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PLOWS: NOAA/NCEP WRF NMM Northern Plains Model Forecast Imagery

Summary

This data set contains the several forecast image products from the NOAA/NCEP WRF NMM model over the northern plains of the US. The products include 250mb heights/wind, 500mb heights/vorticity, 500mb heights/wind, 700 mb heights/humidity/streamlines, 700mb heights/vertical velocity, 850mb heights/temperature/wind, mean sea level pressure/1000-500mb thickness/precipitation, and surface winds/temperature/MSLP. The products are available every 12 hours out to the 84 hour forecast. The images were created by the College of Dupage.

This data set contains imagery from the two PLOWS field phases, 9 February to 30 March 2009 and 15 October 2009 to 10 March 2010. No imagery are available for the period between the field phases.

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Identifier
Data Quality final
Versions
  • 1.0 (2010-04-01)
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Spatial Type raster
Frequency 12 hourly
Language English
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Temporal coverage

Begin datetime 2009-02-09 00:00:00
End datetime 2010-03-10 23:59:59

Spatial coverage


Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 50.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 36.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -105.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -82.00

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Citation

Stossmeister, G. 2010. PLOWS: NOAA/NCEP WRF NMM Northern Plains Model Forecast Imagery. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/EXHF-XBXT-EG03. Accessed 28 Mar 2024.

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