[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR950.3]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 950_ENVIRONMENTAL DATA AND INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 950.3  National Climatic Center (NCC).

    The National Climatic Center acquires, processes, archives, 
analyzes, and disseminates climatological data; develops analytical and 
descriptive products to meet user requirements; and provides facilities 
for the World Data Center-A (Meteorology). It is the collection center 
and custodian of all United States weather records, the largest of the 
EDIS centers, and the largest climatic center in the world.
    (a) Climatic data available from NCC include:
    (1) Hourly Surface Observations from Land Stations (ceiling, sky 
cover, visibility, precipitation or other weather phenomena, 
obstructions to vision, pressure, temperature, dew point, wind 
direction, wind speed, gustiness).
    (2) Three-Hourly and Six-Hourly Surface Observations from Land 
Stations, Ocean Weather Stations, and Moving Ships (variable data 
content).
    (3) Upper Air Observations (radiosondes, rawinsondes, rocketsondes, 
low-level soundings, pilot-balloon winds, aircraft reports).
    (4) Radar Observations (radar log sheets, radar scope photography).
    (5) Selected Maps and Charts (National Meteorological Center 
products).
    (6) Derived and Summary Data (grid points, computer tabulations, 
digital summary data).
    (7) Special Collections (Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological 
Experiment meteorological data, Global

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Atmospheric Research Program basic data set, solar radiation data, many 
others).
    (b) Queries should be addressed to: National Climatic Center, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Asheville, NC 28801, 
tel. 704-258-2850, Ext. 683.