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	Perdigao: Perdigao Field Experiment PREDICT: Pre-Depression Investigation of Cloud-systems in the Tropics (PREDICT) DC3: Deep Convective Clouds & Chemistry Project SOCRATES: Southern Ocean Clouds Radiation Aerosol Transport Experimental Study VORTEX-SE_2017: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2017 Field Campaign CHEESEHEAD: Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors DYNAMO: Dynamics of the Madden-Julian Oscillation CONTRAST: Convective Transport of Active Species in the Tropics TORUS_2019: Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells 2019 VORTEX2: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2 OWLeS: Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems SWEX: Sundowner Winds Experiment ICE-L: Ice in Clouds Experiment (ICE-L) VERTEX: Vertical Enhanced Mixing Experiment Operational: Operational Datasets WINTER: Wintertime Investigation of Transport, Emission, and Reactivity HAIC-HIWC_2015: High Altitude Ice Crystals - High Ice Water Content Project - 2015 RAINEX: Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment SAVANT: Stable Air Variability and Transport RELAMPAGO: Remote sensing of Electrification, Lightning, And Mesoscale/microscale Processes with Adaptive Ground Observations PLOWS: Profiling of Winter Storms T-REX: Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment PERiLS_2023: Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms 2023 HIWC-RADAR: High Ice Water Content (HIWC) Radar Study 2015 VORTEX-SE_2016: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2016 Field Campaign HAIC-HIWC: High Altitude Ice Crystals - High Ice Water Content Project SAS: The Southeast Atmosphere Study TORUS_2022: Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells 2022 MPEX: Mesoscale Predictability Experiment NAME: North American Monsoon Experiment SNOWIE: Seeded and Natural Orographic Wintertime clouds - the Idaho Experiment HIWC-RADAR-2018: High Ice Water Content (HIWC) Radar Study 2018 ITOP: Impact of Typhoons on the Ocean in the Pacific TORERO: Tropical Ocean tRoposphere Exchange of Reactive halogen species and Oxygenated VOC ICE-T: Ice in Clouds Experiment - Tropical CSET: Cloud System Evolution in the Trades CFACT: Cold Fog Amongst Complex Terrain PECAN: Plains Elevated Convection at Night MATERHORN-X: Mountain Terrain Atmospheric Modeling and Observations TCI: Tropical Cyclone Intensity Experiment DEEPWAVE: A Study of Deeply Propagating Gravity Waves from the Earth's Surface to the Mesosphere ORCAS: The O2/N2 Ratio and CO2 Airborne Southern Ocean (ORCAS) Study T-PARC: THORPEX Pacific Asian Regional Campaign (T-PARC) Meso18-19: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) Meso18-19 OTREC: Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection VORTEX-SE_2018: The Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2018 Field campaign CuPIDO: Cumulus Photogrammetric, In-Situ and Doppler Observations IDEAL: Instabilities, Dynamics and Energetics accompanying Atmospheric Layering PERiLS_2022: Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms 2022 VOCALS: VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study ICICLE: In-Cloud Icing and Large-Drop 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	2023-03-24 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 <datahelp@eol.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 26 Mar 2023.

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