Global synoptic surface observations from the Air Weather
Service for 1901-1973, called "Tape Deck 13" because it is
the combination of multiple card decks (datasets), conversion
to a standard format and transfer to tape. There are usually
1 to 4 records per station each day.
Wind direction, wind speed, and station elevation are "standard" variables usually available in each
deck; the rest of the variables are "supplemental fields"
which are not in some decks (groups of stations).
Sea level pressure "standard" format excludes the high
order digits, retaining only tens, units and tenths of millibars;
however, some decks provide the hundreds/thousands digit
in the "supplemental fields".
Temporal Range:
1901-01-01 to 1973-09-30
Variables:
Air Temperature
Cloud Base Height
Cloud Frequency
Cloud Types
Dew Point Temperature
Humidity
Maximum/Minimum Temperature
Precipitation Amount
Sea Level Pressure
Sea Surface Temperature
Snow
Snow Depth
Soil Temperature
Station Height
Surface Pressure
Surface Winds
Swells
Visibility
Wave Speed/Direction
Data Contributors:
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Total Volume:
36.81 GB
(Entire dataset)
Volume details by dataset productVolume details by dataset productGENERAL NOTES regarding Mass Store System data files for this dataset.: 1.78 GBLIST 1: 2005 reanalysis version 2 records, station order (key: station-time-deck),: 17.84 GBLIST 2: 1990 "original" EBCDIC fixed blocked quasi deck-station-time order. 405 tapes: 17.2 GBBLKEDINV: 3.07 MB
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