Identification

Title

Aircraft Meteorological Data Reports (AMDAR) and Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) Data

Alternative title(s)

100.016

Abstract

AMDAR is the generally-accepted worldwide term for automated weather reports from commercial aircraft. The contribution of the United States to AMDAR is called MDCRS. MDCRS is funded jointly by the U.S. government and the seven participating airlines (American, Delta, Federal Express, Northwest, Southwest, United, and United Parcel Service). These U.S. data are also sometimes called ACARS.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/100.016

protocol: https

name: Aircraft Meteorological Data Reports (AMDAR) and Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) Data homepage

description: Dataset homepage

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=100.016

protocol: https

name: Aircraft Meteorological Data Reports (AMDAR) and Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) Data Data Order Form

description: Dataset order request form. Data files are made available via HTTPS.

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

100.016

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Resource Type

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

Aircraft

Keyword set

keyword value

Upper Air

Aircraft

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND DYNAMICS > TURBULENCE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-180.00000

East bounding longitude

180.00000

North bounding latitude

90.00000

South bounding latitude

-90.00000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

End position

2025-07-30T23:59:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011-09-15T03:00:05Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

none

Limitations on public access

none

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-08-01T18:01:48Z

Metadata language

eng; USA