Thirteen hours of data files are available for all of the publicly-available datasets. These are made available for anyone who wants to download the software and some data, then try out the system before requesting real-time or archived data from ESRL/GSD. The files have been "gzipped" to save on download time. For all 13 hours and datasets, the gzipped total is 141 MB, and after unzipping them on your system, they take up 1.7 GB, so you might only want to get one or two hours, or just the dataset of interest.
The data can be obtained via anonymous ftp at aftp.fsl.noaa.gov. Once logging into aftp, use binary mode, then go to the following directories and get the files of interest. The data cover 00 Z on July 30, 2008 through 12 Z on that day, and the data files are named 20080730_hhmm.gz (hhmm = hour, minute). The files should be placed into MADIS data directories on your system (see the section on setting up the run environment in the INSTALL.unix or INSTALL.windows file), then unzipped using the gunzip (or gzip -d) command (for Unix/Linux) or for Windows users, use any standard unzipping utility.
| MADIS Dataset | Directory |
|---|---|
| Meteorological Surface | madis/software/sampledata/point/maritime/netcdf madis/software/sampledata/point/metar/netcdf madis/software/sampledata/point/metar/netcdf madis/software/sampledata/point/sao/netcdf madis/software/sampledata/LDAD/coop/netCDF madis/software/sampledata/LDAD/hfmetar/netCDF madis/software/sampledata/LDAD/mesonet/netCDF |
| Meteorological Surface (mesonet only) |
madis/software/sampledata/LDAD/mesonet/netCDF |
| Radiosonde | madis/software/sampledata/point/raob/netcdf |
| NOAA Profiler Network | madis/software/sampledata/point/profiler/netcdf |
| Automated Aircraft (Automated Aircraft Reports) |
madis/software/sampledata/point/acars/netcdf |
| Automated Aircraft (Profiles at Airports) |
madis/software/sampledata/point/acarsProfiles/netcdf |
| Radiometer | madis/software/sampledata/point/radiometer/netcdf |
| Hydrological Surface | madis/software/sampledata/LDAD/hydro/netCDF |
| Multi-Agency Profiler | madis/software/sampledata/LDAD/profiler/netCDF |
| Satellite Radiance | madis/software/sampledata/point/satrad/netcdf |
| Satellite Sounding | madis/software/sampledata/point/POES/netcdf |
| Satellite Wind (GOES operational products) |
madis/software/sampledata/point/HDW/netcdf |
| Satellite Wind (GOES experimental products) |
madis/software/sampledata/point/HDW1h/netcdf |
| Snow |
madis/software/sampledata/LDAD/snow/netCDF |
| WISDOM |
madis/software/sampledata/LDAD/WISDOM/netCDF |
Last updated July 29 2008.
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