Global GTS Surface METAR Data in ASCII format https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/100.013 Summary The Surface METAR Data set is one of several surface data sets collected by the National Center for Atmospheric Research/Earth Observing Laboratory (NCAR/EOL). Included in the data set are the global hourly METAR observations. These data are contained in monthly files which are in tarred bzip2 format (.tar.bz2). The data were acquired via the UNIDATA Local Data Manager (LDM). Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 100.013 * doi:10.26023/YHA4-K6FJ-W005 https://doi.org/10.26023/YHA4-K6FJ-W005 Versions 1.0 Citation National Weather Service (NWS). 2011. Global GTS Surface METAR Data in ASCII format. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/YHA4-K6FJ-W005 Accessed 26 Apr 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * WINTER: Wintertime Investigation of Transport, Emission, and Reactivity https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/WINTER * SAS: The Southeast Atmosphere Study https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/SAS * TORUS-LItE: Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells - Left-flank Intensive Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/TORUS-LItE * DELTA: Detecting and Evaluating Low-level Tornado Attributes https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/DELTA * PLOWS: Profiling of Winter Storms https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PLOWS * ITOP: Impact of Typhoons on the Ocean in the Pacific https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ITOP * IDEAL: Instabilities, Dynamics and Energetics accompanying Atmospheric Layering https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/IDEAL * ICICLE: In-Cloud Icing and Large-Drop Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ICICLE * DC3: Deep Convective Clouds & Chemistry Project https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/DC3 * Perdigao: Perdigao Field Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/Perdigao * T-REX: Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/T-REX * TORERO: Tropical Ocean tRoposphere Exchange of Reactive halogen species and Oxygenated VOC https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/TORERO * WINTRE-MIX: Winter Precipitation Type Research Multi-scale Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/WINTRE-MIX * T-PARC: THORPEX Pacific Asian Regional Campaign (T-PARC) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/T-PARC * SOCRATES: Southern Ocean Clouds Radiation Aerosol Transport Experimental Study https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/SOCRATES * SWEX: Sundowner Winds Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/SWEX * DEEPWAVE: A Study of Deeply Propagating Gravity Waves from the Earth's Surface to the Mesosphere https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/DEEPWAVE * CSET: Cloud System Evolution in the Trades https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/CSET * HIWC-RADAR-2015: High Ice Water Content (HIWC) Radar Study 2015 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/HIWC-RADAR-2015 * VOCALS: VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/VOCALS * SAVANT: Stable Air Variability and Transport https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/SAVANT * GOTHAAM: Greater New York Oxidant Trace gas Halogen and Aerosol Airborne Mission https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/GOTHAAM * TRANS2AM: Transport and Transformation of Ammonia https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/TRANS2AM * PECAN: Plains Elevated Convection at Night https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PECAN * MAIR-E: Methane Emissions Quantification at scales from 20 m to 200 km using the MethaneAIR Imaging Spectrometer on the NSF Gulfstream-V (MAIR-E) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/MAIR-E * HAIC-HIWC: High Altitude Ice Crystals - High Ice Water Content Project 2014 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/HAIC-HIWC * MATERHORN-X: Mountain Terrain Atmospheric Modeling and Observations https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/MATERHORN-X * MAIR-E_II: Methane Emissions Quantification at scale using the MethaneAIR Imaging Spectrometer on the NSF Gulfstream-V II https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/MAIR-E_II * TI3GER: Technological Innovation Into Iodine and GV Environmental Research https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/TI3GER * OWLeS: Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/OWLeS * HAIC-HIWC_2015: High Altitude Ice Crystals - High Ice Water Content Project - 2015 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/HAIC-HIWC_2015 * TORUS_2022: Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells 2022 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/TORUS_2022 * TCI: Tropical Cyclone Intensity Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/TCI * VORTEX-SE_2016: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2016 Field Campaign https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/VORTEX-SE_2016 * VORTEX2: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/VORTEX2 * CHEESEHEAD: Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/CHEESEHEAD * VORTEX-SE_2017: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2017 Field Campaign https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/VORTEX-SE_2017 * SPICULE: Secondary Production of Ice in Cumulus Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/SPICULE * NAME: North American Monsoon Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/NAME * PERiLS_2022: Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms 2022 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PERiLS_2022 * SNOWIE: Seeded and Natural Orographic Wintertime clouds - the Idaho Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/SNOWIE * Operational: Operational Datasets https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/Operational * PERiLS_2023: Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms 2023 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PERiLS_2023 * HIWC-RADAR-2018: High Ice Water Content (HIWC) Radar Study 2018 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/HIWC-RADAR-2018 * VERTEX: Vertical Enhanced Mixing Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/VERTEX * CFACT: Cold Fog Amongst Complex Terrain https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/CFACT * CONTRAST: Convective Transport of Active Species in the Tropics https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/CONTRAST * Meso18-19: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) Meso18-19 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/Meso18-19 * ORCAS: The O2/N2 Ratio and CO2 Airborne Southern Ocean (ORCAS) Study https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ORCAS * TORUS_2019: Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells 2019 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/TORUS_2019 * OTREC: Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/OTREC * CuPIDO: Cumulus Photogrammetric, In-Situ and Doppler Observations https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/CuPIDO * MPEX: Mesoscale Predictability Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/MPEX * RELAMPAGO: Remote sensing of Electrification, Lightning, And Mesoscale/microscale Processes with Adaptive Ground Observations https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/RELAMPAGO * VORTEX-SE_2018: The Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2018 Field campaign https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/VORTEX-SE_2018 * MethaneAIR: MethaneAIR https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/MethaneAIR Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: hourly * Language: English Categories * Land Based * Mesonet * Meteorology * Surface Platforms * Automated Surface Observing System - ASOS * Automated Weather Observing System - AWOS * Weather Stations Instruments * Automated Weather System GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FRACTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT > HOURLY PRECIPITATION AMOUNT * EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORIES > WEATHER/CLIMATE ADVISORIES > PRESENT WEATHER * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD BASE HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION Documentation * LDM_SFC_METAR.html [3 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/422DA2C330B/LDM_SFC_METAR.html Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2000-03-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2024-02-29 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 90.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: -90.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 180.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * custodian: Janine Aquino https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/179 * author: National Weather Service (NWS) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/465 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/100.013?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/100.013?format=isotc211