Data Sources Basic

Sources of Meteorological Observations, Weather Maps, and Satellite Imagery

Meteorological Observations

1. Quick Links | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) formerly known as National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) (noaa.gov)
2. MesoWest Data (utah.edu) – Data and mapped displays of surface stations
3. MADIS Cooperative Agency Profiler (CAP) – Profiler Graphical Data Displays (noaa.gov)
4. Naval Postgraduate School Coastal Wind Profiler Page – Display of profiler stations
• Animated Winds for Monterey Bay Region
5. University of Wyoming - Radiosonde observation (RAOB) graphics and data
• Atmospheric Soundings (uwyo.edu)
6. California Air Resources Board (CARB) Subject Top Page: AQMIS 2 - Air Quality and Meteorological Information System
7. University of Nevada Desert Research Institute - Remote Automated Weather Stations RAWS USA Climate Archive State Selection Map (dri.edu)

Weather Maps

8. Colorado State University NWS DIFAX Map Archive (colostate.edu)
9. NOAA Weather Archives - Data and Maps

Satellite Imagery

10. NOAA GOES Geostationary Satellite Server
11. University of Wisconsin GOES Online Geostationary Archive - Satellite Data Services (wisc.edu)
12. NASA EOSDIS Worldview (nasa.gov)

Mapping and graphing tool

NOAA ERDDAP - Home Page (cencoos.org)

ERDDAP (the Environmental Research Division's Data Access Program) is a data server that gives you a simple, consistent way to download subsets of scientific datasets in common file formats and make graphs and maps.

Note prepared by Ron Baskett (06/2021). For corrections or expansions please contact us.