US Air Force Balloon Observations

Worksheets containing pilot balloon data computed from releases at Air Force stations in the western United States. Elevation and azimuth angles are used to compute wind direction and speed. The period of record is brief: 1999-2001. Much more pilot balloon data can be found in the U.S. Daily and Monthly Pibals libraries.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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accrualPeriodicity irregular
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identifier gov.noaa.ncdc:C01110
language {en-US}
modified 2011-03-15
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programCode {006:059}
publisher DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce (Point of Contact)
resource-type Dataset
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temporal 1999-09-03T00:00:00/2001-09-03T00:00:00
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • anemometers
  • atmospheric-surface-air-temperature
  • atmospheric-surface-pressure
  • atmospheric-surface-wind-speed-and-direction
  • balloons
  • barometers
  • ckan
  • doc-noaa-nesdis-ncdc-national-climatic-data-center
  • earth-science-atmosphere-altitude
  • earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-pressure
  • earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-temperature-air-temperature
  • earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-winds-upper-level-winds
  • earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-winds-upper-level-winds-wind-speed-wind-direction
  • geo
  • geographic-region-global
  • geoss
  • national
  • nesdis
  • noaa
  • north-america
  • pibal-pilot-balloons
  • radiosondes
  • rain-gauges
  • thermometers
  • u-s-department-of-commerce
  • united-states
  • vertical-location-boundary-layer
  • vertical-location-land-surface
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer Jay Lawrimore
maintainer_email ncdc.orders@noaa.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-20T08:04:59.818470
metadata_modified 2025-11-20T08:04:59.818474
notes Worksheets containing pilot balloon data computed from releases at Air Force stations in the western United States. Elevation and azimuth angles are used to compute wind direction and speed. The period of record is brief: 1999-2001. Much more pilot balloon data can be found in the U.S. Daily and Monthly Pibals libraries.
num_resources 4
num_tags 30
title US Air Force Balloon Observations