Iowa Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) 1-minute Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/113.038

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.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 113.038
 * doi:10.26023/Y9RJ-GH3F-FM01
   https://doi.org/10.26023/Y9RJ-GH3F-FM01

Versions
  1.0

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 09 Nov 2024.

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Acknowledgement
In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements,
please acknowledge NSF 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
 * PLOWS: Profiling of Winter Storms
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PLOWS

Additional information
 * 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
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > PRESSURE TENDENCY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FRACTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORIES > WEATHER/CLIMATE ADVISORIES > PRESENT WEATHER
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD BASE HEIGHT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION

Documentation
 * IA_AWOS.htm [5 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41CA0A9D97F/IA_AWOS.htm

Related links
 * info: PLOWS Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/plows-data-policy-draft
 * info: PLOWS 2008-2009 Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/plows_08-09/missions/missions.html
 * info: PLOWS 2009-2010 Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/plows_09-10/missions/missions.html
 * homepage: PLOWS EOL Project Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/plows

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

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

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: Scot Loehrer <loehrer@ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/73

Additional contact information
 * author: Iowa State University
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1401

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/113.038?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/113.038?format=isotc211