USSR GTS Upper Air: Historical Global Meteorological Data, 1984-1990

DSI-6314 is a historical upper air meteorological dataset assembled by the USSR from Global Telecommunications System (GTS) data. It provides global coverage for the period 1984 to 1990. The data was later incorporated into the larger, quality-controlled Comprehensive Aerological Data Set (CARDS), DSI-6305.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical atmospheric pressure and temperature profiles based on the major parameters described.
• Studying global wind patterns and humidity based on wind speed, direction, and relative humidity data.
• Benchmarking or validating climate reanalysis models for the 1980s based on the specified time range.

Strengths

• Data has a defined global spatial coverage.
• Data covers a specific 7-year time range from 1984 to 1990.
• Major meteorological parameters like pressure, temperature, humidity, and wind are explicitly identified.

Limitations

• The description states DSI-6314 itself was not quality controlled by the NCDC.
• Last updated 1990-12-31 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI (National Centers for Environmental Information), originally from USSR GTS.

Collection Method

Assembled by the USSR from data received via the Global Telecommunications System.

Time Range

1984 to 1990

Geography

Global