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NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) Observations, 1992May-continuing

Entry ID: NCAR_DS359.0

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Summary

Abstract: The NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) has 35 unmanned Doppler Radar sites in 18 central US states and Alaska. They provide hourly vertical profiles of wind data. The hourly netCDF files disseminated from Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL) of NOAA starting from May 1992 are archived in this dataset. It continues to be updated monthly. U and V ...

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS > Data Support Section, Scientific Computing Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Dataset Title: NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) Observations, 1992May-continuing

Dataset Publisher: UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS > Data Support Section, Scientific Computing Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Online Resource: http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds359.0/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1992-05-14

Stop Date: 2006-04-30

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > VERTICAL WIND MOTION

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

WEATHER STATIONS

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

Data Support Section, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Data Center URL: http://rda.ucar.edu/
Dataset ID: 359.0

Data Center Personnel
Name: RDA HELP DESK Phone: (303)-497-1231 Fax: (303)-497-1291 Email: dssweb at ucar.edu Contact Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research CISL/DSS P.O. Box 3000 City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80307 Country: U.S.A.