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PLOWS: Iowa Mesonet Surface Map Imagery

Summary

This data set contains hourly surface weather maps over the state of Iowa. They include observations from the Iowa Mesonet. The maps were generated by Iowa State University. This data set contains imagery from the two PLOWS field phases, 22 January to 30 March 2009 and 13 October 2009 to 10 March 2010. No imagery are available for the period between the field phases.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/V732-S4SY-4207
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2010-03-24)
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Related projects	PLOWS: Profiling of Winter Storms
Spatial Type	raster
Frequency	hourly
Language	English
Categories	Mesonet Surface
Platforms	Mesoscale Meteorological Network - Mesonet Weather Stations
Instruments	Automated Weather System
GCMD Science Keywords	AIR TEMPERATURE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Expand keywords
Related links	info: PLOWS 2008-2009 Missions info: PLOWS 2009-2010 Missions info: PLOWS Data Policy homepage: PLOWS EOL Project Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2009-01-22 17:00:00
End datetime	2010-03-10 18:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 44.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 40.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -98.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -90.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: Iowa State University

Citation

Iowa State University. 2010. PLOWS: Iowa Mesonet Surface Map Imagery. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/V732-S4SY-4207. Accessed 16 Mar 2025.

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