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Global GTS Surface METAR Data in ASCII format

Summary

The Surface METAR Data set is one of several surface data sets collected by the National Center for Atmospheric Research/Earth Observing Laboratory (NCAR/EOL). Included in the data set are the global hourly METAR observations. These data are contained in monthly files which are in tarred bzip2 format (.tar.bz2). The data were acquired via the UNIDATA Local Data Manager (LDM).

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

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	T-PARC: THORPEX Pacific Asian Regional Campaign (T-PARC) MATERHORN-X: Mountain Terrain Atmospheric Modeling and Observations VORTEX-SE_2018: The Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2018 Field campaign RELAMPAGO: Remote sensing of Electrification, Lightning, And Mesoscale/microscale Processes with Adaptive Ground Observations CFACT: Cold Fog Amongst Complex Terrain VORTEX-SE_2017: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2017 Field Campaign MPEX: Mesoscale Predictability Experiment HIWC-RADAR-2015: High Ice Water Content (HIWC) Radar Study 2015 M2HATS: Multi-point Monin-Obukhov Similarity Horizontal Array Turbulence Study CuPIDO: Cumulus Photogrammetric, In-Situ and Doppler Observations CSET: Cloud System Evolution in the Trades SPICULE: Secondary Production of Ice in Cumulus Experiment TORUS_2019: Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells 2019 VOCALS: VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study S2noCliME: Snow Sensitivity to Clouds in a Mountain Environment ORCAS: The O2/N2 Ratio and CO2 Airborne Southern Ocean (ORCAS) Study TCI: Tropical Cyclone Intensity Experiment VORTEX2: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2 HIWC-RADAR-2018: High Ice Water Content (HIWC) Radar Study 2018 MAIR-E: Methane Emissions Quantification at scales from 20 m to 200 km using the MethaneAIR Imaging Spectrometer on the NSF Gulfstream-V (MAIR-E) PECAN: Plains Elevated Convection at Night OTREC: Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection DELTA: Detecting and Evaluating Low-level Tornado Attributes VORTEX-SE_2016: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2016 Field Campaign MAIRE24: Methane Emissions Quantification at scale using the MethaneAIR Imaging Spectrometer on the NSF Gulfstream-V 2024 HAIC-HIWC: High Altitude Ice Crystals - High Ice Water Content Project 2014 Perdigao: Perdigao Field Experiment PERiLS_2023: Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms 2023 MethaneAIR: MethaneAIR HAIC-HIWC_2015: High Altitude Ice Crystals - High Ice Water Content Project - 2015 ICICLE: In-Cloud Icing and Large-Drop Experiment GOTHAAM: Greater New York Oxidant Trace gas Halogen and Aerosol Airborne Mission CONTRAST: Convective Transport of Active Species in the Tropics Operational: Operational Datasets TORUS-LItE: Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells - Left-flank Intensive Experiment TORERO: Tropical Ocean tRoposphere Exchange of Reactive halogen species and Oxygenated VOC SOCRATES: Southern Ocean Clouds Radiation Aerosol Transport Experimental Study PLOWS: Profiling of Winter Storms ITOP: Impact of Typhoons on the Ocean in the Pacific SNOWIE: Seeded and Natural Orographic Wintertime clouds - the Idaho Experiment CHEESEHEAD: Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors T-REX: Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment WINTER: Wintertime Investigation of Transport, Emission, and Reactivity SWEX: Sundowner Winds Experiment SAVANT: Stable Air Variability and Transport WINTRE-MIX: Winter Precipitation Type Research Multi-scale Experiment IDEAL: Instabilities, Dynamics and Energetics accompanying Atmospheric Layering TRANS2AM: Transport and Transformation of Ammonia PERiLS_2022: Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms 2022 VERTEX: Vertical Enhanced Mixing Experiment NAME: North American Monsoon Experiment DC3: Deep Convective Clouds & Chemistry Project Meso18-19: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) Meso18-19 TORUS_2022: Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells 2022 SAS: The Southeast Atmosphere Study OWLeS: Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems DEEPWAVE: A Study of Deeply Propagating Gravity Waves from the Earth's Surface to the Mesosphere TI3GER: Technological Innovation Into Iodine and GV Environmental Research
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]
Related links	companion: 100.011: Global GTS Surface Hourly Observations in GEMPAK Format companion: 100.012: Global GTS Surface Synoptic Observations in GEMPAK Format

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2000-03-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2024-11-30 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

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 18 Jan 2025.

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