NEXRAD on AWS

Description

Real-time and archival data from the Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) network.

Update Frequency

New Level II data is added as soon as it is available.

License

NOAA data disseminated through NODD are open to the public and can be used as desired.

NOAA makes data openly available to ensure maximum use of our data, and to spur and encourage exploration and innovation throughout the industry. NOAA requests attribution for the use or dissemination of unaltered NOAA data. However, it is not permissible to state or imply endorsement by or affiliation with NOAA. If you modify NOAA data, you may not state or imply that it is original, unaltered NOAA data.

Documentation

https://github.com/awslabs/open-data-docs/tree/main/docs/noaa/noaa-nexrad

Managed By

See all datasets managed by Unidata.

Contact

support-level2@unidata.ucar.edu

How to Cite

NEXRAD on AWS was accessed on DATE from https://registry.opendata.aws/noaa-nexrad.

Usage Examples

Tutorials

• Get NEXRAD data from AWS, get severe reports from SPC archive, and plot a loop of them by Russ Schumacher
  
• Mapping Noaa Nexrad Radar Data With CARTO by Stuart Lynn
  
• NEXRAD on EC2 tutorial by openradar
  Amazon EC2
• Updated introduction to S3, Boto, and NOAA Nexrad in SageMaker Studio Lab (SMSL) by Chris Stoner
  
  Amazon SageMaker Studio Lab
• Using Python to Access NCEI Archived NEXRAD Level 2 Data (Jupyter notebook) by Ryan May
  

Tools & Applications

• Into the eye of the storm: NEXRAD Level II open data by Jonni Walker
  
• nexradaws on pypi.python.org - python module to query and download Nexrad data from Amazon S3 by Aaron Anderson
  
• Open NEXRAD Data Access for Level 3 with Lambda@Edge by Zac Flamig
  
• WeatherPipe - Amazon EMR based analysis tool for NEXRAD data stored on Amazon S3 by Stephen Lien Harrell
  

Publications

• Declines in an abundant aquatic insect, the burrowing mayfly, across major North American waterways by Phillip M. Stepanian, Sally A. Entrekin, Charlotte E. Wainwright, Djordje Mirkovic, Jennifer L. Tank, & Jeffrey F. Kelly
  
• Extreme Pyroconvective Updrafts During a Megafire by B. Rodriguez, N. P. Lareau, D. E. Kingsmill, & C. B. Clements
  
• Level 2 Interface Control Document for Message Data Formats: Build 18 by NOAA ROC
  
• Level 2 Interface Control Document for Transfer: Build 18 by NOAA ROC
  
• Level 3 Interface Control Document for Message Data Formats: Build 18 by NOAA ROC
  
• Observed Concentric Eyewalls of Supertyphoon Hinnamnor by Sachie Kanada and Akira Nishii
  
• Seasonal abundance and survival of North America’s migratory avifauna determined by weather radar by Adriaan M. Dokter, Andrew Farnsworth, Daniel Fink, Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez, Wesley M. Hochachka, Frank A. La Sorte, Orin J. Robinson, Kenneth V. Rosenberg & Steve Kelling
  
• Unlocking the Potential of NEXRAD Data through NOAA’s Big Data Partnership by Steve Ansari and Stephen Del Greco