NEXRAD on AWS
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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
There are no restrictions on the use of this data.
Documentation
https://docs.opendata.aws/noaa-nexrad/readme.html
Managed By
See all datasets managed by NOAA.
Contact
Usage Examples 🔗
Tutorials
- Mapping Noaa Nexrad Radar Data With CARTO by Stuart Lynn
- NEXRAD on EC2 tutorial by openradar
- Using Python to Access NCEI Archived NEXRAD Level 2 Data (Jupyter notebook) by Ryan May
Tools & Applications
- nexradaws on pypi.python.org - python module to query and download Nexrad data from Amazon S3 by Aaron Anderson
- WeatherPipe - Amazon EMR based analysis tool for NEXRAD data stored on Amazon S3 by Stephen Lien Harrell
Publications
- 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
Resources on AWS
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- Description
- NEXRAD Level II archive data
- Resource type
- S3 Bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:s3:::noaa-nexrad-level2- AWS Region
us-east-1
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- Description
- NEXRAD Level II real-time data
- Resource type
- S3 Bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:s3:::unidata-nexrad-level2-chunks- AWS Region
us-east-1
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- Description
- Rich notifications for real-time data with filterable fields
- Resource type
- SNS Topic
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:684042711724:NewNEXRADLevel2ObjectFilterable- AWS Region
us-east-1
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- Description
- Notifications for archival data
- Resource type
- SNS Topic
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:811054952067:NewNEXRADLevel2Archive- AWS Region
us-east-1