NCEP Stage 4 Six Hourly Precipitation Imagery
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/114.072

Summary
This dataset includes NCEP Stage 4 Six Hourly Precipitation Imagery from the
VORTEX2 2009 and 2010 Field Catalogs. Imagery files are only available for the
VORTEX2 field phases for approximately May-June 2009 and April-June 2010. The
files are in .gif format. See the catalog links in the related links section
below to access the field catalogs.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 114.072
 * doi:10.26023/3QNG-1PNF-500S
   https://doi.org/10.26023/3QNG-1PNF-500S

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), Stossmeister, G. 2010.
 VORTEX2: NCEP Stage 4 Six Hourly Precipitation Imagery. Version 1.0.
 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.26023/3QNG-1PNF-500S Accessed 24 Apr 2024.

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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
 * VORTEX2: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/VORTEX2

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: raster
 * Frequency: 6 hourly
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Precipitation
 * Surface

Platforms
 * Weather Stations

Instruments
 * Doppler Radar
 * NEXt Generation RADar (NEXRAD)
 * Radar
 * Rain Gauges

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT > HOURLY PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

Related links
 * info: VORTEX2 2010 Missions
   https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/vortex2_2010/missions/missions.html
 * homepage: EOL Project Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/vortex2
 * info: VORTEX2 2009 Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/vortex2_2009/missions/missions.html
 * info: VORTEX2 Project Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/files_live/private/VORTEX2_data_policy_15apr09.pdf
 * info: EOL/VORTEX2_2010 FIELD CATALOG - Operational Products
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/vortex2_2010/ops/index
 * info: EOL/VORTEX2_2009 FIELD CATALOG - Operational Products
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/vortex2_2009/ops/index

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2009-05-05 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2010-06-19 23:00:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 45.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 32.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -105.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -92.00

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

Additional contact information
 * originator: Greg Stossmeister <gstoss@ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/171
 * author: National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1304

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/114.072?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/114.072?format=isotc211