NCEP Stage 4 Hourly Precipitation Imagery [NCAR/EOL]
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/114.071

Summary
This dataset includes NCEP Stage 4 Hourly Precipitation Imagery from the
VORTEX2 2009 and 2010 Field Catalogs. Imagery files are only available for the
VORTEX2 field phases for approximately May-June 2009 and April-June 2010. The
files are in .gif format. See the catalog links in the related links section
below to access the field catalogs.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 114.071

Citation
Example citation following ESIP guidelines (http://bit.ly/data_citation):

 Stossmeister, G. 2010. NCEP Stage 4 Hourly Precipitation Imagery. Version
 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/114.071 Accessed 26 Feb 2021.

If you plan to cite this dataset in a publication, please email us at:
 eol-datahelp@ucar.edu
We may be able to provide an updated citation that includes a DOI.

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
 * VORTEX2: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/VORTEX2

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: raster
 * Frequency: hourly
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Precipitation
 * Surface

Platforms
 * Weather Stations

Instruments
 * Doppler Radar
 * NEXt Generation RADar (NEXRAD)
 * Radar
 * Rain Gauges

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT > HOURLY PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

Related links
 * info: EOL/VORTEX2_2010 FIELD CATALOG - Operational Products
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/vortex2_2010/ops/index
 * info: VORTEX2 2009 Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/vortex2_2009/missions/missions.html
 * info: VORTEX2 2010 Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/vortex2_2010/missions/missions.html
 * info: EOL/VORTEX2_2009 FIELD CATALOG - Operational Products
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/vortex2_2009/ops/index

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2009-05-05 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2010-06-19 23:00:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 45.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 32.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -105.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -92.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <eol-datahelp@ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Additional contact information
 * originator: Greg Stossmeister <gstoss@ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/171

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/114.071?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/114.071?format=isotc211