NCEP GDAS Satellite Data 2004-continuing

This dataset contains a subset of the level 1b or higher satellite data products used in the NCEP Global Data Assimilation System. These files can be used with the Weather Research Forecast (WRF) Data Assimilation (DA) system. However, they can be useful for a variety of applications, particularly where conventional data is scarce.

File sizes may vary due to operational changes.

To Access Resource:

Questions? Email Resource Support Contact:

  • Thomas Cram
    tcram@ucar.edu
    UCAR/NCAR - Research Data Archive

Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2004-04-17
    End:  2024-04-18

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2004-04-17
Temporal Range End 2024-04-18
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Related Resource #1 : NCEP BUFRLIB Software User Guide

Related Resource #2 : Listing of NCEP BUFR datatypes.

Related Resource #3 : NCEP model data archive (includes radiance data in the gdas.* directories)

Related Resource #4 : NCEI GDAS BUFR archive (select data order for 'GDAS Daily BUFR files')

Related Resource #5 : BUFR Table B - Classification and definition of NCEP observational data elements

Related Resource #6 : Python BUFR reader and converter to NetCDF
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format ASCII
WMO_BUFR (Binary)
Standardized Resource Format Binary
ASCII
Asset Size 23290306 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 Thomas Cram
Resource Support Email tcram@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 2009-05-19
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/DWYZ-Q852
Alternate Identifier ds735.0
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress onGoing
Metadata Date 2024-04-18T23:05:02-07:00
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.rda::ds735.0
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce. (2009). NCEP GDAS Satellite Data 2004-continuing. Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/DWYZ-Q852. Accessed 19 April 2024.

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