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KOFSE: NMC surface observation data

Summary

This dataset contains the National Meteorological Center's surface station data for the Persian Gulf Region derived from the NMC realtime decode. This dataset contains 86 data files and additional Fortran source code to read these files. Please see the included document "format.on124" for more information.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/ARWZ-PTHK-KS13
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2018-11-05)
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Related projects	KOFSE: Kuwait Oil-Fire Smoke Experiment
Language	English
Categories	Surface
Platforms	Weather Stations
Instruments	Automated Weather System
GCMD Science Keywords	AIR TEMPERATURE CLOUD BASE HEIGHT CLOUD FRACTION DEW POINT TEMPERATURE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION AMOUNT PRESENT WEATHER PRESSURE TENDENCY SEA LEVEL PRESSURE VISIBILITY WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Show 9 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	adpsfc.f [13 KiB] format.add [3 KiB] format.on124 [21 KiB] nmc_sfc.c [14 KiB] other [1011 KiB] README [2 KiB] sfccmake [1 KiB] sfcfmake [1 KiB] sfchelp [37 KiB] sfcread.F [21 KiB] sfcstn.list [5 KiB] station.list [5 KiB]

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1991-01-01 00:00:00
End datetime	1991-12-31 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 34.25, Minimum (South) Latitude: 20.18
Minimum (West) Longitude: 38.12, Maximum (East) Longitude: 59.29

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: National Meteorological Center

Citation

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National Meteorological Center. 2018. KOFSE: NMC surface observation data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/ARWZ-PTHK-KS13. Accessed 04 Oct 2023.

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