NCEP/EMC U.S. Gage Only Hourly Precipitation Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/21.004 Summary The Environmental Modeling Center (EMC), a component of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) acquires precipitation reports in near real-time from several thousand sites across the contiguous 48 states of the USA. Approximately 3000 automated, hourly rain gage observations are available in the US via the GOES Data Collection Platform (DCP) administered by the NWS Office of Hydrology (OH). These hourly reports are transmitted continuously throughout the day to NCEP in a SHEF-encoded message. This dataset contains the NCEP Hourly Precipitation Gage Data. This dataset is provided as is and was not quality controlled by NCAR/EOL (formerly UCAR/JOSS). Note: 6 and 26 Feb 2018 hourly gage data are missing. 31 August 2020: Start and end dates/times on the files were updated. 7 January 2021: Files missing from June 1998 were added. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 21.004 * doi:10.26023/TP7S-NN1J-G304 https://doi.org/10.26023/TP7S-NN1J-G304 Versions 1.0 1.1 Citation Du, J., Katz, S. 2022. NCEP/EMC U.S. Gage Only Hourly Precipitation Data. Version 1.1. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/TP7S-NN1J-G304 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 * 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 * T-REX: Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/T-REX * CG_WaveS: Convective Gravity Waves in the Stratosphere https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/CG_WaveS * MATERHORN-X: Mountain Terrain Atmospheric Modeling and Observations https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/MATERHORN-X * MPEX: Mesoscale Predictability Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/MPEX * SAVANT: Stable Air Variability and Transport https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/SAVANT * DELTA: Detecting and Evaluating Low-level Tornado Attributes https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/DELTA * GCIP/ESOP-98: GCIP Large Scale Area-North Central ESOP-98 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project?GCIP%2FESOP-98 * GCIP/ESOP-96: GCIP Large Scale Area-South West ESOP-96 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project?GCIP%2FESOP-96 * SAS: The Southeast Atmosphere Study https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/SAS * GCIP/LSA-NW 00: GCIP Large Scale Area-North West EAOP-00 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project?GCIP%2FLSA-NW+00 * TORUS-LItE: Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells - Left-flank Intensive Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/TORUS-LItE * PECAN: Plains Elevated Convection at Night https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PECAN * GCIP/LSA-NW 99: GCIP Large Scale Area-North West EAOP-99 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project?GCIP%2FLSA-NW+99 * VORTEX2: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/VORTEX2 * Operational: Operational Datasets https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/Operational * DC3: Deep Convective Clouds & Chemistry Project https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/DC3 * 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 * CHEESEHEAD: Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/CHEESEHEAD * GCIP/EOP: GCIP Enhanced Observing Period https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project?GCIP%2FEOP * Meso18-19: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) Meso18-19 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/Meso18-19 * PERiLS_2022: Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms 2022 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PERiLS_2022 * GCIP/NESOB-96: ARM/GCIP Near-Surface Observation Data Set - 1996 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project?GCIP%2FNESOB-96 * ICICLE: In-Cloud Icing and Large-Drop Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ICICLE * GCIP/ESOP-97: GCIP Large Scale Area-North Central ESOP-97 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project?GCIP%2FESOP-97 * CFACT: Cold Fog Amongst Complex Terrain https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/CFACT * SNOWIE: Seeded and Natural Orographic Wintertime clouds - the Idaho Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/SNOWIE * IDEAL: Instabilities, Dynamics and Energetics accompanying Atmospheric Layering https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/IDEAL * BAMEX: Bow Echo and Mesoscale Convective Vortex Experiment 2003 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/BAMEX * GCIP/EAOP-98: GCIP Large Scale Area-East EAOP-98 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project?GCIP%2FEAOP-98 * PERiLS_2023: Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms 2023 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PERiLS_2023 * GCIP/NESOB-97: ARM/GCIP Near-Surface Observation Data Set - 1997 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project?GCIP%2FNESOB-97 * GCIP/ESOP-95: GCIP Large Scale Area-South West ESOP-95 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project?GCIP%2FESOP-95 * WINTRE-MIX: Winter Precipitation Type Research Multi-scale Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/WINTRE-MIX * IHOP_2002: International H2O Project 2002 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/IHOP_2002 * OWLeS: Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/OWLeS * NAME: North American Monsoon Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/NAME * 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 * GCIP/EAOP-99: GCIP Large Scale Area-East EAOP-99 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project?GCIP%2FEAOP-99 * PLOWS: Profiling of Winter Storms https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PLOWS * TORUS_2019: Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells 2019 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/TORUS_2019 * CuPIDO: Cumulus Photogrammetric, In-Situ and Doppler Observations https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/CuPIDO * LPB: La Plata River Basin https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/LPB * TORUS_2022: Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells 2022 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/TORUS_2022 Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: hourly * Language: English Categories * Land Based * Precipitation * Surface Platforms * Weather Stations Instruments * Rain Gauges GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT > HOURLY PRECIPITATION AMOUNT Documentation * katz_gage_readme.txt [7 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/4218F208/katz_gage_readme.txt * katz_missing_data.txt [13 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/4218F51C6E5/katz_missing_data.txt Related links * companion: 21.009: NCEP/EMC U.S. Precipitation Ancillary Station List https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/21.009 Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 1995-01-11 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2024-03-31 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 49.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 25.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -125.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -67.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: Jun Du https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2568 Additional contact information * originator: Sidney Katz https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/189 * author: Jun Du https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2568 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/21.004?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/21.004?format=isotc211