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Lake-ICE Surface: Specials Composite

Summary

This dataset contains only the Lake-ICE Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) and National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) DATSAV2 "Special" observation surface data for the Lake-ICE domain and time period. These are observations that are reported at off-hour times. The ASOS and DATSAV2 "Nominal" hourly surface data for the Lake-ICE domain and time period are included in the Lake-ICE Hourly Surface Composite.

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Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6KD1W65
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2011-08-24)
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Related projects	Lake-ICE: Lake-Induced Convection Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	no set schedule
Language	English
Categories	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 SEA LEVEL PRESSURE SURFACE PRESSURE VISIBILITY WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Expand keywords
Documentation	lk_specl.txt [9 KiB]
Related links	info: Lake-ICE Data Policy info: Lake-ICE Missions homepage: Lake-ICE Overview info: Sample Plot Code

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1997-11-28 00:00:00
End datetime	1998-01-25 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 55.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 37.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -104.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -73.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

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

Citation

NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. 2011. Lake-ICE Surface: Specials Composite. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6KD1W65. Accessed 15 Feb 2026.

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