Lake Victoria Region METAR Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/572.001 Summary This data set includes the METAR surface meteorological observations from stations in the Lake Victoria region of Africa. The data are in the METAR ASCII format. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 572.001 Citation Example citation following ESIP guidelines (http://bit.ly/data_citation): UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2019. Lake Victoria Region METAR Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/572.001 Accessed 28 Feb 2021. If you plan to cite this dataset in a publication, please email us at: eol-datahelp@ucar.edu We may be able to provide an updated citation that includes a DOI. 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 * HIGHWAY: High Impact Weather Lake System https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/HIGHWAY Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: hourly * Progress: onGoing * Language: English ISO Topic Categories * climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere Categories * Mesonet * Surface Platforms * Weather Stations Instruments * Automated Weather System GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD BASE HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORIES > WEATHER/CLIMATE ADVISORIES > PRESENT WEATHER * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2019-04-11 00:00:00 * End datetime: 9999-12-31 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 1.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: -4.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: 30.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 35.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/572.001?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/572.001?format=isotc211