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

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

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

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

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Online_Linkage: http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds359.0/

Description:

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 wind components from 500m above ground level to 16.25km are recorded at every 250m increment. Several stations may have been moved or added. Problems of bird contamination are also reported. Flags are used to indicate the quality of data. Detailed description of NPN and recent data (of last 14 days) are available at FSL's NPN site [http://www.profiler.noaa.gov].

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Beginning_Date: 19920514

Ending_Date: 20060430

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Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > VERTICAL WIND MOTION

Theme_Keyword: WEATHER STATIONS

Theme_Keyword: ESIP > EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS PROGRAM

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

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Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: CHI-FAN SHIH

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research

Address: CISL/DSS

Address: P.O. Box 3000

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80307

Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303)-497-1833

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303)-497-1291

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: chifan@ucar.edu

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Contact_Organization: UCAR/NCAR/CISL/RDA > Research Data Archive, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Contact_Person: RDA HELP DESK

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research

Address: CISL/DSS

Address: P.O. Box 3000

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80307

Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303)-497-1231

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303)-497-1291

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dssweb@ucar.edu

Resource_Description: 359.0

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Format_Name: netCDF > NETwork Common Data Format

Transfer_Size: 12.623 Gbytes

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http://rda.ucar.edu/

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Metadata_Review_Date: 20130523

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Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: BOB DATTORE

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research

Address: CISL/DSS

Address: P.O. Box 3000

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80307

Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303)-497-1825

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303)-497-1291

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dattore@ucar.edu

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time