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PLOWS: Automated Surface Observing Systems (ASOS) 1-minute Data

Summary

This data set contains 1-minute resolution surface meteorological data from the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) stations located across the United States, including Guam. These data were retrieved from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) for the PLOWS period (February and March 2009 and November 2009 through March 2010; no data are available for the period in between). Each of the two types of files, om1 and om2, consists of a compressed tar file containing one month of data, with individual files for each station in the United States. The data are in ASCII format.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/Z7YV-HPKJ-8J0Q
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2011-05-17)
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Related projects	PLOWS: Profiling of Winter Storms
Frequency	1 minute
Language	English
Categories	Mesonet Surface
Platforms	Automated Surface Observing System - ASOS Weather Stations
Instruments	Automated Weather System
GCMD Science Keywords	AIR TEMPERATURE CLOUD CEILING DEW POINT TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION AMOUNT RELATIVE HUMIDITY SEA LEVEL PRESSURE SURFACE PRESSURE VISIBILITY WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Expand keywords
Documentation	ASOS-STATIONS.TXT [174 KiB] ASOS.htm [5 KiB] ASOS_Ready_Ref_Guide.pdf [1161 KiB] asos_users_guide.pdf [549 KiB] asos_users_guide_app.pdf [117 KiB] td3285.pdf [105 KiB] td6405.pdf [47 KiB] td6406.pdf [46 KiB]
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	2009-02-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2010-03-31 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 70.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 25.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -170.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -65.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: National Centers for Environmental Information <ncei.info@noaa.gov>

Citation

National Centers for Environmental Information. 2011. PLOWS: Automated Surface Observing Systems (ASOS) 1-minute Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/Z7YV-HPKJ-8J0Q. Accessed 14 Oct 2024.

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