Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
APPENDIX 4
Data sources
A DAILY WEATHER MAPS
AND DATA
Western Europe/North Atlantic: Daily Weather
Summary (synoptic chart, data for the UK).
London Weather Center, 284 High Holborn,
London WC1V 7HX, England.
Western Europe/North Atlantic: Monthly Weather
Report (published about 15 months in arrears;
tables for approximately 600 stations in the UK).
London Weather Center.
Europe - Eastern/North Atlantic: European Daily
Weather Report (synopic chart). Deutsche
Wetterdienst, Zentralamt D6050, Offenbach,
Germany.
Europe - Eastern/North Atlantic: Weather Log(daily
synopic chart, supplement to Weather maga-
zine). Royal Meteorological Society, Bracknell,
Berkshire, England.
North America: Daily Weather Reports (weekly
publication). National Environmental Satellite
Data and Information Service, NOAA, US Gov-
ernment Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402,
USA.
Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.
UK Direct readout data from NOAA and Meteosat
satellites are received at Dundee, Scotland. Dr
P. E. Baylis, Department of Electrical Engineer-
ing, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK.
C CLIMATIC DATA
Canadian Climate Center: Climatic Perspectives
(197 weekly and monthly summary charts).
Atmospheric Environment Service, 4905
Dufferin Street, Downsview, Ontario, Canada
M3H 5T4.
Carbon Dioxide Information Center (CDIC): Data
holdings and publications on climate-related
variables and indices. Carbon Dioxide Informa-
tion Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak
Ridge TN 37931, USA.
National Center for Atmospheric Research,
Boulder, CO 80307-3000, USA. Archives most
global analyses and many global climate
records.
National Climatic Center, NOAA/NESDIS: Local
Climatological Data (1948-) (monthly tabula-
tions, charts); Monthly Climatic Data for the
World (May 1948-). National Climatic Data
Center, Federal Building, Asheville NC 28801,
USA.
Climate Analysis Center, NOAA/NESDIS: Climatic
Diagnostics Bulletin(1983-) (monthly summar-
ies of selected diagnostic product from NMC
analyses). Climate Analysis Center, NMC NOAA/
NWS, World Weather Building, Washington, DC
20233, USA.
Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia:
Climate Monitor (1976-) (monthly summaries,
global and UK). Climatic Research Unit,
University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ,
England.
B SATELLITE DATA
NOAA operational satellites (imagery, digital data).
Satellite Data Services NCDC, NOAA/NESDIS,
Asheville, NC 28801-5001, USA.
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (data).
National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA/
NESDIS, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80303,
USA.
Metsat (imagery, digital data). ESOC, Robert-Bosil
Str. 5, D-6100 Darmstadt, Federal Republic of
Germany.
NASA research satellites (digital data). National
Space Science Data Center, Goddard Space
