Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive (IGRA), Version 1 (Superseded)

Description

**Please note, this dataset has been superseded by a newer version (see below). Users should not use this version except in rare cases (e.g., when reproducing previous studies that used this version).**Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive is a digital data set archived at the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). The Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive (IGRA) consists of radiosonde and pilot balloon observations at over 1500 globally distributed stations. Observations are available for standard, surface, tropopause and significant levels. Variables include: Pressure, Temperature, Geopotential Height, Dewpoint, Depression, Wind Direction, and Wind Speed. The period of record varies from station to station, with many extending from 1905 to 2016. Station records for version 1 are available by contacting NCEI Customer Support. IGRA data originate from 11 different sources and have passed through a set of rigorous quality assurance procedures.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00616/html
0 NCEI provides customers with information and data from the NCEI archive. To order NCEI products and services contact the customer support team. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/customer-support
0 Description of the data and related resources. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/weather-balloon/integrated-global-radiosonde-archive
0 NERMS Information and Data Access Page. Information found under the TD-6351 identifier. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/nerms/Home
47 Please refer to STATUS document for the most up-to-date information about the dataset status. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/igra/status.txt
0 NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Overview of the Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive IGRA 1. https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI3594.1
33 Information on IGRA Metadata https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/images/gaffen1996.pdf
0 Related dataset landing page. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00617/html
0 Durre, I., and X. Yin, 2008: Enhanced radiosonde data for studies of vertical structure. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 89(9), 1257-1262. http://www.jstor.org/stable/26220887

Tags

  • vertical location
  • dew point temperature
  • tropopause
  • altitude
  • national climatic data center
  • atmospheric temperature
  • nesdis
  • wind tendency
  • surface winds
  • atmospheric water vapor
  • atmosphere
  • noaa
  • air temperature
  • global
  • temperature tendency
  • troposphere
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • geographic region
  • surface pressure
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • atmospheric pressure measurements
  • wind profiles
  • upper level winds
  • atmospheric pressure
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncdc
  • flight level winds
  • atmospheric winds
  • geopotential height
  • surface temperature
  • water vapor indicators
  • national centers for environmental information
  • stratosphere
  • pressure tendency

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