NCEP/EMC U.S. Gridded Gage Only Daily Precipitation (4 km) 2002-Oct 2006 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/21.091 Summary This dataset contains the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) 4 KM GRIB gage-only analysis using 24h accumulated ("RFC") dataset. A prototype, real-time, hourly, multi-sensor National Preciptation Analysis (NPA) has been developed at NCEP in cooperation with the Office of Hydrology (OH). This analysis merges two data sources that are currently being collected in real-time by OH and NCEP. Hourly digital precipitation (HDP) radar estimates are created by the WSR-88D Radar Product Generator on a 131 X 131 4-km grid centered over each radar site. Data analysis routines, including a bias correction of the radar estimates using rain gage data, have been adapted by NCEP on a national 4-km grid from algorithms developed by OH and executed regionally at NWS River Forecast Centers (RFC). This dataset only contains the NCEP 4 KM GRIB Data gage-only analysis using 24h accumulated ("RFC") data. Other NCEP 4 KM GRIB Data including gage-only analysis, multi-sensor analysis (gage and unbiased radar), radar estimate (no bias removal) and radar estimate after bias removal are available as independent datasets. Depending on the time period selected, all five types may or may not be available. Please see GCIP/EOP: Surface NCEP Ancillary Catalogue of Available GCIP Precipitation Data (NCEP/EMC). The format of the files is GRIB. The files are compressed using the UNIX "compress" command and "uncompress" must be used before decoding. This dataset is provided as is and was not quality controlled by UCAR/JOSS. Beginning 1 Jan 2002, the analysis grid has been changed to conform with the official NWS HRAP grid. File names have also been changed. See the readme provided with this dataset for details. 31 August 2020: Start and end dates/times on the files were updated. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 21.091 * doi:10.26023/BBA9-16DF-JN01 https://doi.org/10.26023/BBA9-16DF-JN01 Versions 1.0 Citation Du, J. 2008. NCEP/EMC U.S. Gridded Gage Only Daily Precipitation (4 km) 2002-Oct 2006. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/BBA9-16DF-JN01 Accessed 19 Apr 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). 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 * Operational: Operational Datasets https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/Operational * BAMEX: Bow Echo and Mesoscale Convective Vortex Experiment 2003 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/BAMEX * IHOP_2002: International H2O Project 2002 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/IHOP_2002 * GCIP/EOP: GCIP Enhanced Observing Period https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project?GCIP%2FEOP * NAME: North American Monsoon Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/NAME * T-REX: Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/T-REX * SAS: The Southeast Atmosphere Study https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/SAS * CuPIDO: Cumulus Photogrammetric, In-Situ and Doppler Observations https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/CuPIDO * LPB: La Plata River Basin https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/LPB Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: daily * Language: English Categories * Precipitation * Radar * Surface Platforms * Weather Stations Instruments * Rain Gauges GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT > 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION AMOUNT Documentation * katz_stage4_readme.txt [13 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/417F45C3/katz_stage4_readme.txt Related links * companion: 21.081: NCEP/EMC Ancillary Catalog of Available GCIP Precipitation Data 2002- https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/21.081 * companion: 21.009: NCEP/EMC U.S. Precipitation Ancillary Station List https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/21.009 * superceded_by: 21.095: NCEP/EMC 1/8deg gridded data (GRIB) Gage-Only 24h accum RFC Oct 2006-> https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/21.095 * superceded_by: 21.006: GCIP/EOP Surface: Precipitation NCEP/EMC 4 KM Gridded Dataset (GRIB) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/21.006 * info: Hourly Precipitation Analysis at NCEP/EMC http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/SREF/pcpanl/ Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2002-01-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2006-10-03 12:00:00 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 49.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 25.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -125.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -67.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: Jun Du https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2568 Additional contact information * author: Jun Du https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2568 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/21.091?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/21.091?format=isotc211