GCIP/GIDS-1: Hourly Surface Composite
Summary
The GIDS-1 Hourly Surface Composite contains surface and sea level pressure, temperature, dew point temperature, wind speed and direction, and precipitation observations from surface observing sites in the central United States. Visibility, present weather, ceiling, and cloud type heights and amounts are included for those stations which report them (generally SAO and ASOS). This composite is the STORM-FEST Hourly Surface Composite augmented with 6 additional weeks of operational data (15 March - 30 April 1992). NOTE: An error was found in the calculation of the calculated sea level pressure in the Illinois Climate Network data in this dataset. Please see the Data Remarks section of the Readme file for a detailed description of this error. These data files are available as ASCII text files and netCDF data files.
Data access
- ORDER data to made available for download
- OPeNDAP access
Additional information
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Data Quality | final |
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Spatial Type | point |
Frequency | hourly |
Language | English |
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Temporal coverage
Begin datetime | 1992-02-01 00:00:00 |
End datetime | 1992-04-30 23:59:59 |
Spatial coverage
Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.
Maximum (North) Latitude:
40.00,
Minimum (South) Latitude:
31.00
Minimum (West) Longitude:
-107.00,
Maximum (East) Longitude:
-91.00
Primary point of contact information
EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
Additional contact information
Citation
UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2011. GCIP/GIDS-1: Hourly Surface Composite. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D61C1V50. Accessed 27 Apr 2025.
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