gov.noaa.ncdc:C00366 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unknown Climate Reference Network (CRN) (DSI-3286) tabular digital data http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/observations.htm http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/observations.htm http browser NCDC CRN Current Observations This page contains real-time weather observations as transmitted by CRN stations download 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 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 828-271-4010 828-271-4876 ncdc.metadata@noaa.gov 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata FGDC-STD-012-2002 http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/metadata/extensions/local_extensions.html NGDC Extensions to FGDC Metadata http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/csdgm_rs_ex/MetadataRemoteSensingExtens.pdf http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/csdgm_rs_ex/remote-sensing-metadata Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata, FGDC-STD-012-2002 http://www.eis.noaa.gov/fgdc/fgdcleg.html NOAA Supplemental Information in Description (NOAA legacy extension to FGDC) http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html ESRI Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov WMS_crn image