Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-25T03:53:32Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 106 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00498 -110.0,10.0,-20.0,55.0 1996-06-01T00:00:00Z 1996-11-30T00:00:00Z 2013-01-24T05:00:00Z

1996 Atlantic Tropical Storms: Views from the NOAA Satellites is a technical report available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Geographic coverage is the north Atlantic Ocean tropical ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00508 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2013-01-24T05:00:00Z

Extreme Weather and Climate Events is a web page at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Extreme Weather and Climate Events web site links to some of the more interesting NCDC web pages. Links ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00647 -93.0,20.0,-70.0,40.0 2005-08-28T00:00:00Z 2005-08-28T00:00:00Z 2013-01-24T05:00:00Z

This product is a poster, available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The poster dimension is 36 inches wide by 30 inches tall. In the poster: NOAA's Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCDC_WX_EVENT_ARCH -124.0,25.0,-60.0,47.0 1991-10-31T00:00:00Z 2008-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-01-24T05:00:00Z

The NCDC weather event archive contains case studies of the major weather events that happened between 1991 and 2006. Each case study includes a detailed discussion of the event combined ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_TORNADOES -96.0,30.0,-77.0,42.0 1997-02-28T00:00:00Z 1997-03-03T00:00:00Z 2013-01-24T05:00:00Z

On March 1, 1997, a severe weather situation with tornadoes and very heavy rainfall erupted along a nearly stationary front from Texas to West Virginia. At mid-afternoon on Saturday, an ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00500 -95.0,10.0,-15.0,60.0 1997-06-30T00:00:00Z 1997-10-17T00:00:00Z 2012-10-17T04:00:00Z

1997 Atlantic Tropical Storms is a technical report available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The geographic coverage is the North Atlantic tropical storm basin. Land areas include ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00524 -100.0,10.0,-10.0,60.0 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z 1998-11-31T00:00:00Z 2012-10-17T04:00:00Z

1998 Atlantic Tropical Storms: Views from the NOAA Satellites is a technical report produced by, and available from, the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This annual report is a preliminary summary ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00530 -110.0,8.0,-15.0,55.0 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-10-17T04:00:00Z

1999 Atlantic Tropical Storms: Views from the NOAA Satellite is a technical report produced by and available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The report provides a detailed review of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00492 -93.0,19.0,-83.0,50.0 1995-10-03T00:00:00Z 1995-10-06T00:00:00Z 2012-10-17T04:00:00Z

Hurricane Opal - Preliminary Report is a technical report available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This report deals with the US landfall of Hurricane Opal, the 15th named storm in ...

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The National Atlas updates a large bound collection of paper maps that was published in 1970. Like its predecessor, this edition promotes greater national geographic awareness. It delivers ...

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UNEP/GRID Documentation Summary for Data Set: West Africa Tropical Forest/Non-forest Digital Map This digital data set is one of the principal results of the West Africa ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_PMEL_ENSO -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2011-10-04T04:00:00Z

The El Nino Theme Page is a focused resource of information related to the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. It links to widely distributed information related to El Nino, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00494 -100.0,10.0,-15.0,55.0 1995-06-01T00:00:00Z 1995-11-30T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

1995 Atlantic Storms - NOAA Satellite Views is a technical report available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The narrative portion of the report was derived from the Preliminary Hurricane ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00496 -100.0,27.0,-74.0,40.0 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z 1995-08-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

A Comparison of NEXRAD Rainfall Estimates with Recorded Amounts is a technical report available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This study compares NEXRAD-estimated storm-total precipitation ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00420 -125.0,24.0,-65.0,50.0 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

ASOS 30-Second Ceilometer Data is digital data set DSI-6404, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). A major part of the National Weather Service (NWS) modernization effort in the 1990s ...

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ASOS Surface System Log (SYSLOG) is digital data set DSI-6402, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). SYSLOG is an electronic systems messages logbook from the Automated Surface Observing ...

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BOMEX - Miscellaneous Data is a historical digital data set archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). BOMEX Archive includes, data collected during the Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00644 -125.0,24.0,-66.0,50.0 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

Convective Sigmet maps cover the contiguous U.S. and are produced monthly. These maps are provided as an aid in evaluating the impact of thunderstorms on the U.S. Airspace System using the methods ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00526 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

Federal Meteorological Handbook is a publication available at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). There are currently four publications offered at the NCDC under the general category of Federal ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00608 165.0,-70.0,-55.0,70.0 1995-02-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) Products is digital data set DSI-3635, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This is a derived product ...

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The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) provides an operational framework for integrating, and enhancing as needed, observational systems of participating countries and organizations into a comprehensive ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00629 -180.0,-65.0,180.0,70.0 1983-07-01T00:00:00Z 2005-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

The "Global Tropical Cyclone ISCCP B1 Satellite Observations" (TC-B1) data consist of raw satellite observations derived from the ISCCP B1 data centered on historical tropical cyclones (TC). The data ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00323 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1978-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

This product archive is part of the larger Heat Budget Archive which includes three other kinds of data. The data set consists of daily values of day flux, night flux, absorbed solar energy, and available ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00325 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1974-06-01T00:00:00Z 1986-02-01T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

The Heat Budget-10 Year dataset is a subset of the Seasonal Heat Budget dataset. There are four fields per day mapped into a Mercator array and three 9 track 6250 BPI CCT's contain 10 years of non-contiguous ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00328 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

This dataset (along with Mapped GAC-Mercator) is the longest essentially continous and relatively homogeneous global product that has been produced from data collected by environmental satellites. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00002 -180.0,15.0,-60.0,65.0 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

This digital data set is archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Buoys that collect the data make up the US Coastal Marine station group and are monitored by the National Data Buoy Center ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00345 126.0,-5.0,-65.0,67.0 1991-06-05T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

NEXRAD Level II and NEXRAD Level III is a series of digital data sets DSI-6500 through DSI-6899, plus DSI-7000, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The Next Generation Weather Radar ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00509 -125.0,25.0,-65.0,50.0 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

NEXRAD National Mosaic Reflectivity Images is a service available at the web site of the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The outside user can put in a day of interest as early as January 1, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00581 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1989-07-09T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

NOAA AOC WP-3D Research Flight Data is digital data set DSI-6420, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This data set is meteorological data gathered by Lockheed WP-3D Orion aircraft, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00512 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

The NOAA KLM User's Guide CD-ROM Version 1.0 is a product available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This CD-ROM is intended for users of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00458 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

NOAA Satellite Technical Documentation (POD and GVI) is documentation available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This CD-ROM is for users of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00326 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

The Sea Surface Temperature (SST) products are produced from AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) and TOVS (TIROS Opertional Vertical Sounder)data collected by the TIROS-N/NOAA 6/7/8/9 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00577 140.0,-10.0,180.0,10.0 1992-07-01T00:00:00Z 1993-06-30T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

TOGA COARE Data is historical digital data set DSI-6147, available at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) program is a major component of the World ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00668 170.0,15.0,-60.0,60.0 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

The 1991-2005 National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB) is an update of the 1961-1990 NSRDB released in 1992. This updated NSRDB dataset an hourly ground-based data set of solar and meteorological ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00450 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z 1997-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

Time Series of Global Monthly Vegetation Cover from NOAA/AVHRR 1985-1997 CD-ROM Version 1.1 is a product available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This product contains data that was ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00030 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

Turbidity Data File is historical digital data set DSI-9789, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Atmospheric turbidity is a measurement of solar extinction by aerosols (suspension ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00542 -123.0,30.0,-77.0,48.0 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

U.S. Integrated Surface Irradiance Study (ISIS) Level 1 - 15 Minute Values and Statistics is digital data set DSI-9870, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC).ISIS is a continuation ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00541 -122.3,30.4,-77.7,47.5 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

U.S. Integrated Surface Irradiance Study (ISIS) Level 1 - Hourly Values is digital data set DSI-9871, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC).ISIS is a continuation of earlier National ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00540 -120.0,30.0,-74.0,49.0 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

U.S. Integrated Surface Irradiance Study (ISIS) Level 2 (SURFRAD) is digital data set DSI-9872, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC).ISIS is a continuation ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00330 -180.0,-80.0,0.0,80.0 1976-07-26T00:00:00Z 1988-09-25T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has, in archive, both digital data and hard-copy images from early VISSR (Visible and Infra-Red Spin Scan Radiometer) sensors on board the early Synchronous ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00058 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

WMO 1961-90 Global Climate Normals is digital data set DSI-9641A, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). It is also available to customers as a CD-ROM. DSI-9641A ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00543 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2002-06-18T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

World Area Forecast System (WAFS) is digital data set DSI-9939, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). WAFS is a system for the world wide broadcast of aviation related weather information ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00533 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

Year 2000 Tropical Cyclones of the World is a poster available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). During calendar year 2000, forty-five tropical cyclones with sustained surface winds of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00346 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

Year 2001 Tropical Cyclones of the World is a poster available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). During calendar year 2001, fifty tropical cyclones with sustained surface winds of at ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ATSR_BURNED_ATLAS -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z 2000-03-31T00:00:00Z 2011-03-21T04:00:00Z

The ERS-2 Along Track Scanning Radiometer and Microwave Sounder (ATSR) burned surface areas detection data. Currently the project is providing a case study over a 1000 square km area in West Africa ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ATSR_FIRE_ATLAS -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1995-09-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-03-21T04:00:00Z

The ERS-2 Along Track Scanning Radiometer and Microwave Sounder (ATSR) World Fire Atlas provides imagery for fire detection, land use, and atmospheric chemistry and aerosol applications. The ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LSC_LYNDONSTATECOLLEGE -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2010-07-02T04:00:00Z

The Lyndon State College (LSC) Department of Meteorology server address on the WWW is 'http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/'. The LSC server features Weather Maps and Information ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GES_DISC_MSUOP_V001 -180.0,-60.0,180.0,60.0 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-07-21T04:00:00Z

Section 1. General Description Spencer and Christy (1990) demonstrated that accurate estimates of global ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]1KM.AVHRR.TOVS.SHARP2B -45.0,-5.0,50.0,90.0 1992-04-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-27T04:00:00Z

The 1 km AVHRR Global Land Data set project is an international effort to acquire, archive, process and distribute the data of the entire ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]1KM.AVHRR.TOVS.SHARP2A -45.0,-5.0,50.0,90.0 1992-04-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The 1 km AVHRR Global Land Data set project is an international effort to acquire, archive, process and distribute the data of the entire global land surface observed by the NOAA/AVHRR ...