TY - BOOK ED - National Climatic Data Center U.S. ED - United States ED - U.S. Air Force Combat Climatology Center. TI - Integrated surface hourly weather observations: (ISHWO) AV - QC982 .I577 PY - 2002///- CY - Asheville, N.C. PB - U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center KW - Meteorology KW - Observations KW - Databases KW - Local KW - Weather KW - Climatology N1 - Title from title screen; Database documentation included on each CD-ROM entitled: Federal climate complex data documentation for integrated surface hourly data / National Climate Data Center, Air Force Combat Climatology Center, Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Detachment; Shipping list no.: 2003-0010-E (v.1/4-13/16); 2003-0017-E (v.17/20); 2003-0035-E (v.21/24); Vols. 1/4-9/12 contain retrospective data for the years 1995-1999; v. 13/16- contain annual data for the years 2000-; Each CD-ROM contains data for the specific WMO block numbers listed on its label; Numeric, textual, and graphic data with programs N2 - Database is composed of worldwide surface weather observations from about 20,000 stations, collected and stored from sources such as Automated Weather Network (AWN), Global Telecommunications System (GTS), Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS), and data keyed from paper forms. Most digital observations are decoded either at operational centers and forwarded to Federal Climate Complex or decoded at the FCC. All data are now stored in a single ASCII format. (Text summary of FCC database documentation) ER -