LDM Surface METAR Special Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/82.165 Summary The Surface METAR Data set is one of several surface data sets collected by the National Center for Atmospheric Research/ Earth Observing Laboratory (NCAR/EOL). Included in the data set are the global special surface meteorological observations in NCAR/EOL columnar ascii surface QC format. These data are contained in daily files which are compressed in gzip format (.gz). The data were aquired via the UNIDATA Local Data Manager (LDM). Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 82.165 * doi:10.26023/X5S9-Y1VY-TP08 https://doi.org/10.26023/X5S9-Y1VY-TP08 Versions 1.0 Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, Stossmeister, G. 2008. NAME: LDM Surface METAR Special Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/X5S9-Y1VY-TP08 Accessed 28 Mar 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 * NAME: North American Monsoon Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/NAME Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: criteria * Language: English Categories * Land Based * Surface Platforms * Weather Stations Instruments * Automated Weather System GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > PRESSURE TENDENCY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FRACTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD BASE HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORIES > WEATHER/CLIMATE ADVISORIES > PRESENT WEATHER * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE Documentation * LDM_SFC_METAR.html [3 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/418A92F31DB/LDM_SFC_METAR.html Related links * info: NAME Missions http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/name/catalog/missions.html * info: NAME Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/name-data-policy * homepage: EOL NAME website https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/name Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2004-06-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2004-09-30 23:59:00 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 50.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 5.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -125.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -75.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: Janine Aquino https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/179 Additional contact information * author: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 * originator: Greg Stossmeister https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/171 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/82.165?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/82.165?format=isotc211