Global Aircraft Observations of Temperature and Wind, 1960-1973

Global aircraft observations containing temperature and wind measurements for the period from January 1960 to December 1973. The data was obtained from James Sadler at the University of Hawaii and is hosted by NASA's Earthdata platform.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct historical atmospheric conditions based on temperature and wind measurements.
• Calibrate or validate climate models using observed data from the 1960-1973 period.
• Analyze long-term trends in upper-air temperature and wind patterns.
• Study specific weather events or climatological phenomena using in-situ aircraft data.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 14-year period from 1960 to 1973.
• Contains direct measurements of temperature and wind from a global aircraft network.
• Sourced from a known researcher (James Sadler) and institution (University of Hawaii).

Limitations

• Last updated 1973-12 31 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

James Sadler at the University of Hawaii, via NASA Earthdata.

Collection Method

Aircraft observations.

Time Range

January 1960 to December 1973.

Freshness

Historical dataset; last recorded update is 1973-12-31.

Geography

Global.