NCEP ADP Operational Global Surface Observations, February 1975 - February 2007

These NCEP ADP operational global synoptic surface data reports were collected from the GTS during time slots centered on the 6-hourly analysis times of their global and regional models. Two types of data were collected and the reports usually include pressure, temperature, dew point depression, wind direction and speed. NCEP also decoded the precipitation data, but only for the U.S. and Canada.

The two types are: 1) data from land stations, including SYNOP, METAR, and beginning in the mid 1990s, AWOS and ASOS reports, and 2) data from moving ship, fixed ship, MARS (moving and fixed), and buoys (moored and drifting).

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  • Doug Schuster
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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1975-02-10
    End:  2007-02-28

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1975-02-10
Temporal Range End 2007-02-28
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 90
Bounding Box South Lat -90
Bounding Box West Long -179.99
Bounding Box East Long 180
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Related Resource #1 : WMO Global Telecommunication System

Related Resource #2 : Description of Data Processing at NCEP

Related Resource #3 : Tool to convert ON29 to Little_R format
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format NCEP_ON124
Standardized Resource Format N/A
Asset Size 163147 MB
Legal Constraints

Use of this dataset is subject to UCAR's Terms of Use, except that commercial use is generally not prohibited.
Access Constraints Registration on the RDA web site is a requirement for access to the data.
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name Doug Schuster
Resource Support Email schuster@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization UCAR/NCAR - Research Data Archive
Distributor NCAR Research Data Archive
Metadata Contact Name N/A
Metadata Contact Email rdahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NCAR Research Data Archive

Author National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Publisher Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory
Publication Date 1980-03-21
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/E6NW-HY91
Alternate Identifier ds464.0
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2022-06-19T16:05:02-07:00
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.rda::ds464.0
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce. (1980). NCEP ADP Operational Global Surface Observations, February 1975 - February 2007. Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/E6NW-HY91. Accessed 29 May 2023.

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