US Daily Pilot Balloon Observations

Pilot Balloon observational forms for the United States. Taken by Weather Bureau and U.S. Army observers. Period of record 1918-1960. Records scanned from the NCDC microfilm collection.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
accrualPeriodicity irregular
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identifier gov.noaa.ncdc:C01111
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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spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[172.0, 18.0], [-65.0, 18.0], [-65.0, 72.0], [172.0, 72.0], [172.0, 18.0]]]}
temporal 1918-09-03T00:00:00/1960-09-03T00:00:00
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
  • continent-north-america-united-states-of-america
  • 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
  • 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 2025-11-21T11:16:30.514980
metadata_modified 2025-11-21T11:16:30.514984
notes Pilot Balloon observational forms for the United States. Taken by Weather Bureau and U.S. Army observers. Period of record 1918-1960. Records scanned from the NCDC microfilm collection.
num_resources 4
num_tags 30
title US Daily Pilot Balloon Observations