FOSDIC Marine surface and upper air observations, 1854-1961

Marine surface and upper air observations recovered from microfilm copies of cards at NCDC. In the 1960s and 1970s, NCDC stored images of selected 80-character punched card decks on microfilm (16mm) using a device known as FOSDIC (Film Optical Sensing Device for Input to Computer). FOSDIC was also used to recall the images back to digital records.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1854
    End:  1961

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1854
Temporal Range End 1961
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Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
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Resource Format ASCII
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 808.13 MB
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Author Woodruff, Scott
Elms, Joe
Franks, Phala
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 2001-02-06
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/YEYX-4A26
Alternate Identifier d258004
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category oceans
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:22:11Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d258004
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Woodruff, Scott, Elms, Joe, Franks, Phala. (2001). FOSDIC Marine surface and upper air observations, 1854-1961. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/YEYX-4A26. Accessed 06 November 2025.

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