Global GTS Surface Synoptic Observations in GEMPAK Format

Summary

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/Y3S2-C3VV-ZP0H
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2011-09-14)
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Related projects	T-REX: Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment PLOWS: Profiling of Winter Storms Meso18-19: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) Meso18-19 PREDICT: Pre-Depression Investigation of Cloud-systems in the Tropics (PREDICT) HAIC-HIWC: High Altitude Ice Crystals - High Ice Water Content Project OWLeS: Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems CFACT: Cold Fog Amongst Complex Terrain SOCRATES: Southern Ocean Clouds Radiation Aerosol Transport Experimental Study ICE-L: Ice in Clouds Experiment (ICE-L) SNOWIE: Seeded and Natural Orographic Wintertime clouds - the Idaho Experiment VORTEX-SE_2017: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2017 Field Campaign CSET: Cloud System Evolution in the Trades VORTEX-SE_2016: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2016 Field Campaign HIWC-RADAR: High Ice Water Content (HIWC) Radar Study 2015 HAIC-HIWC_2015: High Altitude Ice Crystals - High Ice Water Content Project - 2015 SAS: The Southeast Atmosphere Study WINTER: Wintertime Investigation of Transport, Emission, and Reactivity OTREC: Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection CONTRAST: Convective Transport of Active Species in the Tropics T-PARC: THORPEX Pacific Asian Regional Campaign (T-PARC) DC3: Deep Convective Clouds & Chemistry Project TORUS_2019: Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells 2019 CuPIDO: Cumulus Photogrammetric, In-Situ and Doppler Observations ORCAS: The O2/N2 Ratio and CO2 Airborne Southern Ocean (ORCAS) Study HIWC-RADAR-2018: High Ice Water Content (HIWC) Radar Study 2018 Perdigao: Perdigao Field Experiment IDEAL: Instabilities, Dynamics and Energetics accompanying Atmospheric Layering Operational: Operational Datasets ITOP: Impact of Typhoons on the Ocean in the Pacific TORERO: Tropical Ocean tRoposphere Exchange of Reactive halogen species and Oxygenated VOC ICICLE: In-Cloud Icing and Large-Drop Experiment ICE-T: Ice in Clouds Experiment - Tropical MATERHORN-X: Mountain Terrain Atmospheric Modeling and Observations TCI: Tropical Cyclone Intensity Experiment RELAMPAGO: Remote sensing of Electrification, Lightning, And Mesoscale/microscale Processes with Adaptive Ground Observations VERTEX: Vertical Enhanced Mixing Experiment RAINEX: Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment VORTEX2: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2 DYNAMO: Dynamics of the Madden-Julian Oscillation VORTEX-SE_2018: The Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2018 Field campaign VOCALS: VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study DEEPWAVE: A Study of Deeply Propagating Gravity Waves from the Earth's Surface to the Mesosphere CHEESEHEAD: Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors NAME: North American Monsoon Experiment PECAN: Plains Elevated Convection at Night MPEX: Mesoscale Predictability Experiment SAVANT: Stable Air Variability and Transport SWEX: Sundowner Winds Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	3 hourly
Language	English
Categories	Land Based Mesonet Meteorology Surface
Platforms	Weather Stations
Instruments	Automated Weather System
GCMD Science Keywords	AIR TEMPERATURE CLOUD BASE HEIGHT CLOUD FRACTION DEW POINT TEMPERATURE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION AMOUNT PRESENT WEATHER PRESSURE TENDENCY SEA LEVEL PRESSURE SURFACE PRESSURE VISIBILITY WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Show 10 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	GTS_LDM_surface_synoptic.html [1 KiB]

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2000-03-17 00:00:00
End datetime	2022-09-30 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 90.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: -90.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 180.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

• author: National Weather Service (NWS)

Citation

Example citation following ESIP guidelines:

National Weather Service (NWS). 2011. Global GTS Surface Synoptic Observations in GEMPAK Format. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/Y3S2-C3VV-ZP0H. Accessed 03 Oct 2022.

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