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ASOS 5-Minute Data

Summary

This data set contains Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) 5 minute data. The individual station files are contained in a single tar file for each of the two months, December 2013 and January 2014. This data set includes data from the entire ASOS network including those in the 50 United states and a few international locations at military bases.

Data are in 2 tar files, one for December 2013 and one for January 2014.

This data set was supplied by NOAA/NCDC. NCAR/EOL has conducted no processing or quality control on these data and they are provided as is.

Data access

ORDER data for delivery by FTP

Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/382.012
Metadata download	Text DataCite ISO/TC 211 Note that your browser may not display the above metadata links, but automatically save them as files in a folder such as "`Downloads`"
Related projects	OWLeS: Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems
Spatial Type	unknown
Frequency	5 minute
Language	English
Categories	Surface
Platforms	ASOS
Instruments	Automated Weather System
GCMD Science Keywords	AIR TEMPERATURE CLOUD CEILING DEW POINT TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION AMOUNT RELATIVE HUMIDITY SEA LEVEL PRESSURE SURFACE PRESSURE VISIBILITY WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Expand keywords
Documentation	ASOS_Ready_Ref_Guide.pdf [1134 KiB] asos_users_guide_app.pdf [114 KiB] asos_users_guide.pdf [536 KiB] ASOS_5minute_readme.txt [1 KiB] td6401.pdf [108 KiB]

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2013-12-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2014-01-31 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 <eol-datahelp@ucar.edu>

Citation

Example citation following ESIP guidelines:

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2014. ASOS 5-Minute Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/382.012. Accessed 21 Aug 2019.

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