Brazil Upper Air Meteorological Data 1951-1981

1951-1981 historical meteorological upper air data for Brazil, archived as DSI-6324 at the National Climatic Data Center. The dataset includes parameters like pressure, temperature, humidity, and wind. It was assembled by NOAA_NCEI from various sources and was last updated in 1981.

Use Cases

• Analyzing long-term trends in atmospheric pressure and temperature over Brazil.
• Studying historical patterns of relative humidity and wind speed/direction for climate modeling.
• Comparing raw DSI-6324 data with its quality-controlled parent dataset DSI-6305 (CARDS) to assess data quality procedures.

Strengths

• 31 years of historical data from 1951 to 1981.
• Includes major meteorological parameters: pressure, temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and wind direction.

Limitations

• Dataset DSI-6324 itself was not quality controlled by the NCDC, unlike its parent dataset DSI-6305.
• Temporally stale, with data ending in 1981 and no recent updates.

Provenance

Source

National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), part of NOAA_NCEI.

Collection Method

Archived historical digital data set DSI-6324, assembled from many smaller data sets.

Time Range

1951 to 1981.

Freshness

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Geography

Brazil.