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From: aboulang@bbn.com (Albert Boulanger)
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Subject: RE:  climatological data wanted
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Date: 20 May 89 19:54:50 GMT
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maurer@nova2.Stanford.EDU (Michael Maurer) writes:

      Does anybody out there know of electronic sources for climatological
  data compiled by the US weather service?  The National Environmental
  Satellite Data and Information Service publishes thick books full of daily
  weather records from weather stations around the country, but I would
  prefer the data in machine-readable format.

       I am doing a research project for an Adaptive Systems class and
  am interested in short-term weather prediction using a system that learns
  from past weather records.  Please e-mail any info you might have.

How do you plan to do short-term prediction from data that is long
term (and hence below the sampling resolution you want)?

You can get computer media of this from:

National Climate Center, Environmental Data Information Service
NOAA, Dept of Commerce
Federal Building
Asheville NC 28801 (704) 258-2850

I got the initial pointer from a friend and the complete address form
the book:

Information USA
Matthew Lesko
Viking Press 1983
ISBN 0-670-39823-3 (hardcover)
ISBN 0 14 046.564 2 (paperback)

For shorter term records (~several days), there are a couple of dozen services that
provide such information (WSI in MA being one).

Albert Boulanger
BBN Systems & Technologies Corp
aboulanger@bbn.com