Lake Victoria Region SYNOP Data (SYNOP BUFR Format)
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/572.003

Summary
This data set includes the SYNOP surface meteorological observations from
stations in the Lake Victoria region of Africa. SYNOP messages are typically
sent every six hours. The data are in the SYNOP BUFR format.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 572.003
 * doi:10.26023/GCQS-WGE2-EG0Z
   https://doi.org/10.26023/GCQS-WGE2-EG0Z

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2019. HIGHWAY: Lake Victoria Region
 SYNOP Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.26023/GCQS-WGE2-EG0Z Accessed 19 Apr 2024.

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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: 6 hourly
 * Progress: onGoing
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Mesonet
 * Surface

Platforms
 * Weather Stations

Instruments
 * Automated Weather System

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT > 3 AND 6 HOUR PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORIES > WEATHER/CLIMATE ADVISORIES > PRESENT WEATHER
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD BASE HEIGHT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > PRESSURE TENDENCY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED

Related links
 * info: HIGHWAY Missions
   https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/highway/tools/missions
 * homepage: HIGHWAY Home Page
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/highway

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 1750-01-01 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 <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

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

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/572.003?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/572.003?format=isotc211