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  ds461.0 Detailed Metadata

Overview
Dataset Citation:
U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction, updated monthly: NCEP ADP Global Surface Observational Weather Data, October 1999 - continuing. Dataset ds461.0 published by the CISL Data Support Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, available online at http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds461.0/.
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
Projects that are supported by the data:
  • WRF > WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) Modelling
Total volume:  53.555 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)
Automated GaugeSurface
  • Tide gauge reports
  • 1 to 5 per hour
  • 1 to 20 per day
2000-10-03 to 2009-11-17 
CMAN StationSurface
  • CMAN station reports
  • 1 to 33 per hour
  • 1 to 20 per day
1999-09-30 to 2009-11-17 
Drifting BuoySurface
  • Drifting buoy reports
  • 1 to 3 per minute
  • 1 to 40 per hour
  • 1 to 20 per day
1999-09-30 to 2009-11-17
Land StationSurface
  • Synoptic restricted fixed land reports
  • Synoptic fixed land reports
  • Synoptic mobile land reports
  • Aviation (METAR) land reports
  • 1 to 3 per minute
  • 1 to 40 per hour
  • 1 to 20 per day
  • 4 per week
1999-09-30 to 2009-11-17 
Moored BuoySurface
  • Moored buoy reports
  • 1 to 24 per hour
  • 1 to 20 per day
1999-09-30 to 2009-11-17 
Roving ShipSurface
  • Ship reports
  • 3 per minute
  • 1 to 30 per hour
  • 1 to 20 per day
1999-09-30 to 2009-11-17

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