DYCOMS-II Surface:  Regional Surface Station Plot Imagery (GIF)


1.0  General Information


The Regional Surface Station Plot Imagery (GIF) is one of 
several surface products collected as part of the Dynamics and 
Chemistry of Marine Stratocumulus Phase II: Entrainment Studies
(DYCOMS-II) project field catalog operated by the University 
Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Joint Office for Science Support 
(UCAR/JOSS; http://www.joss.ucar.edu/dycoms/catalog/).
The images are produced by the UCAR/JOSS every hour and include
surface station plots from surface land stations, buoys, and ships of
opportunity.  The products cover the period from 1 - 29 July 2001 and 
cover the region from about 26 - 40 N and 112 - 130 W.  All images 
are in GIF format.


2.0  Data Contact


Scot Loehrer (loehrer@ucar.edu)


3.0  Product Information


These products contain hourly surface data plots over the southwestern
US and the nearby Pacific Ocean.  It include the surface land stations,
buoys and ships of opportunity.  Not all stations are plotted (a filter
was applied).  The format is the typical surface data plotting format.
With temperature in pink in the upper left, dew point in pink in the
lower left, pressure in pink in the upper right, station identifier
in green in the lower right, current weather in yellow in the center
left, pressure tendency in yellow in the center right, and in cyan the
sky cover and wind barbs.


4.0  Quality Control Procedures


     UCAR/JOSS conducted no quality checks on these data.


5.0  File Naming Convention


The file names are structured as follows:

sfc_reg.yyyymmddhh.wx.gif

Where sfc_reg is the data type
      yyyy is the four digit year
      mm is the two digit month
      dd is the two digit day
      hh is the hour (UTC)
      wx is the name of the data set


6.0  References


None