ARM/GCIP NESOB-96 Station Information 1.0 General Description The GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project (GCIP) Near Surface Observation (NESOB) 1996 datasets contain data collected from thousands of stations in the NESOB 1996 domain (i.e., approximately 94.5W to 100.5W longitude and 34N to 39N latitude) for the period 01 April 1996 through 30 September 1996. The station information provided defines each station in the NESOB 1996 dataset with station location, name, frequency of observation, etc. For a complete description of the station information file format, refer to section 2.1. 2.0 Detailed Data Description None. 2.1 Detailed Format Description The following is a complete description of the station information provided with the NESOB 1996 data. Table 1 details the station list parameters. The beginning and ending dates for the period of coverage are either in Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) or local time and is network dependent. The Identification Type field is network dependent, and indicates the source of the Identification field. Example Identification Types are WBAN, FAA, etc. The Occurrence field is an integer value used to indicate co-located stations. The occurrence field was not set for NESOB 1996. Note that when a particular parameter is unknown for a station, either a blank or a question mark will appear in that parameter's position. For a complete list of Country, State, and County values, refer to the documents in the references (Section 4.0). Possible platform types and frequency values are listed in Tables 2 and 3, respectively. Note that only those platform types present in the NESOB 1996 data have been listed. Table 4 lists commissioning dates for all stations commissioned (where applicable) during this project. Table 1 Parameter Description --------- ----------- Identification ID in data. Identification Type ID number type. Latitude Station Latitude. Longitude Station Longitude. Occurrence Station occurrence. Occurrence not set for NESOB 1996. Lat/Lon Accuracy Number of digits accuracy in lat/lon values. Name Expanded station name. Commissioned Flag `(C)' indicates commissioned station, `(N)' indicates station which is NOT commissioned. Table 4 contains commissioning dates for all stations commissioned during this project. Begin Period of Coverage Beginning date of period of coverage. End Period of Coverage End date of period of coverage. Country Country in which station is located. Always US for NESOB 1996. State State code. County County code. UTC offset Hour Offset from UTC time. DST switch 'y' indicates station does switch to Daylight Savings Time (DST). 'n' indicates station does not switch. Platform type Collection Platform. Reporting Frequency Frequency of data collection. Elevation Station elevation. Fixed/Mobile flag Flag indicating if station has fixed location. 'f' indicates a fixed station. 'm' indicates a mobile station. Table 2 Platform Type Description ------------- ----------- 1 Wind Profiler Network (WPN). 2 National Weather Service (NWS) Cooperative Observer (COOP) 16 High Plains Regional Climate Center agricultural and climatological stations. (HPLAINS) 40 Automated Surface Observing System. (ASOS) 46 NWS/FAA network of first order and cooperative recording raingauge sites (Fisher-Porter and Universal gauges). (Rec rainga) 50 405 MHz Wind Profiler (PROF) 53 Cross-chain LORAN Atmospheric Sounding System (CLASS) 54 National Weather Service rawinsonde soundings. (NWS sonde) 71 Arkansas-Red Basin River Forecast Center (ABRFC) 73 ARS 75 USGS Streamflow 79 WSR-88D 82 NWS Surface Airways Observations (SAO's) from NCDC. (SAO or NCDC) 113 Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Clouds and Radiation Testbed (ARM-CART) rawinsonde. 126 ARM-CART surface. (Includes SIROS) 127 USGS Reservoir 147 National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Precipitation 166 NOAA/ATDD Little Washita 180 ARM AERI 181 ARM BSRN 182 ARM EBBR 183 ARM 915 MHz Profiler/RASS 186 ARM MWR 187 ARM 50 MHz Profiler/RASS 193 ARM MPL/BLC 212 ARM SWATS 226 ARM SIROS 233 ARM MFR 10m and 25m Table 3 Reporting Frequency ------------------- < 1 second 1 second 20 second 30 second < 1 minute 1 minute 5 minute 6 minute 8 minute 10 minute 15 minute 20 minute 30 minute 90 minute hourly 2 hourly 3 hourly 6 hourly 12 hourly criteria daily other no set schedule Table 4 Date Platform Type Site ID Name Commissioned ------------- ------- -------------- ------------ 40 CDS Childress,TX 07/31/96 40 CFV Coffeyville,KS 04/17/96 40 CNU Chanute,KS 05/16/96 40 HBR Hobart,OK 07/31/96 40 HUT Hutchinson,KS 06/20/96 40 MKO Muskogee,OK 07/12/96 40 MLC McAlester,OK 07/15/96 40 OJC Olathe,KS 06/20/96 40 PPF Parsons,KS 05/16/96 40 PWA Oklahoma City,OK 07/31/96 2.2 Data Remarks Several stations were commissioned during this project. A complete list of these stations is given in Table 4. 3.0 Quality Control Processing Not applicable. 4.0 References Department of Commerce - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 1985: Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 10-3 Countries, Dependencies, & Areas of Special Sovereignty. Department of Commerce - NIST, Washington, DC. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 1985: Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 5-1. NIST, Washington, DC. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 1985: Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 6.-3. NIST, Washington, DC. World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 1988: Manual on Codes Volume I, Part B - Binary Codes. WMO, Geneva, Switzerland.