noaa-nexrad.yaml

Name: NEXRAD on AWS
Description: Real-time and archival data from the Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) network.
Documentation: https://docs.opendata.aws/noaa-nexrad/readme.html
Contact: noaa.bdp@noaa.gov
ManagedBy: "[NOAA](http://www.noaa.gov/)"
UpdateFrequency: New Level II data is added as soon as it is available.
Tags:
  - aws-pds
  - earth observation
  - natural resource
  - weather
  - meteorological
  - sustainability
License: There are no restrictions on the use of this data.
Resources:
  - Description: NEXRAD Level II archive data
    ARN: arn:aws:s3:::noaa-nexrad-level2
    Region: us-east-1
    Type: S3 Bucket
  - Description: NEXRAD Level II real-time data
    ARN: arn:aws:s3:::unidata-nexrad-level2-chunks
    Region: us-east-1
    Type: S3 Bucket
  - Description: "[Rich notifications](https://docs.opendata.aws/noaa-nexrad/readme.html) for real-time data with filterable fields"
    ARN: arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:684042711724:NewNEXRADLevel2ObjectFilterable
    Region: us-east-1
    Type: SNS Topic
  - Description: Notifications for archival data
    ARN: arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:811054952067:NewNEXRADLevel2Archive
    Region: us-east-1
    Type: SNS Topic
DataAtWork:
  Tutorials:
    - Title: Using Python to Access NCEI Archived NEXRAD Level 2 Data (Jupyter notebook)
      URL: http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/gist/dopplershift/356f2e14832e9b676207
      AuthorName: Ryan May
      AuthorURL: http://dopplershift.github.io
    - Title: Mapping Noaa Nexrad Radar Data With CARTO
      URL: https://carto.com/blog/mapping-nexrad-radar-data/
      AuthorName: Stuart Lynn
      AuthorURL: https://carto.com/blog/author/stuart-lynn/
    - Title: NEXRAD on EC2 tutorial
      URL: https://github.com/openradar/AMS_radar_in_the_cloud
      AuthorName: openradar
      AuthorURL: https://github.com/openradar
  Tools & Applications:
    - Title: nexradaws on pypi.python.org - python module to query and download Nexrad data from Amazon S3
      URL: https://pypi.org/project/nexradaws/
      AuthorName: Aaron Anderson
      AuthorURL: https://github.com/aarande
    - Title: WeatherPipe - Amazon EMR based analysis tool for NEXRAD data stored on Amazon S3
      URL: https://github.com/stephenlienharrell/WeatherPipe
      AuthorName: Stephen Lien Harrell
      AuthorURL: https://github.com/stephenlienharrell
  Publications:
    - Title: Seasonal abundance and survival of North America’s migratory avifauna determined by weather radar
      URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-018-0666-4
      AuthorName: 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
    - Title: Unlocking the Potential of NEXRAD Data through NOAA’s Big Data Partnership
      URL: https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/full/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0021.1
      AuthorName: Steve Ansari and Stephen Del Greco