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  ds505.0 Detailed Metadata

Overview
Dataset Citation:
U.S. National Climatic Data Center, and U.S. National Weather Service, updated monthly: NCDC TD3240 U.S. Cooperative Hourly Precipitation, continuing from 1948. Dataset ds505.0 published by the CISL Data Support Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, available online at http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds505.0/.
Types of data:
  • Platform Observations
 Data formats:
  • NCDC TD3240
Data contributors:
  • DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • DOC/NOAA/NWS > National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Total volume:  3.090 Gbytes

Summary for Platform Observations in NCDC TD3240 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)
Land StationSurface
  • Daily precipitation amount (inches)
  • Hourly precipitation amount (inches)
  • 1 to 14 per day
  • 1 to 6 per week
  • 1 to 4 per month
  • 1 to 10 per year
1900-01-01 to 2009-06-01 

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