gov.noaa.ncdc:C00366 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unknown tabular digital data http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/ http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/ http Climate Reference Network (CRN) is digital data set DSI-3286, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This data set contains hourly observations, made by an automated instrument package, of US surface meteorological data at stations that are specifically included for their representation of the climate of the United States of America. Observations are made by an automated instrument package, transmitted to a GOES satellite which in turn transmits the data to Wallops Island, VA. NCDC retrieves the data from Wallops Island using Local Readout Ground Station (LRGS) software. Wallops Island also sends the CRN data to the National Weather Service Telecommunications Gateway (NWSTG), which posts the data on the NWS Gateway. Each CRN station will measure temperature and precipitation. In addition, wind speed at thermometer height and solar radiation will be measured to establish rigorous transfer functions relating the CRN measurements to historical temperature data recorded at nearby stations in other networks that have long-term records. Soil moisture and soil temperature will be measured using sensors provided by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public. data set C00366 AEROVANES ANEMOMETERS AWS > AUTOMATED WEATHER SYSTEM BAROMETERS FAN-ASPIRATED RADIATION SHIELD PYRANOMETERS RAIN GAUGES SOIL MOISTURE PROBE SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE TEMPERATURE SENSORS WIND VANES ARWS > Automatic Remote Weather Station National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/ http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/hourly http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/hourly 20011001 Present Ground Condition In work As Needed -170.0 -65.0 72.0 15.0 ISO 19115 Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 004 DIF Discipline Keyword Thesaurus Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Meteorology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Climatology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Weather Earth Sciences > Land > Hydrology GCMD Sciences Keyword Valids EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SOLAR RADIATION GCMD Location Valids POLAR MID-LATITUDE NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAWAIIAN ISLANDS GCMD Location Valids LAND SURFACE Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS AUTOMATED WEATHER SYSTEM AWS Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS ANEMOMETERS Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS BAROMETERS Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS PYRANOMETERS Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS FAN-ASPIRATED RADIATION SHIELD Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS RAIN GAUGES Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS TEMPERATURE SENSORS Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS SOIL MOISTURE PROBE Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS WIND VANES Automatic Remote Weather Station ARWS AEROVANES 5 None None National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Services Branch Mailing and physical

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Asheville North Carolina 28801-5001 USA 828-271-4800 828-271-4876 NCDC.Orders@noaa.gov DSI-3286 Every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of current NOAA quality control procedures. NOAA can only certify that the data provided to its customers is an authentic copy of the records which were accepted for inclusion in NOAA archives. NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. ArcIMS http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/website/ims-crn/ http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/hourly http Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS) http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/wmsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap?version=1.0.0&service=WMS&request=getcapabilities&ServiceName=WMS_crn http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/hourly http browser CRN hourly observations page Access to CRN hourly station observations information Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service (WFS) http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/wfsconnector/com.esri.wfs.Esrimap/WFS_crn?request=getcapabilities&service=WFS&version=1.0.0 http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/hourly http Pricing is dependent on customer order specifications. Please contact NCDC for information on fees and terms for retreiving the Data Set or Product. 20071023 20060627 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Service Mailing and physical

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