Description
Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive (IGRA) Version 2 consists of quality-controlled radiosonde observations of temperature, humidity, and wind at stations across all continents. Data are drawn from more than 30 different sources. The earliest year of data is 1905, and the data are updated on a daily basis. Record length, vertical extent and resolution, and availability of variables varies among stations and over time. In addition to the merged and quality-controlled set of soundings, several supplementary products are included: sounding-derived moisture and stability parameters for each suitable sounding; monthly means at mandatory pressure levels; the Radiosonde Atmospheric Temperature Products for Assessing Climate (RATPAC) in which post-1997 data are based on IGRA 2; and station history information derived from documented changes in instruments and observing practice as well as from instrument codes received along with the sounding data. The change to Version 2.2 includes two additional data streams which permits further updating of the IGRA data records that use the new BUFR format. Version 2.2 began in 2023.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCEI Dataset Landing Page | Unknown | Landing page for the dataset. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | 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. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | 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. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | 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. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | 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. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | 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. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | 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. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | 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. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | 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. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | 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. | Open resource |
| Overview of the Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive | Unknown | Overview of the Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive IGRA 1. | Open resource |
| GCOS Essential Climate Variables | Unknown | Overview of the GCOS Essential Climate Variables. | Open resource |
| NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) | Unknown | NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. | Open resource |
| NCEI Direct Download | Unknown | Direct download for the IGRA data files. | Open resource |
| Direct Download (Documentation Files) | Unknown | Direct download for the documentation. | Open resource |
| IGRA Station listing | Text | Detailed listing of stations used within IGRA data set. | Open resource |
| NOAA website for IGRA | Unknown | Website for more information, documentation and background on this dataset | Open resource |
| A DIGITIZED METADATA SET OF GLOBAL UPPER-AIR STATION HISTORIES | Information on IGRA Metadata | Open resource | |
| Enhanced radiosonde data for studies of vertical structure | Unknown | Durre, I., and X. Yin, 2008: Enhanced radiosonde data for studies of vertical structure. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 89(9), 1257-1262. | Open resource |
Tags
- altitude
- atmosphere
- atmospheric temperature
- atmospheric - upper-air - upper-air temperature
- atmospheric - upper-air - upper-air water vapour
- atmospheric - upper-air - upper-air wind speed and direction
- atmospheric water vapor
- atmospheric winds
- balloons/rockets
- boundary layer
- doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
- earth remote sensing instruments
- earth science
- geographic region
- geopotential height
- global land
- hourly - < daily
- humidity
- land surface
- national centers for environmental information
- nesdis
- noaa
- passive remote sensing
- pibal
- pilot balloons
- point resolution
- profilers/sounders
- radiosondes
- stratosphere
- troposphere
- upper air temperature
- u.s. department of commerce
- vertical location
- water vapor indicators