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

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.

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  • Begin:  2009-10-28T00:00:00Z
    End:  2025-07-30T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2009-10-28T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2025-07-30T23:59:59Z
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Bounding Box North Lat 90.00000
Bounding Box South Lat -90.00000
Bounding Box West Long -180.00000
Bounding Box East Long 180.00000
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51.001 : is a companion to dataset 100.016
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Resource Format TAR: Unix Tape ARchive (TAR) Format File (application/x-tar)
Standardized Resource Format Archive
Asset Size 298131 MB
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Author NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)
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Publication Date 2011-09-15T03:00:05
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/5FSS-TF0N-V906
Alternate Identifier 100.016
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-08-01T18:01:48Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::100.016
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL). (2011). Aircraft Meteorological Data Reports (AMDAR) and Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) Data. 1.0. https://doi.org/10.26023/5FSS-TF0N-V906. Accessed 26 August 2025.

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