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Stickler, Alexander; Brönnimann, Stefan; Jourdain, Sylvie; Roucaute, Eméline; Sterin, Alexander M; Nikolaev, Dmitrii; Valente, Maria Antónia; Wartenburger, Richard; Hersbach, Hans; Ramella Pralungo, Lorenzo; Dee, Dick P (2014): ERA-CLIM Historical Upper-Air Data 1900-1972 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.821222, Supplement to: Stickler, A et al. (2014): Description of the ERA-CLIM historical upper-air data. Earth System Science Data, 6(1), 29-48, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-6-29-2014

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Abstract:
Historical, i.e. pre-1957, upper-air data are a valuable source of information on the state of the atmosphere, in some parts of the World back to the early 20th century. However, to date reanalyses have only partially made use of these data, and only of observations made after 1948. Even for the period between 1948 (the starting year of the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis) and the International Geophysical Year in 1957 (the starting year of the ERA-40 reanalysis), when the global upper-air coverage reached more or less its current status, many observations have not been digitised until now. The Comprehensive Historical Upper-Air Network (CHUAN) already compiled a large collection of pre-1957 upper-air data. In the framework of the European project ERA-CLIM, significant amounts of additional upper-air data have been catalogued (> 1.3 mio station days), imaged (> 200,000 images) and digitised (> 700,000 station days) in order to prepare a new input dataset for upcoming reanalyses. The records cover large parts of the globe, focussing on so far less well covered regions such as the Tropics, the polar regions and the Oceans, and on very early upper-air data from Europe and the US. The total number of digitised/inventoried records is 61/101 for moving upper-air data, i.e. data from ships etc., and 735/1,783 for fixed upper-air stations. Here, we give a detailed description of the resulting dataset including the metadata and the quality checking procedures applied. The data will be included in the next version of CHUAN.
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Stickler, Alexander; Brönnimann, Stefan; Jourdain, Sylvie; Roucaute, Eméline; Sterin, Alexander M; Nikolaev, Dmitrii; Valente, Maria Antónia; Wartenburger, Richard; Hersbach, Hans; Ramella Pralungo, Lorenzo; Dee, Dick P (2014): ERA-CLIM Historical moving Upper-Air Data 1900-1972, V1.5, link to data files in zip-archive. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.821220
Stickler, Alexander; Brönnimann, Stefan; Jourdain, Sylvie; Roucaute, Eméline; Sterin, Alexander M; Nikolaev, Dmitrii; Valente, Maria Antónia; Wartenburger, Richard; Hersbach, Hans; Ramella Pralungo, Lorenzo; Dee, Dick P (2014): ERA-CLIM Historical Upper-Air Data 1900-1972, V1.5, link to data files in zip-archive. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.821221
Further details:
List of moving stations
List of references
List of weather stations
Project(s):
European Reanalysis of Global Climate Observations (ERA-CLIM)
Funding:
Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), grant/award no. 265229: European Reanalysis of Global Climate Observations
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 38.526455 * Median Longitude: 41.969306 * South-bound Latitude: -90.000000 * West-bound Longitude: -179.470000 * North-bound Latitude: 80.320000 * East-bound Longitude: 179.480000
Date/Time Start: 1899-10-01T09:45:00 * Date/Time End: 1974-02-08T19:00:00
License:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-NC-3.0)
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  1. Anonymous (2014): Meteorological measurements in the upper air at station Ostrov Kotelny, 1945-11-11 to 1945-12-29, ERA-CLIM ID 6005. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.822992
  2. Anonymous (2014): Meteorological measurements in the upper air at station Mys Zhelanya, 1945-12-22 to 1945-12-22, ERA-CLIM ID 6006. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.822993
  3. Anonymous (2014): Meteorological measurements in the upper air at station Ostrov Kotelnii, 1948-03-23 to 1948-06-27, ERA-CLIM ID 6007. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.822994
  4. Anonymous (2014): Meteorological measurements in the upper air at station Buhta Providenia, 1949-07-01 to 1949-12-30, ERA-CLIM ID 6008. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.822995
  5. BDCLIM (2014): Meteorological measurements in the upper air at station Ajaccio-aéroport, 1951-01-04 to 1958-12-31, ERA-CLIM ID 6009A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.822996
  6. BDCLIM (2014): Meteorological measurements in the upper air at station Bordeaux-Mérignac, 1948-01-01 to 1958-12-31, ERA-CLIM ID 6010A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.822997
  7. BDCLIM (2014): Meteorological measurements in the upper air at station Brest-Guipavas, 1948-01-01 to 1958-12-31, ERA-CLIM ID 6011A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.822998
  8. BDCLIM (2014): Meteorological measurements in the upper air at station Lyon-Bron, 1948-01-01 to 1958-12-31, ERA-CLIM ID 6012A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.822999
  9. BDCLIM (2014): Meteorological measurements in the upper air at station Nancy-Essey, 1954-06-16 to 1958-12-31, ERA-CLIM ID 6013A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.823000
  10. BDCLIM (2014): Meteorological measurements in the upper air at station Rochambeau, 1953-02-04 to 1955-12-26, ERA-CLIM ID 6016A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.823001
  11. BDCLIM (2014): Meteorological measurements in the upper air at station Base Dumont d'Urville, 1951-02-07 to 1958-12-31, ERA-CLIM ID 6017A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.823002
  12. BDCLIM (2014): Meteorological measurements in the upper air at station Faaa, 1957-07-10 to 1958-12-31, ERA-CLIM ID 6018A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.823003
  13. BDCLIM (2014): Meteorological measurements in the upper air at station Le Raizet-Guadeloupe, 1952-06-03 to 1958-12-31, ERA-CLIM ID 6019A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.823004

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