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NOAA/ESRL/GSD MADIS Data including MesoWest (netCDF format) [NCAR/EOL]

Summary

This dataset contains data from the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory/Global Systems Division (ESRL/GSD) Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS). The data are in netCDF format. More information on this dataset can be found at the MADIS website

This dataset is provided "as-is". It has not been quality controlled by the National Center for Atmospheric Research/Earth Observing Lab (NCAR/EOL).

Archive note

Due to hardware failure 18 files from this dataset were lost. All files were from the first half of the year 2017, specifically the files corresponding to the following days were lost: 1/11, 1/21, 1/31, 2/18, 2/19, 2/20, 2/21, 2/28, 3/3, 3/9, 3/26, 3/29, 4/03, 4/20, 4/22, 4/30, 5/11, 5/31.

Data access

ORDER data for delivery by FTP

Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/100.001
Related projects	Operational: Operational Datasets BAMEX: Bow Echo and Mesoscale Convective Vortex Experiment 2003 CuPIDO: Cumulus Photogrammetric, In-Situ and Doppler Observations NAME: North American Monsoon Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	1 minute
Language	English
Categories	Surface
Platforms	Mesonet Weather Stations
GCMD Science Keywords	12 HOUR PRECIPITATION AMOUNT 24 HOUR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 24 HOUR MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION AMOUNT 3 AND 6 HOUR PRECIPITATION AMOUNT AIR TEMPERATURE CLOUD BASE HEIGHT CLOUD FRACTION DEW POINT TEMPERATURE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE HOURLY PRECIPITATION AMOUNT ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS PRECIPITATION AMOUNT PRECIPITATION RATE PRESENT WEATHER PRESSURE TENDENCY RELATIVE HUMIDITY SEA LEVEL PRESSURE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT SOIL TEMPERATURE SOLAR RADIATION STAGE HEIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE VISIBILITY WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Show 25 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	madis_mesonet1_errata.txt [1 KiB]
Related links	companion: 88.071: Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS) Data info: MADIS website

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2002-01-30 00:00:00
End datetime	2020-01-16 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 50.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 23.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -128.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -70.00

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <eol-datahelp@ucar.edu>

Citation

Example citation following ESIP guidelines:

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2011. NOAA/ESRL/GSD MADIS Data including MesoWest (netCDF format). Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/100.001. Accessed 18 Jan 2020.

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