Hourly and Special METAR Surface Observation Data Set
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/35.002

Summary
This data set consists of the hourly and special METAR surface observations
from 39 sites within the UMRBPP region. The data were retrieved from the
Pennsylvania State University for the UMRBPP period (5 April to 5 May 1999.
The data are in METAR format. Please see the README file for more information.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 35.002
 * doi:10.26023/SX0X-4C05-ST0S
   https://doi.org/10.26023/SX0X-4C05-ST0S

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 Pennsylvania State University (PSU), Pennsylvania State University (PSU).
 1999. Hourly and Special METAR Surface Observation Data Set. Version 1.0.
 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.26023/SX0X-4C05-ST0S Accessed 25 Apr 2024.

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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
 * UMRBPP: Upper Missouri River Basin Pilot Project
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/UMRBPP
 * GCIP/LSA-NW 99: GCIP Large Scale Area-North West EAOP-99
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project?GCIP%2FLSA-NW+99

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: point
 * Frequency: criteria
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Surface

Platforms
 * Weather Stations

Instruments
 * Automated Weather System

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

Documentation
 * metar.txt [5 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/36272C2/metar.txt

Related links
 * homepage: GCIP EOL Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/gcip
 * homepage: UMRBPP EOL Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/umrbpp
 * homepage: GCIP/LSA-NW 99 EOL Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/gciplsa-nw-99
 * info: GCIP Data Plans and Reports
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/gcip-data-plans-and-reports

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 1999-04-01 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 1999-05-05 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 49.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 38.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -112.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -95.00

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

Additional contact information
 * originator: Pennsylvania State University (PSU)
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/529
 * author: Pennsylvania State University (PSU)
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/529

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/35.002?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/35.002?format=isotc211