Integrated surface hourly weather observations : (ISHWO).

Database is composed of worldwide surface weather observations from about 20,000 stations, collected and stored from sources such as Automated Weather Network (AWN), Global Telecommunications System (GTS), Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS), and data keyed from paper forms. Most digital obse...

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Corporate Authors:	National Climatic Data Center (U.S.), U.S. Air Force Combat Climatology Center, United States. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Detachment
Format:	Government Document Software eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Asheville, N.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center, 2002-
Subjects:	Meteorology > Observations > Databases. Climatology > Observations > Databases. Weather > Databases.

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Summary:	Database is composed of worldwide surface weather observations from about 20,000 stations, collected and stored from sources such as Automated Weather Network (AWN), Global Telecommunications System (GTS), Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS), and data keyed from paper forms. Most digital observations are decoded either at operational centers and forwarded to Federal Climate Complex or decoded at the FCC. All data are now stored in a single ASCII format. (Text summary of FCC database documentation)
Item Description:	Latest issue consulted: Volumes 13/16 (2000). Shipping List #: 2003-0010-E Shipping List Date: 02/03/2003 Title from title screen. Database documentation included on each CD-ROM entitled: Federal climate complex data documentation for integrated surface hourly data / National Climate Data Center, Air Force Combat Climatology Center, Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Detachment. Shipping list number: 2003-0010-E (volume 1/4-13/16); 2003-0017-E (volume 17/20); 2003-0035-E (volume 21/24). Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	CD-ROMs : color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	System requirements: IBM compatible 486 processor or higher; CD-ROM drive; Windows 95/98,NT 3.51/4.0, 2000, or XP; 18-MB of free hard disk for the typical installation, or 4 MB of free hard disk for the compact installation; mouse (Microsoft compatible).