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Description of holdings on the general AMRC CD-ROM archive.
All data is filed in Julian Day (YYDDD) subdiredctories, where
YY is the last two digits of the year, and DDD is the day of the year.
All data is compressed using Unix compress, except all *.GIF and *.TXT
files.
Composites (McIDAS AREA format files)
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AREA000n = Antarctic Infrared Composites (where n = 1 through 8,
and 1 = 0 UTC,2 = 3 UTC, etc.)
AREA001n = Antarctic Water Vapor Composites (where n = 1 through 8,
and 1 = 0 UTC,2 = 3 UTC, etc.)
AREA002n = Antarctic "Psuedo-Color" Composites (where n = 1 through 8,
and 1 = 0 UTC,2 = 3 UTC, etc.)
AREA100n = Arctic Infrared Composites (where n = 1 through 8,
and 1 = 0 UTC,2 = 3 UTC, etc. Many missing observation
times..experimental)
Observations (McIDAS MD format files, yddd = y is Last digit of year,
------------ ddd is day of the year)
ABOMyddd = Australian Bureau of Meteorology Synoptic data
AMANyddd = Australian Bureau of Meteorology Manditory level
Radiosonde data
ASIGyddd = Australian Bureau of Meteorology Significant level
Radiosonde data (likely empty)
AWSyddd = UW AWS data, decoded from TeraScan AWS Text files
(treat as suspect, soon to be discontinued)
GAWSyddd = UW AWS data, decoded from SDI/Jthom's decode system
from Gilmore Creek, AK Ground Station GAC data recieved
at SSEC
MANDyddd = Manditory level Radiosonde data from SSEC Data Center
MAWSyddd = UW AWS data, decoded from SDI/Jthom's decode system
from McMurdo Station Ground Station HRPT data recieved
at McMurdo.
METRyddd = METAR surface observation data from SSEC Data Center
PIRPyddd = PIREP/AIREP reports from SSEC Data Center (no/little data
near/over Antarctica so far)
SHIPyddd = Ship and Bouy Observations from SSEc Data Center
SIGyddd = Significant level Radiosonde data from SSEC Data Center
(likely no data over Antarctica?)
SYNyddd = Synoptic surface observation data from SSEC data Center
WAWSyddd = UW AWS data, decoded from SDI/Jthom's decode system
from Wallops Island, VA Ground Station GAC data recieved
at SSEC
MAWSydd = AWS observations from the McMurdo Station, Antarctica Ground
Station (in McIDAS MD format)
GAWSydd = AWS observations from the Gilmore Creek, AK Ground Station (in
McIDAS MD format)
PAWSydd = AWS observations from the Palmer Station, Antarctica Ground Station
(in McIDAS MD format)
MANDydd = Mandatory level radiosonde observations (in McIDAS MD format)
AMVydd = Atmospheric Motion Vectors (in McIDAS MD format)
Model Data (McIDAS GRID format files, yddd = y is Last digit of year,
---------- ddd is day of the year)
ECMWyddd = ECMWF model gridded analysis and forecast model output
MRFyddd = NCEP's MRF model gridded analysis and forecast model output
GFSyddd = NCEP's GFS model gridded analysis and forecast model output
ICEyddd = NCEP's ice concentration gridded analysis output
SSTyddd = NCEP's Sea Surface Temperature gridded analysis output
UKMETyddd = UK Met Office forecast model output
WWFMyddd = NCEP's WWFM forecast model, UK Met Office analysis, maybe an
SST analysis from NCEP
Text Data (raw ASCII Text reports from GTS, ccyyddd = ccyy is full year
--------- and ddd is day of the year)
FTccyyddd.TXT = Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts from McMurdo for
air fields around McMurdo and maybe South Pole.
NZCMccyyddd.TXT = METAR observations from McMurdo air fields and
South Pole.
NZWDccyyddd.TXT = METAR observations from Williams Field
NZIRccyyddd.TXT = METAR observations from Ice Runway
NZPGccyyddd.TXT = METAR observations from Pegasus
NZSPccyyddd.TXT = METAR observations from South Pole
ARPccyyddd.TXT = AIREPs from the US Antarctic Program, South of 60 South
NZARPccyyddd.TXT = AIREPs from the New Zealand region airspace in the South-
eastern hemisphere.
AIREPccyyddd.TXT = Aircraft reports in raw coded format (in ASCII text format)
NAVccyyddd.TXT = Two line element (or TLE for short) navigation information
for a range of weather and environmental satellites. (in ASCII text format)
Navigation Data (McIDAS NOAA or POES System Navigation data)
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SYSNAV1 = Year to date system navigation for NOAA satellite series
