GTS Surface METAR Data (METAR format)
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/100.013

Summary
The Surface METAR Data set is one of several surface data sets collected by
theNational 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).

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 100.013

Citation
Example citation following ESIP guidelines (http://bit.ly/data_citation):

 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2011. GTS Surface METAR Data. Version
 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/100.013 Accessed 19 Jan 2021.

If you plan to cite this dataset in a publication, please email us at:
 eol-datahelp@ucar.edu
We may be able to provide an updated citation that includes a DOI.

Acknowledgement
In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements,
please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as:

  Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of
  the National Science Foundation.
  https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

Related projects
 * Operational: Operational Datasets
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/Operational
 * NAME: North American Monsoon Experiment
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/NAME
 * ICICLE: In-Cloud Icing and Large-Drop Experiment
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ICICLE
 * CuPIDO: Cumulus Photogrammetric, In-Situ and Doppler Observations
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/CuPIDO

Additional information
 * 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

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FRACTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT > HOURLY PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
 * EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORIES > WEATHER/CLIMATE ADVISORIES > PRESENT WEATHER
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD BASE HEIGHT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS

Documentation
 * LDM_SFC_METAR.html [3 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/datafile/nph-get/100.013/LDM_SFC_METAR.html

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2000-03-01 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2020-11-30 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 90.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: -90.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 180.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <eol-datahelp@ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Additional contact information
 * custodian: Janine Aquino <janine@ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/179

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/100.013?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/100.013?format=isotc211