EDIS TIROS-N Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) Observations, 1979-1980

TIROS TOVS soundings. Basic NESS format (compact), not FGGE format. Both basic radiances and a retrieval sounding in each report, each 250 km.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1979-01
    End:  1980-05

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1979-01
Temporal Range End 1980-05
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format Binary
Standardized Resource Format Binary
Asset Size 1032 MB
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Access Constraints None
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name Chi-Fan Shih
Resource Support Email chifan@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization NSF NCAR - Geoscience Data Exchange
Distributor NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange
Metadata Contact Name N/A
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

Author National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 1980-01-15
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/432J-GE47
Alternate Identifier d686000
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-03T01:29:19Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d686000
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce. (1980). EDIS TIROS-N Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) Observations, 1979-1980. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/432J-GE47. Accessed 04 October 2025.

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