Tropopause Data: Upper-Air Temperature, Pressure, Humidity, and Winds Since 1983
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Description
Upper-air temperature, pressure, relative humidity, and wind data for Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia archived since 1983. The dataset is held by the World Data Center-B Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information (RIHMI) in Kaluga, Russia. It is available via the NASA Earthdata platform.
Use Cases
Modeling tropopause height and variability based on upper-air temperature and pressure data.
Analyzing long-term atmospheric humidity trends based on relative humidity records.
Studying upper-level wind patterns and jet streams based on wind data.
Investigating regional climate changes across Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia based on the geographic coverage.
Strengths
Data collection spans multiple decades, starting from 1983.
Covers four major continental regions: Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia.
Includes multiple key atmospheric parameters: temperature, pressure, humidity, and winds.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
Source
World Data Center-B Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information (RIHMI), Kaluga, Russia.
Collection Method
Archived upper-air measurements; specific collection method not detailed.
Time Range
Since 1983.
Freshness
Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.