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NCEP ADP Eta subset Surface Observations, daily Apr 1998 - Dec 2003
Entry ID:
NCAR_DS464.6
Summary
Abstract:
The National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) decodes, on an operational basis, upper air data from the Global Telecommunications System (GTS) and applies some quality controls. See Observational Data Processing at NCEP. This dataset has the data which NCEP puts in their BUFR format. Software which extracts data from the BUFR file, and places it in a basic text file can be found in BUFRdecode_ADPsfc.tar. This is a synoptically sorted dataset. more...
When stations fail to report over the GTS, or there are other data problems, we can not repair the information. [Summary Extracted from the NCAR/DSS Home Page]
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator:
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
Dataset Title:
NCEP ADP Eta subset Surface Observations, daily Apr 1998 - Dec 2003
Dataset Publisher:
NCAR Data Support Section
Online Resource:
http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds464.6/
Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1998-04-01
Stop Date:
2003-12-31
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Data Resolution
Temporal Resolution:
Daily
ISO Topic Category
Platform
Instrument
Quality
WARNING: From sometime in Feb 2001 until sometime in Jul 2002, NCEP's GTS
decoder generated wind speeds which are about twice as much as they should be. This was due to the false assumption that the speeds came from the GTS in mps when they were actually knots. This applies to all reports except from the U.S., Russia and China. See the document ... 
Access Constraints
Public domain. We may distribute this data, but we do so
without providing access software, and with limited or no format documentation. Cost: The complete dataset is not free. It is only available from the NCAR MSS. Only users with NCAR computing accounts may download it without charge from DSS. For all others, DSS standard pricing applies. See this ordering information. If the user will accept unfiltered copies of whole files delivered by FTP or written to tapes, the user will qualify for a substantially reduced rate, aka "direct copy rate". http://dss.ucar.edu/services/order/index.html Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
Distribution
Distribution Media:
Online (HTTP)
Distribution Size:
13.2MB/day 1999 may 19
Distribution Format:
BUFR, Observ. Data Processing NCEP (BUFR), ECMWF IFS Observ. processing, Chapt 2
Fees:
Fees Apply - Contact Data Specialist
Personnel
Role:
TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone:
(303)-497-1231
Fax:
(303)-497-1291
Email:
dssweb at ucar.edu
Contact Address:
National Center for Atmospheric Research
CISL/DSS
P.O. Box 3000
City:
Boulder
Province or State:
CO
Postal Code:
80307
Country:
U.S.A.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2004-06-03
Last DIF Revision Date:
2010-08-30
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