Parsing and Querying tool to identify NOAA/ERSL/GSD RAOB radiosonde data
For FTP link to Data
Station list
see readME.txt within /test directory
| COL | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| ID | station identification code. For Complete List |
| YEAR | is the year of the sounding |
| MONTH | is the month of sounding |
| DAY | is the day of the sounding |
| NUMLEV | is the number of levels in the sounding |
| PSRC | is the data source code for pressure levels |
| NPSRC | is the data source code for non-pressure levels |
| LAT | is the Latitude at which the sounding was taken |
| LON | is the Longitude at which the sounding was taken |
| Var | Col | Type |
|---|---|---|
| ID | 2-12 | CHAR |
| YEAR | 14-17 | INT |
| MONTH | 19-20 | INT |
| DAY | 22-23 | INT |
| NUMLEV | 33-36 | INT |
| PSRC | 38-45 | CHAR |
| NPSRC | 47-54 | CHAR |
| LAT | 56-62 | INT |
| LON | 64-71 | INT |
| COL | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| LVLTYP1 | is the major level type indicator. 1 = Standard Pressure Level, 2 = Other Pressure Level, 3 = Non-pressure level For Complete List |
| LVLTYP2 | is the minor level type indicator. 1 = Surface, 2 = Tropopause, 0 = Other For Complete List |
| ETIME | is the elapsed time since launch. format is in MMMSS; MMM represents minutes & SS represents seconds. -8888 = Value removed, -9999 = Value is missing For Complete List |
| PRESSURE | is the reported pressure. Pa or mb * 100, -9999 = missing value For Complete List |
| GPH | is the reported geopotential height meters above sea level. -8888 = value removed, -9999 = value missing For Complete List |
| TEMP | is the reported temperature. degrees C to tenths, -8888 = value removed by IGRA, -9999 = value is missing |
| RH | is the reported relative humidity percent to nearest tenths, -8888 = value removed, -9999 = value missing For Complete List |
| DPDP | is the reported dewpoint depression degrees to nearest tenths. -8888 = value removed, -9999 = value missing For Complete List |
| WDIR | is the reported wind direction degrees to nearest tenths. -8888 = vale removed, -9999 = value missing For Complete List |
| WSPD | is the reported wind speed meters per second to the tenths. -8888 = value removed, -9999 = vale missing For Complete List |
| Var | Col | Type |
|---|---|---|
| LVLTYP1 | 1-1 | INT |
| LVLTYP2 | 2-2 | INT |
| ETIME | 4-8 | INT |
| PRESSURE | 10-15 | INT |
| GPH | 17-21 | INT |
| TEMP | 23-27 | INT |
| RH | 29-33 | INT |
| DPDP | 35-39 | INT |
| WDIR | 41-45 | INT |
| WSPD | 47-51 | INT |