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GCIP/EAOP-98: LMRFC WSR-88D Stage III Hourly Precipitation Imagery

Summary

This data set contains data from the NOAA Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center (LMRFC). The LMRFC routinely ingests WSR-88D precipitation derived products (Level III) from each of the radar sites with coverage in the Lower Mississippi River Basin. In addition the LMRFC ingests real-time precipitation data from several hundred gages. The LMRFC 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 Lower Mississippi River Basin.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/2ZDJ-8FX4-6V0H
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (1999-09-22)
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Related projects	GCIP/EAOP-98: GCIP Large Scale Area-East EAOP-98
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	lmrfc_hourly.txt [3 KiB]
Related links	info: GCIP Data Plans and Reports homepage: GCIP EOL Homepage homepage: GCIP/EAOP-98 EOL Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1997-11-09 00:00:00
End datetime	1998-09-30 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 43.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 33.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -90.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -76.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

originator: NOAA Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center
author: NOAA Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center

Citation

NOAA Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center. 1999. GCIP/EAOP-98: LMRFC WSR-88D Stage III Hourly Precipitation Imagery. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/2ZDJ-8FX4-6V0H. Accessed 11 Feb 2026.

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