NCEP/EMC U.S. Stage IV imagery

This dataset contains the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) GIF Imagery including Hourly Stage II GIF, Daily Stage II GIF, Daily RFC GIF, 6-Hourly Stage IV GIF, and Daily Stage IV GIF. Depending on the time period selected, all GIF types may or may not be available. Please see the GCIP/EOP: Surface NCEP Ancillary Catalogue of Available GCIP Precipitation Data (NCEP/EMC). This dataset is provided as is and was not quality controlled by UCAR/JOSS. Beginning 1 Jan 2002, the analysis grid has been changed to conform with the official NWS HRAP grid. File names have also been changed. See the readme provided with this dataset for details. As of April 2017 this data includes Alaska and Puerto Rico stations.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2001-12-31T12:00:01Z
    End:  2025-08-31T23:00:00Z

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2001-12-31T12:00:01Z
Temporal Range End 2025-08-31T23:00:00Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 71.41300
Bounding Box South Lat 17.85300
Bounding Box West Long -176.83600
Bounding Box East Long -65.54400
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : katz_missing_data.txt

Documentation #2 : katz_stage4_readme.txt
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format GIF: Graphics Interchange Format (image/gif)
Standardized Resource Format Image
Asset Size 4075 MB
Legal Constraints

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Access Constraints none
Software Implementation Language N/A

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Resource Support Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
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Metadata Contact Name EOL Data Support
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Author Jun Du
Publisher N/A
Publication Date 2011-08-11T16:05:44
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/V0KW-KG0V-9J0W
Alternate Identifier 21.087
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-07T21:46:52Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::21.087
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Jun Du. (2011). NCEP/EMC U.S. Stage IV imagery. 1.0. https://doi.org/10.26023/V0KW-KG0V-9J0W. Accessed 04 November 2025.

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