gov.noaa.ncdc:C00374 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unknown model http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov http://www.ncep.noaa.gov/NCO/DMQAB/Decoders/BUFRLIB/ http This data set comes from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) of the US National Weather Service (NWS). It is one of several sets of model data from NCEP that are archived at NCDC. The files come from NCEP FNL (final) model runs for 00Z, 06Z, 12Z and 18Z, via the Global Telecommunications System (GTS), and contain all of the quality controlled data that is input to the analysis for the model run. Data are in Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data (BUFR) format, a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) approved format. BUFR is a binary code desiged to represent any meteorological data. The final file (this data set) is a monolithic BUFR file known as PREPBUFR. All data types used by the model are present, including upper air, marine surface, aircraft reports (ACARS, AIRCAR), land surface, etc. Major parameters include location of data and particulars about the instruments; wind and turbulence information; temperature information including dry bulb, wet bulb, dew point, soil, etc.; hygrographic and hydrological information including precipitation, snow and snow depth, river stage, relative humidity, and others; radiation and radiance; ozone and air mass; synoptic features; present weather; oceanographic data including wave and swell and others; dispersal and transport; and radiological elements. To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public. data set C00374 AEROVANES ANEMOMETERS AWS > AUTOMATED WEATHER SYSTEM DRY BULB THERMOMETERS HUMIDITY SENSORS HYGROMETERS OZONE SENSOR PYRHELIOMETERS RAIN GAUGES SNOW MEASURING ROD SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE STREAM GAUGES TEMPERATURE SENSORS THERMOMETERS TIDE GAUGES VISUAL OBSERVATIONS WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES WET BULB THERMOMETERS WIND VANES ARWS > Automatic Remote Weather Station BUOYS SHIPS National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce http://www.ncep.noaa.gov/NCO/DMQAB/Decoders/BUFRLIB/ 19990716 Present Ground Condition In work As Needed -180.0 180.0 90.0 -90.0 ISO 19115 Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 004 farming 001 elevation 006 inlandWaters 012 oceans 014 DIF Discipline Keyword Thesaurus Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Meteorology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Climatology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Weather Earth Sciences > Ocean> Oceanography GCMD Sciences Keyword Valids EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE EARTH SCIENCE > HYDROSPHERE > GROUND WATER EARTH SCIENCE > HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE EARTH SCIENCE > HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER EARTH SCIENCE > HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > WATER QUALITY GCMD Location Valids GLOBAL GCMD Location Valids STRATOSPHERE TROPOSPHERE LAND SURFACE SEA SURFACE Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS AUTOMATED WEATHER SYSTEM AWS Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS HYGROMETERS Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS DRY BULB THERMOMETERS Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS HUMIDITY SENSORS Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS OZONE SENSOR Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS PYRHELIOMETERS Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS RAIN GAUGES Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS SNOW MEASURING ROD Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS THERMOMETERS Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS TIDE GAUGES Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS TEMPERATURE SENSORS Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS WET BULB THERMOMETERS Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS STREAM GAUGES SHIPS TEMPERATURE SENSORS SHIPS WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES SHIPS WIND VANES SHIPS ANEMOMETERS SHIPS AEROVANES BUOYS TEMPERATURE SENSORS BUOYS WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES BUOYS WIND VANES BUOYS ANEMOMETERS BUOYS AEROVANES 1 None None Not provided Unknown Completeness information not available. Unknown Unknown Information about the BUFR format, and a decoder for it, can be found at http://www.ncep.noaa.gov/NCO/DMQAB/Decoders/BUFRLIB/ None National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Service Mailing and physical

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