ESOP 1995 Station Information 1.0 General Description The GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project (GCIP) Enhanced Seasonal Observing Period (ESOP) 1995 datasets contain data collected from thousands of stations in the ESOP 1995 domain (i.e., approximately 91W to 107W longitude and 31N to 40N latitude) for the period 01 April 1995 through 30 September 1995. The station information provided defines each station in the ESOP 1995 dataset with station location, name, frequency of observation, etc. For a complete description of the station information file format, refer to section 2.1. 2.0 Detailed Data Description None. 2.1 Detailed Format Description The following is a complete description of the station information provided with the ESOP 1995 data. Table 1 details the station list parameters. The beginning and ending dates for the period of coverage are either in Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) or local time and is network dependent. The Identification Type field is network dependent, and indicates the source of the Identification field. Example Identification Types are WBAN, FAA, etc. The Occurrence field is an integer value used to indicate co-located stations. Note that when a particular parameter is unknown for a station, either a blank or a question mark will appear in that parameter's position. For a complete list of Country, State, and County values, refer to the documents in the references (Section 4.0). Possible platform types and frequency values are listed in Tables 2 and 3, respectively. Note that only those platform types present in the ESOP 1995 data have been listed. Table 4 lists commissioning dates for all stations commissioned (where applicable) during this project. Table 1 Parameter Description --------- ----------- Identification ID in data. Identification Type ID number type. Latitude Station Latitude. Longitude Station Longitude. Occurrence Station occurrence. Lat/Lon Accuracy Number of digits accuracy in lat/lon values. Name Expanded station name. Commissioned Flag `(C)' indicates commissioned station, `(N)' indicates station which is NOT commissioned. Table 4 contains commissioning dates for all stations commissioned during this project. Begin Period of Coverage Beginning date of period of coverage. End Period of Coverage End date of period of coverage. Country Country in which station is located. Always US for ESOP 1995. State State code. County County code. UTC offset Hour Offset from UTC time. DST switch 'y' indicates station does switch to Daylight Savings Time (DST). 'n' indicates station does not switch. Platform type Collection Platform. Reporting Frequency Frequency of data collection. Elevation Station elevation. Fixed/Mobile flag Flag indicating if station has fixed location. 'f' indicates a fixed station. 'm' indicates a mobile station. Table 2 Platform Type Description ------------- ----------- 1 Wind Profiler Network (WPN). 2 National Weather Service (NWS) Cooperative Observer (COOP) 16 High Plains Regional Climate Center agricultural and climatological stations. (HPLAINS) 40 Automated Surface Observing System. (ASOS) 41 Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) 46 NWS/FAA network of first order and cooperative recording raingauge sites (Fisher-Porter and Universal gauges). (Rec rainga) 50 405 MHz Wind Profiler (PROF) 53 Cross-chain LORAN Atmospheric Sounding System (CLASS) 54 National Weather Service rawinsonde soundings. (NWS sonde) 71 Arkansas-Red Basin River Forecast Center (ABRFC) 75 United States Geological Survey (USGS) Stream Flow Gauges. (USGS) 82 NWS Surface Airways Observations (SAO's) from NCDC. (SAO or NCDC) 109 Oklahoma Mesonet (OKMESO) 111 National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Mobile CLASS. (MCLASS-NCAR) 112 National Severe Storms Laboratory Mobile CLASS (MCLASS-NSSL). 113 Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Clouds and Radiation Testbed (ARM-CART) rawinsonde. 126 ARM-CART surface. 127 USGS Reservoir. 139 Colorado Agricultural Meteorological Network (COAGMET). Table 3 Reporting Frequency ------------------- < 1 second 1 second < 1 minute 1 minute 5 minute 6 minute 10 minute 15 minute 20 minute 30 minute 90 minute hourly 2 hourly 3 hourly 6 hourly 12 hourly criteria daily other no set schedule Table 4 Platform Type Site ID Name Date Commissioned ------------- ------- --------------- ----------------- 40 LAA Lamar, CO 5/18/95 40 ELP El Paso, TX 6/01/95 40 SAT San Antonio, TX 6/01/95 2.2 Data Remarks Several stations were commissioned during this project. A complete list of these stations is given in Table 4. 3.0 Quality Control Processing Not applicable. 4.0 References Department of Commerce - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 1985: Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 10-3 Countries, Dependencies, & Areas of Special Sovereignty. Department of Commerce - NIST, Washington, DC. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 1985: Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 5-1. NIST, Washington, DC. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 1985: Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 6.-3. NIST, Washington, DC. World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 1988: Manual on Codes Volume I, Part B - Binary Codes. WMO, Geneva, Switzerland.