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov for more details.
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