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PLOWS: Iowa Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) 1-minute Data

Summary

This data set contains 1-minute resolution surface meteorological data from the 41 Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) stations located in the state of Iowa. These data were retrieved from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet for the PLOWS field phases (February and March 2009 and November 2009 through 10 March 2010). No data are available between the field phases. The data are in comma-delimited ASCII format.

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Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/Y9RJ-GH3F-FM01
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2010-04-23)
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Related projects	PLOWS: Profiling of Winter Storms
Frequency	1 minute
Language	English
Categories	Mesonet Surface
Platforms	Automated Weather Observing System - AWOS Mesoscale Meteorological Network - Mesonet Weather Stations
Instruments	Automated Weather System
GCMD Science Keywords	AIR TEMPERATURE CLOUD BASE HEIGHT CLOUD FRACTION DEW POINT TEMPERATURE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION AMOUNT PRESENT WEATHER PRESSURE TENDENCY SEA LEVEL PRESSURE VISIBILITY WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Show 9 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	IA_AWOS.htm [5 KiB]
Related links	info: PLOWS 2008-2009 Missions info: PLOWS 2009-2010 Missions info: PLOWS Data Policy info: PLOWS EOL Project Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2009-02-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2010-03-10 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 44.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 40.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -97.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -90.00

Primary point of contact information

Scot Loehrer <loehrer@ucar.edu>

Additional contact information

author: Iowa State University

Citation

Iowa State University. 2010. PLOWS: Iowa Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) 1-minute Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/Y9RJ-GH3F-FM01. Accessed 16 Apr 2024.

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