Iowa Mesonet Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/80.001

Summary
This data set contains hourly resolution surface meteorological data from the
Iowa Environmental Mesonet. These data are made available through Iowa State
University and include data for locations throughout the state of Iowa from a
variety of networks including the Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS),
the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS), the Iowa Department of
Transporation Roadway Weather Information System (RWIS), the Iowa State
University AgClimate Network, the United States Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA/NRCS) Soil Climate Analysis
Network (SCAN), the National Weather Service Cooperative Network, Data
Collection Platforms (DCPs), and the KCCI-TV8 SchoolNet. This data set covers
the period from 1 June to 31 July 2002. The data are in GEMPAK format. NOTE:
The precipitation for the AWOS stations within this data set have a known
problem. See the readme file for complete information. Correct 1-minute
resolution AWOS precipitation data are available as a companion dataset.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 80.001
 * doi:10.26023/ZZ8B-WCJQ-1Z01
   https://doi.org/10.26023/ZZ8B-WCJQ-1Z01

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 Todey, D., Herzmann, D., Herzmann, D. 2007. SMEX02: Iowa Mesonet Data.
 Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.26023/ZZ8B-WCJQ-1Z01 Accessed 19 Apr 2024.

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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
 * SMEX02: Soil Moisture Experiments in 2002
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/SMEX02

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

Categories
 * Surface

Platforms
 * Mesoscale Meteorological Network - Mesonet
 * Weather Stations

Instruments
 * Automated Weather System

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FRACTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD BASE HEIGHT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

Documentation
 * IAMESO.txt [7 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41238775/IAMESO.txt

Related links
 * companion: 80.003: Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) Iowa 1-min Data
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/80.003
 * homepage: SMEX02 EOL Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/smex02

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2002-06-01 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2002-07-31 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 44.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 40.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -97.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -90.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: Dennis Todey <dptodey@iastate.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/398

Additional contact information
 * author: Dennis Todey <dptodey@iastate.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/398
 * originator: Daryl Herzmann
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/399
 * author: Daryl Herzmann
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/399

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/80.001?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/80.001?format=isotc211