Manually-Digitized Radar Data for the Midwest and Eastern United States

The former Techniques Development Laboratory (TDL) of the U.S. National Weather Service began collecting Manually-Digitized Radar (MDR) data in November 1973 from teletype reports. The MDR data were then archived in Model Output Statistics (MOS) predictand tape format to be used for thunderstorm prediction. The data were intended for both general and severe thunderstorm prediction using MOS which related the radar data to large-scale predictors from operational numerical models. Other uses of the data included development of improved initial moisture fields in TDL numerical models and verification of convective weather forecasts.

The MDR data were archived for a pseudo-grid covering roughly the eastern two-thirds of the United States. This pseudo-grid was a subset of the 47 by 51 (octagonal) polar-stereographic grid that was used for numerical weather output at the time.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1973-11-01
    End:  1977-09-05

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1973-11-01
Temporal Range End 1977-09-05
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 57.8226
Bounding Box South Lat 17.9164
Bounding Box West Long -130.0637
Bounding Box East Long -60.1448
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format Binary
Standardized Resource Format Binary
Asset Size 1112 MB
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Access Constraints None
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name Bob Dattore
Resource Support Email dattore@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization UCAR/NCAR - Research Data Archive
Distributor NCAR Research Data Archive
Metadata Contact Name N/A
Metadata Contact Email rdahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NCAR Research Data Archive

Author Foster, Donald S.
Reap, Ronald M.
Publisher Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory
Publication Date 1980-01-11
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/JAHX-6423
Alternate Identifier d840000
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-08-04T02:11:46Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.rda::d840000
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Foster, Donald S., Reap, Ronald M.. (1980). Manually-Digitized Radar Data for the Midwest and Eastern United States. Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/JAHX-6423. Accessed 07 September 2024.

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