FOSDIC Marine surface and upper air observations, 1854-1961
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| DOI: 10.5065/YEYX-4A26
Abstract:
Marine surface and upper air observations recovered from microfilm copies of cards at NCDC. In the 1960s and 1970s, NCDC stored images of selected 80-character punched card decks on microfilm (16mm) using a device known as FOSDIC (Film Optical Sensing Device for Input to Computer). FOSDIC was also used to recall the images back to digital records.
Temporal Range:
1854 to 1961
Variables:
| Air Temperature | Sea Level Pressure | Sea Surface Temperature | Surface Winds |
| Upper Level Winds |
Vertical Levels:
| Ground or water surface |
Data Types:
Platform Observation
Data Contributors:
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Total Volume:
808.13 MB
Data Formats:
ASCII (see dataset documentation)
Metadata Record:
Data License:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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