22 Research data p4 (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.
22 Research data p4 (Meteorology: Sources of CD-ROMs)
TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter merged geophysical data record (Price on
request)
Global coverage data from the TOPEX/POSEIDON mission from both the
U.S. and French altimeters with high precision orbits and
environmental corrections. The data are distributed on CD-ROMs (ISO
9660) and in an integer format usable on VAX, UNIX, PCs, and Macs.
Each CD-ROM contains two ten-day cycles of data, precision orbit, and
cross-over files for each cycle and read software for VAX and
UNIX. As of May '94 cycles 1-52 exist on CD-ROM.
Contact: PO.DAAC, information above.
TOGA related satellite and in-situ data CD-ROM '85-'90. (Price on
request).
PO.DAAC has produced a set of seven CD-ROMs which contain satellite,
in-situ, and model derived data pertaining to atmospheric and
oceanographic parameters. Parameters include ocean currents,
sea-surface temperature and salinity, air temperature and pressure,
cloud, and precipitation. Software will be included. The data have
been provided by agencies worldwide. (Available in June '94.)
Contact: PO.DAAC, information above.
Software atlas and plotting tool for oceanographic sections
(diskettes)
ATLAST, a PC software atlas and plotting tool for oceanographic
sections (Rhines) OCEANATLAS, a Macintosh software atlas and plotting
tool for oceanographic sections (Swift et al.) are available on
diskettes.
Contact: PO.DAAC, information above.
TOGA/COARE GMS-4 images (2 discs, $75 for the set):
GMS-4 images during the TOGA/COARE Intensive Observation Period
(November 1992 to March 1993) regridded over 135E - 175E, 10S - 10N,
5km square pixel size. 1910 infrared and 877 visible images of albedo
and brightness temperature with overlays of the geographic grid and
the positions of moorings and ships. Images are in compressed
PostScript format but tools are included to uncompress and convert the
data into other formats.
Contact: Satellite Oceanography Laboratory, University of Hawaii, 1000
Pope Road, Honolulu, HI 96822. The check should be made to the order
of "RCUH".
Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) Global Datasets (price not known):
Contains Version 1.1 SRB shortwave products for the period March 1985
through December 1988 as produced by the World Climate Research
Programme's (WCRP) SRB Satellite Data Analysis Center (SDAC). Inputs
to the Version 1.1 product are results from the International
Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) and the Earth Radiation
Budget Experiment (ERBE). SDAC uses two methods (known as the Pinker
and Staylor algorithms) to estimate surface downward and net
irradiances, surface albedo, downward direct/diffuse ratio, surface
cloud forcing, and daylight cloud fraction. In addition, various
other radiation, cloud, meteorological and diagnostic parameters are
provided to aid the user in understanding variations in the SRB
parameters.
The SRB CD-ROM has been formatted and produced to work with IBM PCs,
Apple Macintoshes and Unix systems with ISO-9660 CD-ROM driver
support. In addition, read and display software for IBM PCs and Apple
Macintoshes are available upon request.
Contact: Langley DAAC User Services, MS 157B, NASA Langley Research
Center, Hampton, VA, 23681-0001. (804)864-8656,
userserv@eosdis.larc.nasa.gov
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