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| Notification of New Data Stream |
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This is your notification of a new data stream that we will be distributing
from the XDC to the Archive.
The following information should fully describe the new data stream. If you
have any questions about this, please send them to the sender of this message.
Sending to:
_x_ Archive (raw and cdf data)
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No. Data Stream Frequency File Size(bytes)
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1. nsa06snwsupabrwX1.00 1/month ~9,000,000
2. nsa06snwsupafaiX1.00 1/month ~9,000,000
3. sgpnwsupaX1.00 1/month ~4,103,688
4. sgp06snwsupaX1.00 1/day ~2,164,814
5. sgp06snwsupaabqX1.00 1/month ~8,000,000
6. sgp06snwsupaddcX1.00 1/month ~8,000,000
7. sgp06snwsupaounX1.00 1/month ~8,000,000
8. sgp06snwsupatopX1.00 1/month ~8,000,000
9. twp06snwsupagumX1.00 1/month ~7,000,000
10. twp06snwsupahtoX1.00 1/month ~7,000,000
11. twp06snwsupamkjX1.00 1/month ~7,000,000
12. twp06snwsupastuX1.00 1/month ~7,000,000
13. twp06snwsupatkkX1.00 1/month ~7,000,000
14. twp06snwsupatpnX1.00 1/month ~7,000,000
15. twp06snwsupatroX1.00 1/month ~7,000,000
16. twp06snwsupatyaX1.00 1/month ~7,000,000
17. twp06snwsupawakX1.00 1/month ~7,000,000
18. twp06snwsupahliX1.00 1/month ~7,000,000
19. twpwmoupaX1.00 1/month ~7,000,000
20. nsa06snwsbrwX1.b1 2/day ~100,960
21. sgp06snwsupaddcX1.b1 2/day ~100,960
22. sgp06snwsupaounX1.b1 2/day ~100,960
23. sgp06snwsupatopX1.b1 2/day ~100,960
24. sgp01snwsupaounX1.00 1/month ~51,387,392
25. sgp01snwsupaounX1.b1 2/day ~560,736
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Data Stream Name(s) and Comments:
No.1: nsa06snwsupabrwX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.asc.tar
6 seconds NWS soundings data covering Barrow, Alaska. The tar file
contains 6 seconds data in format of
nsa06snwsupabrwX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.asc
No.2: nsa06snwsupafaiX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.asc.tar
6 seconds NWS soundings data covering Fairbanks, Alaska. The tar file
contains 6 seconds data in format of
nsa06snwsupabrwX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.asc
NO DATA since 20001231 because data collection discontinued
No.3: sgpnwsupaX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.ebufr
NWS soundings data covering the entire Continental United States.
The data is in the format of ebufr.
No.4: sgp06snwsupaX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.asc
6 seconds NWS soundings data covering 12 NWS sounding stations in
the VORTEX domain (lat 31N : 40N lon 91W: 107W).
The data is in the format of ASCII.
No.5: sgp06snwsupaabqX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.asc.tar
6 seconds NWS soundings data covering Albuquerque, NM. The tar file
contains 6 seconds data in format of
sgp06snwsupaabqX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.asc
No.6: sgp06snwsupaddcX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.asc.tar
6 seconds NWS soundings data covering Dodge City, Kansas. The tar file
contains 6 seconds data in format of
sgp06snwsupaddcX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.asc
No.7: sgp06snwsupaounX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.asc.tar
6 seconds NWS soundings data covering Oklahoma City, OK. The tar file
contains 6 seconds data in format of
sgp06snwsupaounX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.asc
No.8: sgp06snwsupatopX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.asc.tar
6 seconds NWS soundings data covering Topeka, Kansas. The tar file
contains 6 seconds data in format of
sgp06snwsupatopX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.asc
No.9: twp06snwsupagumX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.asc.tar
6 seconds NWS soundings data covering Guam, Marianna Is.. The tar file
contains 6 seconds data in format of
twp06snwsupagumX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.asc
No.10: twp06snwsupahtoX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.asc.tar
6 seconds NWS soundings data covering Hilo, HI. The tar file
contains 6 seconds data in format of
twp06snwsupahtoX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.asc
No.11: twp06snwsupamkjX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.asc.tar
6 seconds NWS soundings data covering Majuro, Marshall Is.. The tar file
contains 6 seconds data in format of
twp06snwsupamkjX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.asc
No.12: twp06snwsupastuX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.asc.tar
6 seconds NWS soundings data covering Pago Pago, Am Samoa. The tar file
contains 6 seconds data in format of
twp06snwsupastuX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.asc
No.13: twp06snwsupatkkX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.asc.tar
6 seconds NWS soundings data covering Moen Is, Micro. The tar file
contains 6 seconds data in format of
twp06snwsupatkkX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.asc
No.14: twp06snwsupatpnX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.asc.tar
6 seconds NWS soundings data covering Ponape, EC. The tar file
contains 6 seconds data in format of
twp06snwsupatpnX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.asc
No.15: twp06snwsupatroX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.asc.tar
6 seconds NWS soundings data covering Koror, Palau Is, Micro.
The tar file contains 6 seconds data in format of
twp06snwsupatroX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.asc
No.16: twp06snwsupatyaX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.asc.tar
6 seconds NWS soundings data covering Yap, WCI. The tar file
contains 6 seconds data in format of
twp06snwsupatyaX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.asc
No.17: twp06snwsupawakX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.asc.tar
6 seconds NWS soundings data covering Wake Island. The tar file
contains 6 seconds data in format of
twp06snwsupawakX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.asc
No.18: twp06snwsupahliX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.asc.tar
6 seconds NWS soundings data covering Lihue, HI. The tar file
contains 6 seconds data in format of
twp06snwsupahliX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.asc
No.19: twpwmoupaX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.asc
6 seconds NWS soundings data covering 32 stations world wide.
The data is in format of ASCII.
No.20: nsa06snwsupabrwX1.b1.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.cdf
6 seconds NWS soundings data in netcdf format covering Barrow, Alaska.
No.21: sgp06snwsupaddcX1.b1.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.asc.tar
6 seconds NWS soundings data in netcdf format covering Dodge City, Kansas. The tar file
No.22: sgp06snwsupaounX1.b1.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.asc.tar
6 seconds NWS soundings data in netcdf format covering Oklahoma City, OK. The tar file
No.23: sgp06snwsupatopX1.b1.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.asc.tar
6 seconds NWS soundings data in netcdf format covering Topeka, Kansas. The tar file
No.24: sgp01snwsupaounX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw.asc.tar
1 seconds NWS soundings data covering Oklahoma City, OK. The tar file
contains 1 seconds data in format of
sgp01snwsupaounX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.asc
No.25: sgp01snwsupaounX1.b1.yyyymmdd.000000.cdf
1 seconds NWS soundings data in netcdf format covering Oklahoma City, OK. The tar file
Source Instrument(s):
External Date Source: National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
Instrument Mentor(s):
Transfer Schedule:
The data are sent to the Archive when they become available. Four ingest datastreams
( nsa06snwsupabrwX1.b1, sgp06snwsupaddcX1.b1, sgp06snwsupaounX1.b1, sgp06snwsupatopX1.b1)
covering from 1996-2003 will be sent to the Archive starting 04/21/2005.
NCAR began to change the high resolution sounding of NWS Upper Air Measurements data from 6 second to one second for Oklahoma City, OK starting 20061113. XDC will send new sgp01snwsupaounX1.00 and sgp01snwsupaounX1.b1 data on 09/26/2007.
Additional Notes:
Please see http://www.arm.gov/docs/xds/static/nwsupa.html, BCR-01020 and ECR - 00457 for the details.