These GTS data were obtained from a ftp site provided by the Climate Research Division of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. There is one data file for each day from May and June 1998.
Steps to access the coded data files:
Notes:
The sounding data on these files covers much of the globe. For purposes related to SCSMEX, we decoded the data only for sites in the region from roughly 10S-40N, 80E-140E. These sites are listed here:
WMO Station name station station station number latitude longitude elevation 41923 DACCA/TEZGAON 23.767 90.383 7.0 42101 PATIALA 30.333 76.467 249.0 42182 DELHI_SAFDARJANG 28.583 77.200 281.0 42314 DIBRUGARH/MOHANBARI 27.483 95.017 110.0 42361 GWALIOR 26.23 78.25 207.0 42369 LUCKNOW/AMAUSI 26.750 80.883 125.0 42379 GORAKHPUR 26.750 83.367 76.0 42410 GAUHATI 26.100 91.583 54.0 42492 PATNA_ARPT 25.600 85.100 60.0 42667 BHOPAL/BA 23.28 77.25 523.0 42701 M.O. RANC 23.43 85.4 606.0 42809 CALCUTTA/DUM DUM 22.650 88.450 6.0 42867 NAGPUR S 21.1 79.05 310.0 42971 BHUBANES 20.25 85.83 46.0 43041 JAGDALPUR 19.08 82.03 553.0 43128 HYDERABAD 17.45 78.47 545.0 43150 CWC VISHA 17.7 83.3 66.0 43185 MACHILIPA 16.2 80.15 3.0 43279 MADRAS/ M 13.00 80.18 16.0 43333 PORT_BLAIR 11.667 92.717 79.0 43346 KARAIKAL 10.92 79.83 7.0 43371 THIRUVAN 8.48 76.95 64.0 45004 HONG_KONG/KINGS_PARK 22.317 114.167 65.0 46692 TAIPEI (58968) 25.033 121.517 9.0 46699 HUALIEN_(59361) 23.967 121.617 19.0 46810 DONSHA_ISLAND_(59792) 20.700 116.716 6.0 46902 NANSHA IS. (59997) 10.383 114.366 5.0 47122 OSAN 37.100 127.033 54.0 47138 POHANG 36.033 129.38300 16.0 47158 KWANGJU_(KOR-AFB) 35.117 126.81700 13.0 47185 CHEJU 33.283 126.16700 72.0 47807 FUKUOKA 33.583 130.38300 3.0 47827 KAGOSHIMA/YOSHINO 31.633 130.58300 282.0 47909 NAZE/FUNCHATOGERE 28.383 129.55000 295.0 47918 ISHIGAKI_JIMA 24.333 124.16700 7.0 47936 NAHA/KAGAMIZU 26.200 127.66700 29.0 47945 MINAMIDAITOJIMA 25.833 131.23300 15.0 48042 MANDALAY 21.98 96.1 76.0 48097 YANGON 16.767 96.16700 23.0 48327 CHIANG_MAI_INTL 18.783 98.98300 323.0 48354 UDON_THANI/UDORN 17.383 102.80000 178.0 48407 UBON_RATCHATHANI 15.250 104.88300 129.0 48455 BANGKOK 13.733 100.50000 4.0 48480 CHANTHABURI 12.60 102.11 5.0 48500 PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN 11.80 99.80 3.0 48551 SURAT THANI 9.11 99.35 10.0 48565 PHUKET/AIRPORT 8.100 98.30000 3.0 48568 SONGKHLA 7.200 100.60000 4.0 48601 PENANG/BAYAN_LEPAS 5.300 100.26700 3.0 48615 KOTA_BHARU 6.167 102.28300 5.0 48648 PETALING_JAYA 3.100 101.65000 57.0 48657 KUANTAN 3.783 103.21700 18.0 48698 SINGAPORE/CHANGI 1.367 103.98300 10.0 48820 HANOI/NOIBAI_INTL. 21.017 105.80000 9.0 48855 DA_NANG 16.050 108.20000 7.0 48900 SAIGON/TAN-SON-NHUT 10.817 106.66700 9.0 51644 KUQA 41.72 82.95 1100.0 51777 RUOQIANG 39.03 88.17 889.0 51828 HOTAN 37.13 79.93 1375.0 52418 DUNHUANG 40.13 94.78 1140.0 52533 JIUQUAN 39.77 98.52 1478.0 52681 MINQIN 38.72 103.10 1367.0 52818 GOLMUD 36.417 94.90000 2807.7 52836 DULAN 36.33 98.03 3192.0 52889 LANZHOU 36.05 103.88 1518.0 53614 YINCHUAN 38.48 106.22 1112.0 53772 TAIYUAN/WUSU 37.783 112.55000 778.3 53845 YAN AN 36.60 109.50 959.0 53915 PINGLIANG 35.550 106.66667 1348.0 54511 BEIJING 39.933 116.28333 54.0 54662 DALIAN 38.900 121.63333 91.5 54823 JINAN 36.683 116.98333 51.6 54857 QINGDAO 36.067 120.33333 76.0 55228 SHIQUANHE 32.117 80.06700 4279.0 55248 LUMARINGBO 32.300 84.05000 4420.0 55299 NAGQU 31.483 92.05000 4507.0 55591 LHASA 29.667 91.13333 3648.7 55664 TINGRI/XEGAR 28.633 87.08300 4302.0 56004 TUOTUOHE 33.950 92.61700 4535.0 56029 YU-SHU 33.017 97.01667 3681.2 56080 HEZUO 34.967 102.90000 2910.0 56137 QAMDO 31.150 97.16667 3306.0 56146 GARZE 31.617 100.00000 3393.5 56294 CHENGDU 30.667 104.01667 506.1 56571 XICHANG 27.900 102.26667 1590.9 56691 WEINING 26.87 104.28 2236.0 56739 TENG-CHONG 25.030 98.48000 1649.0 56964 SIMAO 22.67 101.4 1303.0 56985 MENGZI 23.38 103.38 1302.0 57036 XI'AN 34.300 108.93333 397.5 57083 ZHENGZHOU 34.717 113.65000 109.0 57127 HANZHONG 33.067 107.03300 509.0 57178 NANYANG 33.030 112.58000 131.0 57447 ENSHI 30.283 109.46667 457.1 57461 YICHANG 30.700 111.28300 131.0 57494 WUHAN/NANHU 30.617 114.13333 23.3 57516 CHONGQING 29.583 106.46700 259.1 57679 CHANGSHA/DATOPU 28.200 113.08333 44.9 57749 HUAIHUA 27.567 110.00000 261.0 57816 GUIYANG 26.58 106.72 1222.0 57957 GUI-LIN 25.330 110.30000 167.0 57972 CHEN-ZHOU 25.810 113.01000 185.0 57993 GAN-ZHOU 25.850 114.93000 125.0 58027 XUZHOU 34.283 117.15000 41.0 58150 SHEYANG 33.767 120.25000 7.0 58203 FUYANG 32.900 115.80000 32.0 58238 NANJING 32.000 118.80000 8.9 58424 ANQING 30.517 117.03300 20.0 58457 HANGCHOU 30.233 120.16667 41.7 58606 NANCHANG 28.600 115.91667 46.7 58633 QUXIAN 28.966 118.86667 66.9 58665 HONGJAI 28.450 121.88000 22.0 58725 SHAO-WU 27.330 117.46000 194.0 58847 FU-ZHOU 26.080 119.28000 89.0 59134 XIAMEN 24.483 118.06667 63.2 59211 BOSE 23.917 106.61700 246.0 59265 WUZHOU 23.483 111.30000 120.0 59280 QING YUAN 23.660 113.05000 19.0 59316 SHANTOU 23.400 116.68333 1.2 59431 NANNING 22.816 108.35000 72.2 59553 TUNGCHIANG_(59553) 22.467 120.43300 8.0 59644 BEIHAI 21.483 109.10000 16.0 59663 YANGJIANG 21.867 111.96700 22.0 59758 HAIKOU 20.033 110.35000 14.1 59948 YAXIAN 18.283 109.46700 10.0 59981 XISHA_ISLAND 16.833 112.33333 4.7 61967 DIEGO GARCIA -7.35 72.48 2.0 91408 KOROR (PALAU IS) 7.33 134.48 30.0 91413 YAP ISLAND 9.48 138.08 14.0 96035 MEDAN/POLONIA 3.567 98.68300 25.0 96147 RANAI 3.95 108.38 2.0 96163 PADANG/TABING -0.883 100.35000 3.0 96237 PANGKALPINANG/PANG. -2.167 106.13300 33.0 96315 BRUNEI_AIRPORT 4.933 114.93300 15.0 96413 KUCHING 1.483 110.33300 27.0 96441 BINTULU 3.200 113.03300 5.0 96481 TAWAU 4.267 117.83300 20.0 96471 KOTA_KINABALU 5.933 116.05000 3.0 96645 PANGKALANBUUN -2.70 111.66 15.0 96749 SOEKARNO-HATTA INTL -6.11 106.65 8.0 96805 CILACAP -7.73 109.01 6.0 96935 SURABAYA/JUANDA -7.367 112.76700 3.0 97014 MENADO/SAM RATULANG 1.53 124.92 80.0 97072 PALU/MUTIARA -0.68 119.73 6.0 97180 UJUNGPANDANG/HASAN -5.06 119.55 14.0 97560 BIAK/MOKMER -1.18 136.11 14.0 97724 AMBON/PATTIMURA -3.70 128.08 12.0 98223 LAOAG 18.180 120.53000 4.0 98444 LEGASPI 13.133 123.73300 17.0 98618 PUERTO PRINCESA 9.75 118.73 14.0 20001 R/V KEXUE1 6.250 110.00000 4.0 20003 R/V SHIYAN3 20.377 116.96330 4.0 20005 R/V JBOA 20.377 136.96330 4.0
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