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NSIDC-0033.001Arctic Water Vapor Characteristics from RawinsondesSerreze, M. C., Kahl, J. D. & Barry, R. G.Arctic Water Vapor Characteristics from Rawinsondes2011-09-29Boulder, Colorado USANASA NSIDC DAAC: NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center1false10.5067/OT8OC3DBY70Rhttps://nsidc.org/sites/default/files/nsidc0033_pdf.pdfNSIDC-0033Technical ContactNSIDCUser Servicesnsidc@nsidc.org1-303-492-61991-303-492-2468CIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCO80309-0449USAEARTH SCIENCEATMOSPHEREATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURESURFACE TEMPERATUREAIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCEATMOSPHEREALTITUDEGEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCEATMOSPHEREATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPORWATER VAPOR INDICATORSHUMIDITY EARTH SCIENCEATMOSPHEREATMOSPHERIC PRESSURESEA LEVEL PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCEATMOSPHEREATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPORWATER VAPOR PROCESSESWATER VAPOR FLUX EARTH SCIENCEATMOSPHEREATMOSPHERIC WINDSSURFACE WINDSWIND DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCEATMOSPHEREATMOSPHERIC WINDSSURFACE WINDSWIND SPEED DRIFTING STATIONSIDN_NODE GSFC/NSIDCPrecipitable WaterRawinsondesSea Level PressureVapor FluxWind SpeedRAWINSONDESRAWINSONDESBALLOONSGROUND STATIONSGROUND STATIONS1954-01-011991-12-31complete6590-180180OCEANARCTIC OCEANOCEANATLANTIC OCEANNORTH ATLANTIC OCEANOCEANARCTIC OCEANBEAUFORT SEAOCEANPACIFIC OCEANNORTH PACIFIC OCEANBERING SEAOCEANARCTIC OCEANCHUKCHI SEACONTINENTNORTH AMERICACANADAHUDSON BAYGEOGRAPHIC REGIONPOLARThese data are freely, openly, and fully accessible, provided that you are logged into your NASA Earthdata profile (https://urs.earthdata.nasa.gov/).These data are freely, openly, and fully available to use without restrictions, provided that you cite the data according to the recommended citation at https://nsidc.org/about/use_copyright.html. For more information on the NASA EOSDIS Data Use Policy, see https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/data-use-policy.EnglishNASA NSIDC DAACNASA NSIDC DAACNASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Centerhttps://nsidc.org/daacData Center ContactNSIDCUser Servicesnsidc@nsidc.org1-303-492-6199National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCO80309-0449USAHTTPSASCIISerreze, M. C., M. C. Rehder, R. G. Barry and J. D. Kahl. 1995. Arctic Water Vapor Characteristics: A Climatological Data Base. User's Guide. National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Serreze, M. C., M. C. Rehder, R. G. Barry and J. D. Kahl. 1994(a). A climatological database of arctic water vapor characteristics. Polar Geography and Geology. 18(1):63-75.
Serreze, M. C., M. C. Rehder, R. G. Barry, J. D. Kahl and N. A. Zaitseva. 1994 (b). The distribution and transport of water vapor over the Arctic Basin. Int. J. Climatology.
A gridded climatological monthly-mean data base of Arctic water vapor characteristics has been assembled by combining fixed station data with data from soundings taken over the Arctic Ocean from ships and Russian drifting stations.
Variables provided include temperature, specific humidity, zonal vapor flux, meridional vapor flux, zonal wind speed, and meridional wind speed, available for 15 pressure levels extending from the surface (1,000 mb) to 300 mb. Sea level pressure and geopotential height are provided for the 850 mb, 700 mb, 500 mb and 300 mb levels. Precipitable water, vertically integrated zonal vapor flux and vertically integrated meridional vapor flux are available for five layers: surface to 850 mb, 850 to 700 mb, 700 to 500 mb, 500 to 400 mb and 400 to 300 mb.
Coverage of the rawinsonde archives extends from 1954 through 1990 for data from the Russian North Pole series of drifting ice stations over the Arctic Ocean; from 1976 through 1991 for fixed-station data obtained from the National Center for Atmospheric Research; and from about 1958 through 1991 for fixed-station data obtained from the Historical Arctic Rawinsonde Archive.
All variables were obtained through interpolation of the raw sounding data, with the exception of sea level pressure and geopotential height. The files are structured in monthly data arrays over a subsection of the National Meteorological Center grid (octagonal grid format) centered over the pole, extending to approximately 65 degrees North on each side and about 55 degrees North at the corners.VIEW RELATED INFORMATIONhttps://nsidc.org/sites/default/files/nsidc0033_pdf.pdfArctic Water Vapor Characteristics from Rawinsondes, Version 1 User GuideGET DATAhttps://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/WATERVAPOR/HTTPSUSA/NASACEOS IDN DIFVERSION 9.92011-09-292026-08-28NSIDCVersion SummaryInitial releaseNSIDCMinor VersionNSIDCCurrent Version1NSIDCLevel of ServiceBasicNSIDCFull Dataset CitationSerreze, M. C., Kahl, J. D. & Barry, R. G. (2011). <i>Arctic Water Vapor Characteristics from Rawinsondes</i>. (NSIDC-0033, Version 1). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5067/OT8OC3DBY70R">https://doi.org/10.5067/OT8OC3DBY70R</a>. [<i><describe subset used if applicable></i>].NSIDCRetiredfalseNSIDCRelated Servicesapplication/vnd.nasa.cmr.umm+jsonfalseamyygillilandmmt_service_12717S1977897447-NSIDCV0NSIDCV06service2025-04-01T22:12:52.112Zhttps://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/NSIDCV0_DAAC_Data_HTTPS_File_SystemNOT PROVIDED1HTTPS File SystemQuickly download a few files using a web browser, or access the data through a command-line utility such as WGET.https://nsidc.org/data/user-resources/help-center/programmatic-access-guide-data-daacdataappsVIEW RELATED INFORMATIONProgrammatic Data Access GuidePublicationURLUSER SERVICESNSIDC DAAC User ServicesEmailnsidc@nsidc.orgDATA ACCESS/RETRIEVALDATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLINGEARTH SCIENCE SERVICESThis is the most current release of this service.DEVELOPERORIGINATORPUBLISHERSERVICE PROVIDERNASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive CenterNASA NSIDC DAACNASA Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) at NSIDChttps://nsidc.org/daacNSIDC DAAC Home Pagehttps://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/umm/service/v1.4UMM-S1.4https://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/WATERVAPOR/