NCDC SAO Specials Dataset
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/16.002

Summary
This dataset contains only the GCIP/ESOP-96 National Climatic Data Center
(NCDC) Surface Aviation Observation (SAO) "Special" observation surface data
for the ESOP-96 domain. These are observations that are reported at off-hour
times and report significant changes in conditions from the previous hourly
reports. These reports can include all of the information shown in hourly
SAOs, but more typically, report only portions of the data. A complete listing
of the requirements to issue a "special SAO" are included in the Federal
Meteorological Handbook No. 1 (1988).

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 16.002
 * doi:10.26023/ST87-8DC9-PP0H
   https://doi.org/10.26023/ST87-8DC9-PP0H

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, National Climatic Data Center (NCDC),
 NOAA. 2011. GCIP/ESOP-96: NCDC SAO Specials Dataset. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR -
 Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/ST87-8DC9-PP0H Accessed
 20 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
 * GCIP/ESOP-96: GCIP Large Scale Area-South West ESOP-96
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project?GCIP%2FESOP-96

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: point
 * Frequency: no set schedule
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Surface

Platforms
 * Weather Stations

Instruments
 * Automated Weather System

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD CEILING

Documentation
 * esspeclc.txt [10 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/422AE102/esspeclc.txt

Related links
 * homepage: GCIP EOL Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/gcip
 * homepage: GCIP/ESOP 96 EOL Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/gcipesop-96
 * info: GCIP Data Plans and Reports
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/gcip-data-plans-and-reports
 * info: Sample Plot Code
   https://github.com/NCAR/eoldms_plotscripts/tree/main

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 1996-04-01 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 1996-09-30 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 40.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 31.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -107.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -91.00

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

Additional contact information
 * author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1
 * author: National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), NOAA
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/446

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/16.002?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/16.002?format=isotc211