Eritrean Department of Water Resources Data
| Source: | Hydrometeorological Services Unit of the Water
Resources Department
Of the Ministry of Mines, Energy, and Water Resources |
| Sensor: | Weather stations |
| Coverage
Spatial: Temporal: |
Asmara, Shambuko, Fil-Fil, She'eb, Om Hajer,
and Tzerona
April 1994 to present, 15 minute averages |
| Wind Data: | Speed, Direction |
| Height: | 3m |
| Other data: | Temperature, Solar radiation, Relative humidity |
| Medium: | Diskette |
| Form: | ASCII |
| Cost: | Free |
DATSAV2 Surface Observations
| Source: | National Climatic Data Center
US Air Force DATSAV2 Surface Observations (TD9950) Air Weather Service Global Climatology Division, Federal Climate Complex |
| Sensor: | Weather stations |
| Coverage
Spatial: Temporal: |
Global
May 1973 to present, Hourly averages |
| Wind Data: | Speed, Direction |
| Height: | 10m |
| Other data: | Temperature Max temperature
Dew Point Min Temperature Sea level pressure Precipitation Station pressure Snow depth Visibility fog, rain, snow, hail, thunder, or tornado |
| Medium: | 8 mm tape |
| Form: | ASCII |
| Cost: | $20 per year per station (discount for whole countries) |
| Source: | National Climatic Data Center
US Air Force DATSAV2 Surface Observations (TD9950) Air Weather Service Global Climatology Division, Federal Climate Complex |
| Sensor: | Weather stations |
| Coverage
Spatial: Temporal: |
Global
March 1994 to present, Daily averages |
| Wind Data: | Speed, Maximum sustained speed, Maximum gust |
| Height: | 10m |
| Other data: | Temperature Max temperature
Dew Point Min Temperature Sea level pressure Precipitation Station pressure Snow depth Visibility fog, rain, snow, hail, thunder, or tornado |
| Medium: | Internet accessible electronic documents |
| Form: | ASCII |
| Cost: | Free |
Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (COADS)
| Source: | National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) |
| Sensor: | Ships and buoys |
| Coverage
Spatial: Temporal: |
Global (water surfaces only), 0.1 x 0.1 degree
1854 to the present, Hourly |
| Wind data: | Speed, Direction |
| Medium: | 8mm tapes |
| Form: | UNIX Tar |
| Size: | One month is approximately 350 MB |
| Cost: | Free |
ERS-1 AMI Scatterometer Value Added Wind Vectors
| Source: | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory PODAAC (Product
045)
The original ERS-1 data files are unavailable to the public |
| Sensor: | ERS-1 AMI scatterometer |
| Coverage
Spatial: Temporal: |
Global (water surfaces only), 25 x 25 km
January 1992 to the present |
| Wind data: | Speed, Direction |
| Medium: | 8mm tapes |
| Form: | UNIX Tar |
| Size: | One month is approximately 350 MB |
| Cost: | Free |
SSM/I Wentz Geophysical Products
| Source: | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory PODAAC
SSM/I Pathfinder daily HDF Antenna Temperature (TA) files Produced by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) |
| Sensor: | SSM/I (Special Sensor Microwave Imager) instrument on the DMSP F-8 and F-10 satellites |
| Coverage
Spatial: Temporal: |
Global (water surfaces only), 24 x 24 km
July 1987 to December 1992 (14.1 revolutions per day) |
| Wind data: | Speed |
| Height: | 19.5m |
| Medium: | 8mm tape |
| Form: | HDF |
| Size: | One month is approximately 1 GB |
| Cost: | Free |
NASA/Goddard Earth Observing System Data Assimilation System
| Source: | NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Sensor: | Global data assimilation system which utilizes ship and buoy sea level pressure and surface wind estimates to produce a surface wind analysis over water. Only sea level pressure observations are used over land. An upper air height and wind analysis is performed using height and wind information from rawinsonde ascents, cloud track winds, and satellite height data. |
| Coverage
Spatial: Temporal: |
Global, 2 x 2.5 degrees
1 Mar 85 through 1 Oct 93, Monthly averages |
| Wind data: | Speed, Direction |
| Height: | 2m and 10m winds available |
| Medium: | Internet accessible electronic documents |
| Form: | ASCII; GrADS |
| Size: | One month is approximately 5 MB |
| Cost: | Free |
Navy Regional Climatic Study of the Red Sea and Adjacent Waters
| Source: | National Climatic Data Center
Naval Oceanography Command Detachment, Asheville, N.C. |
| Sensor: | Ships, buoys |
| Coverage
Spatial: Temporal: |
Red Sea area, 1 x 1 degree
Monthly averages (based on 40 years data) |
| Wind data: | Speed, Direction |
| Height: | 10m |
| Medium: | Bound report, 252 pages |
| Form: | Wind roses and isopleths |
| Cost: | $40 |
USGS 30 arc-second Digital Elevation Map of Africa
| Source:Coverage: | Africa, 30 arc-second grids (about one square km) | |
| Medium: | 8mm tape, Internet accessible electronic document | |
| Form: | 16-bit straight raster image files in a latitude/longitude coordinate system | |
| Size: | 200 MB (can be obtained as four separate 50 MB blocks) | |
| Cost: | Free | |
African Data Sampler
| Source: | World Resources Institute, Washington D.C. |
| (created from the Defense Mapping Agency's Operational Navigation Chart series) | |
| Coverage: | Eritrea 1993 (entire continent of Africa available)
30 arc-second grids (about one square km) |
| Data: | Topography, Vegetation, Lakes and rivers, Infrastructure (cities, roads, utility lines, etc.) |
| Medium: | Diskette |
| Form: | PC ArcView format |
| Size: | about 2 MB |
| Cost: | $50
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