1/22/96

Dear COARE Investigator;

The Data Processing Center (DPC)/Data Archive and Distribution Center (DADC) for
COARE Surface Meteorological Data at Florida State University (COARE-MET)
has completed a first-level quality-control check of all (submitted) surface
meteorology data recorded during the TOGA COARE IOP (exceptions noted
below). We are making these quality-controlled data available to the COARE
community to facilitate additional scientific research. Note; we anticipate
completing our final quality checks by June 1996 after which time there
will be a final release of COARE surface meteorology data.

As of January 1, 1996 we have processed & reviewed over one million records
of surface meteorology data recorded during the IOP. Over 10 million
individual observations were checked by automated and interactive
quality-control techniques. The results are included in this data
archive.

DATASETS INCLUDED IN THIS ARCHIVE
---------------------------------
The datasets included in this archive (see list below) include data
submitted from all GTS land stations, research vessels, special ISS surface
met stations, and drifting buoys.

It does NOT include data from:
    specialized land stations (C-MAN(7), PSS(21)),
    TOGA TAO buoys,
    normal volunteer observing ships, &
    missing COARE data sets (~ 4-5 platforms).

We will have the CMAN data and probably the PSS data ready in February;
TOGA TAO data can be obtained from PMEL. Volunteer observing ship data
will not be quality-controlled by us (although we have the data available
on our FTP site).

We have also made a special time-sort of these data for reanalysis efforts - if
interested, please feel free to download the appropriate file(s) from our
FTP site (coaremet.fsu.edu)


ORGANIZATION OF DATA ARCHIVES
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The COAREMET quality-controlled surface meteorology data files are combined into
a single tar archive file. There are two archives, identical in data content,
but different with regards to data format: 

TAR archive where all data files in ascii format:    coareasciiL1.tar.gz (15MB)
TAR archive where all data files in netCDF format:   coarenetcdfL1.tar.gz (11MB)

Both archives are compressed with gnu-zip which means you will need gunzip to
uncompress them. gunzip can be obtained from ftp.ai.gnu.mit.edu. Alternatively,
on-the-fly decompression can be achieved using directions given when first
logging on to our FTP server (WARNING: this means acquiring the data archive in
*uncompressed* form [~60 MB], i.e. takes much longer to transfer):

Both archives also contain all quality-control reports (ascii format) and
complete documentation on reading the various files. After uncompression and
un-tar'ing, the directory structure will appear as that of the COAREMET
anonymous FTP site:

   buoy       - directory of buoy data and reports
   docs       - directory of documents describing the data, flags, and reports
   land       - directory of land station data and reports
   rv         - directory of research vessel data and reports

CONTACT INFORMATION
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We hope these data archives are useful. All questions/comments regarding
these products can be addressed to us:

COARE Surface Meteorology DPC/DADC
Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL  32306-2840

Email:   coaremet@coaps.fsu.edu

(850) 644-3797 (Voice)    (David Legler - Director)
(850) 644-4841(fax)


Data Access:

Anonymous FTP:   coaremet.fsu.edu
WWW:             http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/COARE/


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TOGA COARE Data Center for Surface Meteorology, Florida State University
Data Holdings as of 1/2/96

Station/Platform Name  (ID number/call sign)
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Ailinglapalap Atoll  (91367)
Arorae Island  (91629)
Auki  (91507)
Bangkok  (48455)
Bauerfield  (91557)
Beru Island  (91623)
Biak  (97560)
Broome  (94203)
Butaritari Atoll  (91601)
Canton Island  (91701)
Chichijima Island  (47971)
Cocos Island  (96996)
Darwin  (94120)
Davao  (98753)
Eniwetok Atoll  (91251)
Funafuti  (91643)
Gove  (94150)
Guam  (91217)
Honiara  (91517)
Honiara-Henderson  (91520)
Jaluit Atoll  (91369)
Jayapura  (97698)
Kapingamarangi Atoll  (ISS) (91434)
Kavieng (ISS)  94076
King's Park  (45004)
Koror  (91408)
Kota-Kinabalu  (96471)
Kuching-In-Sarawak  (96413)
Kupang  (97372)
Kusaie  (91356)
Kwajalein  (91366)
Lae  (94027)
Laoag  (98223)
Legazpi  (98444)
Lukunor Atoll  (91339)
Mactan  (98646)
Madang  (94014)
Majuro  (91376)
Manus (ISS) 94044
Menado  (97014)
Merauke  (97980)
Mili Atoll  (91377)
Mili Atoll  (91378)
Minamitorishima  (47991)
Misima  (94087)
Momote  (94044)
Munda  (91503)
Naha  (47936)
Nandi  (91680)
Nanumea Island  (91631)
Nauru Island (ISS) (91530)
Noumeae  (91592)
Nui Atoll  (91636)
Nukuoro Atoll  (91425)
Oroluk Island  (91343)
Padang  (96163)
Pagan  (91222)
Pago Pago  (91765)
Pingelap Atoll  (91353)
Ponape Island  (91348)
Port Blair  (43333)
Puluwat Atoll  (91324)
Rabaul  (94085)
Santa Cruz  (91541)
Sentani  (97690)
Singapore  (48698)
Soekarno-HattaIntl  (96749)
Tanah Merah  (97876)
Tarawa  (91610)
Taro Island  (91502)
Thursday Island  (94175)
Townsville  (94294)
Truk  (91334)
Ujungpandang  (97180)
Wake Island  (91245)
Wewak  (94004)
Willis Island  (94299)
Woleai Atoll  (91317)
Wotje Atoll  (91371)
Xisha Island  (59981)
Yap Island  (91413)

Niiler Drifters (84 individual buoys)  (various ID's)
Marisonde Drifter  (14414)
Marisonde Drifter  (14415)
Marisonde Drifter  (14416)
Marisonde Drifter  (15500)

WHOI IMET/VAWR buoy  (WHOIBUOY)

R/V Franklin  (vjjf)
R/V Hakuho-Maru  (jdss)
R/V Kexue (ISS)  (bccu)
R/V Le Noroit  (fita)
R/V Malaita  (malaita)
R/V Moana Wave  (wus9293)
R/V Natsushima  (7jdu)
R/V Shiyan (ISS) (bxmc)
R/V Vickers  (wtec)
R/V Wecoma  (wsd7079)
R/V Xiangyanghong  (bnta)