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A Tropical Wind Climatology Derived from Aircraft Data, 1960-1973

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| DOI: 10.5065/XDWN-H202
 
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This historical dataset is recommended for ancillary use only and not as a primary research dataset. It has likely been superseded by a newer, improved dataset.

Abstract:

Long term monthly mean winds were derived from a collection of aircraft data, which were obtained from two sources: 1) operational Global Telecommunication System (GTS) reports collected by the Honolulu National Weather Service and the U.S. Navy, and 2) aircraft logs from many routes which often were not reported over the GTS. Aircraft winds were summarized for each month in 5-degree latitude-longitude squares. Monthly-averaged rawinsonde data were then combined with these summarized aircraft winds in manual analyses of streamlines and isotachs. This dataset's 2.5-degree grids of wind speed and direction were digitized from the manual analyses.

Temporal Range:
1960-01 to 1973-12
Variables:
Upper Level Winds
Vertical Levels:
300 mbar 200 mbar
Temporal Frequencies:
Monthly Climatology
Data Types:
Grid
Spatial Coverage:
Longitude Range: Westernmost=180W Easternmost=180E
Latitude Range: Southernmost=30S Northernmost=45N Detailed coverage information
Data Contributors:
UHI/SOEST/METEO
Meteorology Department, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii
Publications:
Sadler, J.C., 1975: The upper tropospheric circulation over the global tropics. UHMET 75-05, Department of Meteorology, University of Hawaii, 35 pp.

Total Volume:
1.11 MB
Data Formats:
ASCII (see dataset documentation), Binary (see dataset documentation)
Related RDA Datasets:
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Sadler's Global Aircraft Observations, daily 1960-1973
Metadata Record:
Data License:
Data LicenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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