Catalog of Island Staion Upper Air Observations Collected During CEPEX Oct. 15, 1993 John del Corral,SIO Temporal Span: March 6, 1993 - April 7, 1993 GMT, 00Z and 12Z Number of files: 65 File list: 93030600_upa.cdf 93030612_upa.cdf 93030700_upa.cdf 93030712_upa.cdf 93030800_upa.cdf 93030812_upa.cdf 93030900_upa.cdf 93030912_upa.cdf 93031000_upa.cdf 93031012_upa.cdf 93031100_upa.cdf 93031112_upa.cdf 93031200_upa.cdf 93031212_upa.cdf 93031300_upa.cdf 93031312_upa.cdf 93031400_upa.cdf 93031412_upa.cdf 93031500_upa.cdf 93031512_upa.cdf 93031600_upa.cdf 93031612_upa.cdf 93031700_upa.cdf 93031712_upa.cdf 93031800_upa.cdf 93031812_upa.cdf 93031900_upa.cdf 93031912_upa.cdf 93032000_upa.cdf 93032012_upa.cdf 93032100_upa.cdf 93032112_upa.cdf 93032200_upa.cdf 93032212_upa.cdf 93032300_upa.cdf 93032312_upa.cdf 93032400_upa.cdf 93032412_upa.cdf 93032500_upa.cdf 93032512_upa.cdf 93032600_upa.cdf 93032612_upa.cdf 93032700_upa.cdf 93032712_upa.cdf 93032800_upa.cdf 93032812_upa.cdf 93032900_upa.cdf 93032912_upa.cdf 93033000_upa.cdf 93033012_upa.cdf 93033100_upa.cdf 93033112_upa.cdf 93040100_upa.cdf 93040112_upa.cdf 93040212_upa.cdf 93040300_upa.cdf 93040312_upa.cdf 93040400_upa.cdf 93040412_upa.cdf 93040500_upa.cdf 93040512_upa.cdf 93040600_upa.cdf 93040612_upa.cdf 93040700_upa.cdf 93040712_upa.cdf File Coverage: Title: ISLAND UPA INDEX hour: 00 12 mm/dd/yy 03/06/93 X X 03/07/93 X X 03/08/93 X X 03/09/93 X X 03/10/93 X X 03/11/93 X X 03/12/93 X X 03/13/93 X X 03/14/93 X X 03/15/93 X X 03/16/93 X X 03/17/93 X X 03/18/93 X X 03/19/93 X X 03/20/93 X X 03/21/93 X X 03/22/93 X X 03/23/93 X X 03/24/93 X X 03/25/93 X X 03/26/93 X X 03/27/93 X X 03/28/93 X X 03/29/93 X X 03/30/93 X X 03/31/93 X X 04/01/93 X X 04/02/93 X 04/03/93 X X 04/04/93 X X 04/05/93 X X 04/06/93 X X 04/07/93 X X Data File Format: NetCDF Filename description: YYMMDDHH_upa.cdf - Where YY is year, MM is month, DD is day, HH is hours GMT. 'cdf' is the standard NetCDF file extension. 'upa' is for upper air observations. Example Header: netcdf 93031800_upa { dimensions: report = UNLIMITED ; // (612 currently) mant_level = 20 ; sigt_level = 50 ; sigw_level = 50 ; string_len = 11 ; variables: char id(report, string_len) ; id:name = "ID" ; id:long_name = "Station ID" ; char region(report, string_len) ; region:name = "AREA" ; region:long_name = "Region ID" ; char type(report, string_len) ; type:name = "TYPE" ; type:long_name = "Report Origination" ; long idn(report) ; idn:name = "IDN" ; idn:long_name = "WMO Numeric Station ID" ; idn:valid_range = 0, 99999 ; float lat(report) ; lat:name = "LAT" ; lat:long_name = "Latitude" ; lat:units = "degrees_N" ; lat:valid_range = -90.f, 90.f ; lat:_FillValue = -9999.f ; float lon(report) ; lon:name = "LON" ; lon:long_name = "Longitude" ; lon:units = "degrees_E" ; lon:valid_range = 0.f, 1.4012845e-40f ; lon:_FillValue = -9999.f ; long num_mant(report) ; num_mant:name = "NMANT" ; num_mant:long_name = "Number of Mandatory Levels" ; num_mant:valid_range = 0, 20 ; num_mant:_FillValue = 0 ; long num_sigt(report) ; num_sigt:name = "NSIGT" ; num_sigt:long_name = "Number of Significant Levels wrt T" ; num_sigt:valid_range = 0, 50 ; num_sigt:_FillValue = 0 ; long num_sigw(report) ; num_sigw:name = "NSIGW" ; num_sigw:long_name = "Number of Significant Levels wrt W" ; num_sigw:valid_range = 0, 50 ; num_sigw:_FillValue = 0 ; float P_man(report, mant_level) ; P_man:name = "P" ; P_man:long_name = "Pressure - Mandatory Levels" ; P_man:units = "hectopascals" ; P_man:valid_range = 0.f, 1500.f ; P_man:_FillValue = -9999.f ; float Z_man(report, mant_level) ; Z_man:name = "Z" ; Z_man:long_name = "Geopotential - Mandatory Levels" ; Z_man:units = "meters" ; Z_man:valid_range = -150.f, 50000.f ; Z_man:_FillValue = -9999.f ; float T_man(report, mant_level) ; T_man:name = "T" ; T_man:long_name = "Temperature - Mandatory Levels" ; T_man:units = "celsius" ; T_man:valid_range = -100.f, 100.f ; T_man:_FillValue = -9999.f ; float TD_man(report, mant_level) ; TD_man:name = "TD" ; TD_man:long_name = "Dew Point - Mandatory Levels" ; TD_man:units = "celsius" ; TD_man:valid_range = -100.f, 100.f ; TD_man:_FillValue = -9999.f ; float DIR_man(report, mant_level) ; DIR_man:name = "DIR" ; DIR_man:long_name = "Wind Direction - Mandatory Levels" ; DIR_man:units = "degrees" ; DIR_man:valid_range = 0.f, 360.f ; DIR_man:_FillValue = -9999.f ; float SPD_man(report, mant_level) ; SPD_man:name = "SPD" ; SPD_man:long_name = "Wind Speed - Mandatory Levels" ; SPD_man:units = "meters/second" ; SPD_man:valid_range = 0.f, 300.f ; SPD_man:_FillValue = -9999.f ; float P_sigt(report, sigt_level) ; P_sigt:name = "P" ; P_sigt:long_name = "Pressure - Significant Levels wrt T or RH" ; P_sigt:units = "he" ; P_sigt:valid_range = 0.f, 1500.f ; P_sigt:_FillValue = -9999.f ; float T_sigt(report, sigt_level) ; T_sigt:name = "T" ; T_sigt:long_name = "Temperature - Significant Levels wrt T or RH " ; T_sigt:units = "celsius" ; T_sigt:valid_range = -100.f, 100.f ; T_sigt:_FillValue = -9999.f ; float TD_sigt(report, sigt_level) ; TD_sigt:name = "TD" ; TD_sigt:long_name = "Dew Point - Significant Levels wrt T or RH" ; TD_sigt:units = "celsius" ; TD_sigt:valid_range = -100.f, 100.f ; TD_sigt:_FillValue = -9999.f ; float Z_sigw(report, sigw_level) ; Z_sigw:name = "ALT" ; Z_sigw:long_name = "Altitude - Significant Levels wrt Winds" ; Z_sigw:units = "meters" ; Z_sigw:valid_range = -500.f, 150000.f ; Z_sigw:_FillValue = -9999.f ; float DIR_sigw(report, sigw_level) ; DIR_sigw:name = "WND" ; DIR_sigw:long_name = "Wind Direction - Significant Levels wrt Winds" ; DIR_sigw:units = "degrees" ; DIR_sigw:valid_range = 0.f, 360.f ; DIR_sigw:_FillValue = -9999.f ; float SPD_sigw(report, sigw_level) ; SPD_sigw:name = "SPD" ; SPD_sigw:long_name = "Wind Speed - Significant Levels wrt Winds" ; SPD_sigw:units = "meters/second" ; SPD_sigw:valid_range = 0.f, 300.f ; SPD_sigw:_FillValue = -9999.f ; // global attributes: :title = "Upper Air Observations" ; :version = "2.0" ; :history = "Upper air converted file from WXP decoders" ; :missing_value = -9999.f ; :datetime = " 0Z 18 MAR 93" ; :yymmddhh = "93031800" ; }