gov.noaa.ncdc:C00182 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unknown tabular digital data http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov Atmospheric Handbook Data Tables is historical digital data set DSI-9796, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This data set consists of one combined file containing 226 data files. The files contains information, programs, and data largely taken from results published in scientific journals. In general, sections of files are grouped according to the atmospheric area. Atmospheric data tables in this data set are described in World Data Center A for Meteorology and World Data Center A for Solar Terrestrial Physics Report UAG-89. This report will be furnished with all orders for this file. Data areas cover attenuation coefficients for the atmosphere and H2O; 1962 standard atmospheres; cloud drop size distributions for water and ice spheres; solar spectral irradiance (nimbus and SMM satellite solar irradiance data); sky spectral radiance; Rayleigh coefficients for air; refractive indices for air, ice, liquid H2O, and various atmospheric aerosols; and relative reflectance for ice and H2O. To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public. data set C00182 ACRIM > Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor ERB > Earth Radiation Budget IRIS > Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer PHOTOMETERS RADIOSONDES RAWINSONDES SPECTROPHOTOMETERS SUN PHOTOMETERS BALLOONS GROUND STATIONS NIMBUS RADIOSONDES SMM > Solar Maximum Mission National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 18960101 19800101 Ground Condition Complete As Needed -180.0 180.0 90.0 -90.0 ISO 19115 Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 004 imageryBaseMapsEarthCover 010 DIF Discipline Keyword Thesaurus Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Meteorology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Climatology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Weather GCMD Sciences Keyword Valids EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ACTIVITY > SOLAR IRRADIANCE EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > INFRARED WAVELENGTHS > REFLECTED INFRARED EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTHS > ULTRAVIOLET RADIANCE EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS > VISIBLE RADIANCE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > SULFATE PARTICLES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > TROPOPAUSE GCMD Location Valids GLOBAL GCMD Location Valids TROPOSPHERE TROPOPAUSE GROUND STATIONS PHOTOMETERS GROUND STATIONS SUN PHOTOMETERS GROUND STATIONS SPECTROPHOTOMETERS Solar Maximum Mission SMM Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor ACRIM NIMBUS Earth Radiation Budget ERB NIMBUS Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer IRIS BALLOONS RAWINSONDES RADIOSONDES RADIOSONDES 5 None None During the course of several years of work in atmospheric spectroscopy, V. E. Derr of the NOAA Environmental Research Laboratories, Boulder, Colorado compiled several useful tables of atmospheric data from literature, and stored these data on computer disk and tape for ready access during theoretical calculations. In order to not pass judgment on the accuracy of these data, the "Atmospheric Handbook: Atmospheric Data Tables Available on Computer Tape" (Report UAG-89) was published as a compromise between fully verified and uncertain values. Every effort was made to ensure the faithfulness of the tables to the source and to avoid degradation of interpolated values. If more than one source appears authoritative, both are quoted. Under this compromise, the researcher is advised to use the values cautiously, but a very valuable set of data is provided for researchers in solar radiation. The accuracy of these data can be determined only by reference to the source. Please note that individual data elements are not described within this information system. Unknown Completeness information not available. Unknown Unknown Each record contains 80 characters. The first line of all data files, except those associated with programs 'attencoef' and 'micro', is informational text, in most cases identifying the data type, substance, and source. Numerical values in the data files are arranged in increasing order, where applicable. Data values of "-1" indicate the value was not given in the original source. The data description (File 3) contains brief descriptions of each atmospheric area covered by the handbook data files: definition of data file variables, ranges, and units, listing of data file names, and description of data source. The guide (File 4) gives general user notes and technical information needed to access or understanding the computer programs. Data file formats (File 5) summarizes technical information on each data file in tabular form: Data file variable definitions, units, and ranges in the order in which they appear on which line of a given data file, temperature, source, and computer file number. Appendix A (File 0) contains a list of all files in the handbook with their corresponding file numbers. Appendix B (File 9) briefly describes the contents of single or groups of files. The computer program for retrieving attenuation coefficient data and microwave refractive index data are located in files 171-187 and 188-217 respectively. None National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Service Mailing and physical

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