Global GTS Surface METAR Data in ASCII format

Summary

Data access

• ORDER data for delivery by FTP

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/YHA4-K6FJ-W005
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2011-09-01)
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Related projects	NAME: North American Monsoon Experiment TI3GER: Technological Innovation Into Iodine and GV Environmental Research DEEPWAVE: A Study of Deeply Propagating Gravity Waves from the Earth's Surface to the Mesosphere SPICULE: Secondary Production of Ice in Cumulus Experiment Perdigao: Perdigao Field Experiment TRANS2AM: Transport and Transformation of Ammonia CSET: Cloud System Evolution in the Trades SNOWIE: Seeded and Natural Orographic Wintertime clouds - the Idaho Experiment HIWC-RADAR: High Ice Water Content (HIWC) Radar Study 2015 IDEAL: Instabilities, Dynamics and Energetics accompanying Atmospheric Layering ORCAS: The O2/N2 Ratio and CO2 Airborne Southern Ocean (ORCAS) Study Operational: Operational Datasets TORUS_2019: Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells 2019 RELAMPAGO: Remote sensing of Electrification, Lightning, And Mesoscale/microscale Processes with Adaptive Ground Observations DC3: Deep Convective Clouds & Chemistry Project OWLeS: Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems VOCALS: VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study SAVANT: Stable Air Variability and Transport ITOP: Impact of Typhoons on the Ocean in the Pacific MPEX: Mesoscale Predictability Experiment MethaneAIR: MethaneAIR TORUS_2022: Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells 2022 PERiLS_2022: Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms 2022 VORTEX2: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2 HAIC-HIWC_2015: High Altitude Ice Crystals - High Ice Water Content Project - 2015 VORTEX-SE_2017: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2017 Field Campaign CFACT: Cold Fog Amongst Complex Terrain HIWC-RADAR-2018: High Ice Water Content (HIWC) Radar Study 2018 Meso18-19: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) Meso18-19 GOTHAAM: Greater New York Oxidant Trace gas Halogen and Aerosol Airborne Mission WINTRE-MIX: Winter Precipitation Type Research Multi-scale Experiment VORTEX-SE_2016: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2016 Field Campaign CHEESEHEAD: Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors PECAN: Plains Elevated Convection at Night WINTER: Wintertime Investigation of Transport, Emission, and Reactivity T-PARC: THORPEX Pacific Asian Regional Campaign (T-PARC) OTREC: Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection TORERO: Tropical Ocean tRoposphere Exchange of Reactive halogen species and Oxygenated VOC SOCRATES: Southern Ocean Clouds Radiation Aerosol Transport Experimental Study VORTEX-SE_2018: The Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2018 Field campaign T-REX: Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment PLOWS: Profiling of Winter Storms MATERHORN-X: Mountain Terrain Atmospheric Modeling and Observations SAS: The Southeast Atmosphere Study TORUS-LItE: Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells - Left-flank Intensive Experiment CuPIDO: Cumulus Photogrammetric, In-Situ and Doppler Observations HAIC-HIWC: High Altitude Ice Crystals - High Ice Water Content Project ICICLE: In-Cloud Icing and Large-Drop Experiment VERTEX: Vertical Enhanced Mixing Experiment CONTRAST: Convective Transport of Active Species in the Tropics TCI: Tropical Cyclone Intensity Experiment SWEX: Sundowner Winds Experiment PERiLS_2023: Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms 2023
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	hourly
Language	English
Categories	Land Based Mesonet Meteorology Surface
Platforms	Automated Surface Observing System - ASOS Automated Weather Observing System - AWOS Weather Stations
Instruments	Automated Weather System
GCMD Science Keywords	AIR TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS CLOUD BASE HEIGHT CLOUD FRACTION DEW POINT TEMPERATURE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE HOURLY PRECIPITATION AMOUNT PRECIPITATION AMOUNT PRESENT WEATHER VISIBILITY WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Show 9 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	LDM_SFC_METAR.html [3 KiB]

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2000-03-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2023-07-31 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 90.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: -90.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 180.00

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

Additional contact information

• custodian: Janine Aquino <janine@ucar.edu>
• author: National Weather Service (NWS)

Citation

Example citation following ESIP guidelines:

National Weather Service (NWS). 2011. Global GTS Surface METAR Data in ASCII format. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/YHA4-K6FJ-W005. Accessed 30 Sep 2023.

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