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BAMEX: GTS Surface Hourly Observations

Summary

The GTS Surface Hourly Observation Data is one of several surface data sets collected by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Joint Office for Science Support (UCAR/JOSS) as part of the BAMEX project. Included in the data set are the global hourly (and special) surface observations. These data are contained in daily files which are in GEMPAK format. It may not contain data which was removed from the US GTS feed. The data cover the period from 20 May to 07 July 2003. The data were acquired via the UNIDATA Local Data Manager (LDM).

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/NSJM-A0WH-9G04
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2008-10-07)
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Related projects	BAMEX: Bow Echo and Mesoscale Convective Vortex Experiment 2003
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	hourly
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	mesonet_GEMPAKsao.htm [1 KiB]
Related links	info: BAMEX Data Policy info: BAMEX Missions homepage: BAMEX Project Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2003-05-20 00:00:00
End datetime	2003-07-07 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 48.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 30.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -104.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -80.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: NOAA National Weather Service

Citation

NOAA National Weather Service. 2008. BAMEX: GTS Surface Hourly Observations. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/NSJM-A0WH-9G04. Accessed 08 Feb 2026.

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