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  ds351.0 Detailed Metadata

Overview
Dataset Citation:
U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction, and U.S. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration [Satellite Services Division], updated monthly: NCEP ADP Global Upper Air Observational Weather Data, October 1999 - continuing. Dataset ds351.0 published by the CISL Data Support Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, available online at http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds351.0/.
Types of data:
  • Platform Observations
 Data formats:
Data contributors:
  • DOC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP > National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD/SSD > Satellite Services Division, Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Programs/Experiments that collected the data:
  • GTS > Global Telecommunications System
Projects that are supported by the data:
  • WRF > WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) Modelling
Total volume:  100.494 Gbytes

Summary for Platform Observations in WMO BUFR Format
Observing PlatformObservation Type
  • Data Types
Average Frequency of Data
(varies by individual platform ID and data type)		Temporal/Geographical Coverage
(each dot represents a 3° box containing one or more observations)
AircraftUpper Air
  • Dropwinsonde
  • Manual AIREP format aircraft data
  • Manual PIREP format aircraft data
  • Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data
  • Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC)
  • Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data
  • European ASDAR/ACARS Data Acquisition System (E-ADAS) aircraft data
  • Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC via AFWA)
  • Automated TAMDAR aircraft data (from NOAA/ERSL/GSD MADIS)
  • Automated Canadian ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data
  • Automated TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data
  • Automated TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data
  • 1 to 20 per minute
  • 1 to 51 per hour
  • 1 to 20 per day
1999-09-30 to 2009-11-15
Land StationUpper Air
  • Rawinsonde - fixed land
  • Rawinsonde - mobile land
  • Pibal
  • 1 to 3 per minute
  • 1 to 40 per hour
  • 1 to 20 per day
  • 1 to 6 per week
  • 1 to 1429386 per month
  • 1 to 10 per year
1999-09-30 to 2009-11-15 
Roving ShipUpper Air
  • Rawinsonde - ship
  • 1 to 20 per hour
  • 2 to 20 per day
  • 59 to 16854 per month
1999-09-30 to 2009-11-15
SatelliteUpper Air
  • GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion - high density (from NESDIS server, originally in OPARCH format)
  • GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in OPARCH format)
  • GOES/UW-CIMSS visible derived cloud motion
  • GOES/NESDIS picture triplet derived cloud motion (from NESDIS server, originally in modified OPARCH format)
  • GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion
  • GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cloud motion
  • GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion
  • GOES/NESDIS picture triplet derived cloud motion
  • INSAT/KALPANA/India infrared derived cloud motion
  • WMO_BUFR:7-3:005.022
  • INSAT/KALPANA/India water vapor derived cloud motion
  • GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion - low density
  • GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion - low density
  • GMS/MTSAT.JMA water vapor imager derived cloud motion - low density
  • GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion
  • GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion
  • GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imager derived cloud motion
  • METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion - low density, time frequency
  • METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion - low density, time frequency
  • METEOSAT/EUMETSAT water vapor imager derived cloud motion - low density, time frequency
  • METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion
  • METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion
  • METEOSAT/EUMETSAT water vapor imager derived cloud motion
  • AQUA/TERRA MODIS infrared derived cloud motion
  • AQUA/TERRA MODIS water vapor imager derived cloud motion
  • 1 to 8 per second
  • 1 to 51 per minute
  • 1 to 51 per hour
  • 1 to 20 per day
  • 1 to 6 per week
  • 1 to 515356256 per month
  • 1 to 10 per year
1999-09-30 to 2009-11-15
Wind ProfilerUpper Air
  • Rawinsonde - mobile land
  • 1 to 2 per hour
  • 2 to 20 per day
1999-09-30 to 2001-05-14 

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