Historical Arctic Rawinsonde Archive, 1947 - 1996, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0008
DOI: 10.5067/FQZA3330CVPO
This is the most recent version of these data.

Overview

The Historical Arctic Rawinsonde Archive (HARA) contains millions of vertical soundings of temperature, pressure, humidity, and wind, representing all available rawinsonde ascents from Arctic land stations poleward of 65 degrees North. HARA includes soundings from the beginning of record through mid-1996. Most stations began recording soundings in the late 1950s, but a few began in 1947 or 1948.
Parameter(s):
AIR TEMPERATUREATMOSPHERIC PRESSUREGEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHTHUMIDITYSURFACE AIR TEMPERATUREWIND DIRECTIONWIND SPEED
Platform(s):
BALLOONS, GROUND STATIONS
Sensor(s):
RAWINSONDES
Data Format(s):
ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
10 November 1947 to 30 June 1996
Temporal Resolution:
  • Varies
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
90
S:
65
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

Data Access & Tools

Help Articles

How to Articles

NOAA@NSIDC data recently transitioned to HTTPS. The directory structure has NOT changed, but the beginning of the URL has changed from: ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/ to: