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GCIP/ESOP-97: NCRFC WSR-88D Stage III Hourly Precipitation Imagery

Summary

This data set contains data from the NOAA North Central River Forecast Center (NCRFC). The NCRFC routinely ingests WSR-88D precipitation derived products (Level III) from each of the radar sites with coverage in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. In addition the NCRFC ingests real-time precipitation data from several hundred gages. The NCRFC produces a number of derived or "Stage" products using the radar and precipitation gage data. A Stage II product is produced by merging radar precipitation estimates (Stage I) with ground truth data provided by the gages. The Stage II estimates are then composited into a Stage III precipitation 4 x 4 km resolution area averaged mosaic for the Upper Mississippi River Basin.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/635T-AKQ5-5W0V
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (1999-09-14)
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Related projects	GCIP/ESOP-97: GCIP Large Scale Area-North Central ESOP-97
Spatial Type	raster
Frequency	hourly
Language	English
Categories	Radar
Platforms	Fixed Observation Stations
Instruments	Doppler Radar NEXt Generation RADar (NEXRAD) Radar
GCMD Science Keywords	HOURLY PRECIPITATION AMOUNT Expand keywords
Documentation	ncrfc_hourly.txt [3 KiB]
Related links	info: GCIP Data Plans and Reports homepage: GCIP EOL Homepage homepage: GCIP/ESOP 97 EOL Homepage homepage: North Central River Forecast Center

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1997-02-05 00:00:00
End datetime	1997-05-31 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 50.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 37.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -99.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -85.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

originator: NOAA North Central River Forecast Center
author: NOAA North Central River Forecast Center

Citation

NOAA North Central River Forecast Center. 1999. GCIP/ESOP-97: NCRFC WSR-88D Stage III Hourly Precipitation Imagery. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/635T-AKQ5-5W0V. Accessed 16 Nov 2025.

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