# GRASS Help System

## NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER (NCDC)

NCDC: Weather - Statistics, Imagery

Data Source:

National Climatic Data Center
Federal Bldg.
Ashville, NC 28801
Phone: 704-CLIMATE, FTS 672-0218

Data Format:

Digital Products - tabular records
Satellite Products - raster

Scale:

Variable.

Data Coverage :

Mostly U.S.. Some global & regional data available.

Data Description:

Digital Products -
surface marine & air observations,
hourly precipitation data, lightning statistics from storm
data, U.S. soil temperatures, world monthly weather record
(surface & upper air), and more.

Satellite Products -
AVHRR, SEASAT Altimeter & SAR, sea surface
temperature, TOVS/TIROS-N, and more.

Media :

9-track ASCII or EBCIDIC, 1600 or 6250

Aquisition Costs:

Magnetic tape data - $99.00/order minimum.

Comments:

For more information contact the above address for
"Selective Guide to Climatic Data Sources".

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Automatically created on: Fri Oct 20 10:09:59 2006