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Summary
This case contains data from the well-known "storm of the century",
which devastated the eastern third of the United States in mid-March
1993.

For more information, see:
http://data.eol.ucar.edu/codiac/projs?COMET_CASE_001

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 45.0

S: 20.0

E: -65.0

W: -90.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Title: COMET Case Study 001: The Storm of the Century Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO Dataset Publisher: UCAR/JOSS Online Resource: http://data.eol.ucar.edu/codiac/projs?COMET_CASE_001

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1993-03-11 Stop Date: 1993-03-14

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > STORMS ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ANTICYCLONES/CYCLONES ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > CONVECTION ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION RATE ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > RAIN ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > SLEET ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > SNOW SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > INFRARED WAVELENGTHS > INFRARED IMAGERY SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > RADAR IMAGERY SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > RADAR REFLECTIVITY SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS > VISIBLE IMAGERY

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Platform

ASOS > Automated Surface Observing System GOES-7 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 7 GROUND STATIONS GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS MODELS CESSNA 172 SKYHAWK

Instrument

DOPPLER RADAR NEXRAD > NEXt Generation RADar RADAR > Radio Detection and Ranging VAS > VISSR Atmospheric Sounder VISSR > Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer

Project

COMET > Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education, and Training

Ancillary Keywords

BLIZZARD MESO-ETA MODEL NCEP MODEL RADIAL VELOCITY STORM WSR-88D

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

UCAR/JOSS

Data Center

Cooperative Distributed Interactive Atmospheric Catalog System, Earth Observing Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Data Center URL: http://data.eol.ucar.edu/codiac/ Data Center Personnel Name: USER SERVICES/CODIAC Email: codiac at ucar.edu Contact Address: Codiac Data Archive University Corporation for Atmospheric Research P.O. Box 3000-FL4 City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80307-3000 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: online ftp Distribution Size: varies Distribution Format: varies Fees: None

Related URL

Link: GET DATA Description: Access all COMET Case 001 data sets. Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE Description: COMET Case 001 project description.

Publications/References
See:
http://www.comet.ucar.edu/resources/cases/c1_11mar93/refs.htm

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2001-02-14 Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-08-14

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