CASES 1999 NOAA 405 MHZ Wind Profiler Network Dataset

     1.0  General Description

          The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
     405 MHz Wind Profiler Network (NPN) Dataset is one of several 
     datasets provided for the Cooperative Atmospheric Surface Exchange 
     Study October 1999 (CASES 1999) project.  This dataset is provided 
     as is in its original Enhanced BUFR (EBUFR) format. These data cover 
     the CASES 1999 time period (25 September 1999 through 5 November 1999) 
     and the CASES 1999 domain (approximately 95.7438W to 97.7438W longitude 
     and 36.6501N to 38.6501N latitude).  Details regarding the operation
     of the NPN can be found in Van de Kamp, 1988 and at the NOAA Forecast 
     Systems Laboratory web page at http://www.fsl.noaa.gov/.

     2.0  Detailed Data Description

     2.1  Detailed Format Description

          This dataset is provided in its original EBUFR format. For
     more information on EBUFR see WMO, 1988 or the WMO web site at
     http://www.wmo.ch/.            

     2.2  Data Remarks

          None.

     3.0  Quality Control Processing

          No quality control was performed on this dataset by the 
     University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Joint Office for 
     Science Support (UCAR/JOSS) 

     4.0  References

     Van de Kamp, D.W., 1988: Profiler Training Manuals (No.1 through 4).
         NOAA/ERL Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder, Co.

     World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 1988: Manual on Codes
          Volume I, Part B - Binary Codes. WMO, Geneva, Switzerland.