Metadata Identifier: gov.noaa.ncei:Metar

Aggregation Info | Bands | Citations | Constraints | Coverage Descriptions | Dimensions | Extents | Formats | Geographic Bounding Box
Georectified Information | Georeferenceable Information | Identifiers | Instruments | Mediums | OnlineResources | Operations
Platforms | Process Steps | Range Elements | Reference Systems | Responsible Parties | Series | Sources | Spatial Grids | Temporal Extents

MD_DataIdentification

Count Component Title Abstract
1 Land Surface Weather Observations METAR is the international standard code format for hourly surface weather observations. The acronym roughly translates from French as Aviation Routine Weather Report. Because METAR data is collected for aviation purposes, observation stations are located at airports and helipads. This dataset shows locations of the stations with the URL attribute that allows linkage to the most recent observations.
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SV_Identification

none found
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CI_Citation

Count Component Title Date Citation Identifier
1 Clarke 1866
    1995-06-02
1 Land Surface Weather Observations

1 Metar
    1 Metar Station Information

    2 None
      1 North American Datum 1927
        2009-11-24
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      CI_Series

      none found
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      CI_ResponsibleParty

      Count Component Individual Organization Position Email Role Linkage
      2 resourceProvider http://www.epsg-registry.org/export.htm?gml=urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4267
      2 DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce ncei.info@noaa.gov pointOfContact
      1 DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce originator
      1 DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce ncei.info@noaa.gov distributor
      1 DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce ncei.info@noaa.gov processor
      1 DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce ncei.info@noaa.gov custodian
      2 EPSG Registry European Petroleum Survey Group publisher https://epsg.org/home.html
      1 NOAA National Weather Service resourceProvider
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      CI_OnlineResource

      Count Component Linkage Name Description Function
      1 http://www.epsg-registry.org/export.htm?gml=urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4267 NAD27 Geodetic CRS GML of North American Datum 1927 at the epsg-registry. information
      1 http://www.epsg-registry.org/export.htm?gml=urn:ogc:def:ellipsoid:EPSG::7008 Clark 1866 GML of Clark 1866 at the epsg-registry. information
      2 https://epsg.org/home.html European Petroleum Survey Group Geodetic Parameter Registry Registry that accesses the EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset, which is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations. search
      1 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/habsos/maps.htm
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      MD_Identifier or RS_Identifier

      Count Component Code
      1 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4267
      1 urn:ogc:def:ellipsoid:EPSG::7008
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      EX_Extent

      Bounding Box Temporal Extent
      Count Component Description West East North South Start End
      1 -177.37 -0.45 83 10
      1
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      EX_GeographicBoundingBox

      Count Component West East North South
      1 -177.37 -0.45 83 10
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      EX_TemporalExtent

      Count Component Start End
      2
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      MD_Format

      Count Component Name Version specification
      1 OGC:WMS ArcGIS REST Services Map Server 10.2
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      MD_Medium

      none found
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      MD_Constraints

      Count Component Use Limitation
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      MD_ReferenceSystem

      Count Component Code Authority Title
      1 North American Datum 1927 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4267 North American Datum 1927
      1 Clarke 1866 urn:ogc:def:ellipsoid:EPSG::7008 Clarke 1866
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      MD_GridSpatialRepresentation

      Count Component Number of Dimensions Cell Geometry Code
      1 2
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      MD_Georeferenceable or MI_Georeferenceable

      none found
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      MD_Georectified or MI_Georectified

      none found
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      MD_Dimension

      Count Component Name Code Size
      1 column
      1 row
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      MD_CoverageDescription or MI_CoverageDescription

      none found
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      MD_Band or MI_Band

      none found
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      MI_RangeElementDescription

      none found
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      MD_AggregateInformation

      none found
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      LE_Source or LI_Source

      Count Component Title Date Description
      1 Metar
      1 Metar Station Information Source Contribution: Raw data from which METAR stations are derived.online
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      LE_ProcessStep or LI_ProcessStep

      Count Component DateTime Description
      1 The active stations were extracted from the National Wather Service web site. The data were put into Microsoft Excel and exported as a database file. The dbf file was mapped using the "Add XY data" functionality in ArcMap The resultant shapefiles were then loaded into ArcSDE (Spatial Data Engine) via a load shapefile to SDE converter.
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      MI_Operation

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      MI_Platform

      none found
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      MI_Instrument

      none found
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