New Jersey Hydrometeorological Networks

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Regional Surface Meteorological Networks

WNBC WeatherNet - WNBC-TV in New York, New York this network of 485 stations located primarily at schools throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut (209 in New Jersey). The network provides up to 1-minute observations of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, and barometric pressure. For further information visit the WNBC network page. No map yet.

WCAU SchoolNet - WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania operates this network of 230 stations located at schools throughout Pennsylvania and surrounding states (78 in New Jersey). The network provides up to 1-minute observations of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, and barometric pressure. For further information visit the WCAU network page. No map yet.

State and Local Surface Meteorological Networks

New Jersey Air Monitoring Network - The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Air Monitoring operates this network of 6 weather stations with locations throughout the state of New Jersey. These stations all provide some meteorological parameters. For further information visit the Bureau of Air Monitoring page.

New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) Road Weather Information System (RWIS) Network - The New Jersey DOT operates this network of 33 stations with locations along roadways throughout the state of New Jersey. The network provides variable (hourly or higher) resolution observations of air temperature, dew point, relative humidity, and wind speed. For further information visit the New Jersey DOT RWIS home page or the Surface Systems, Inc Road Weather page.

New Jersey Weather and Climate Network - The Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist collects data from a number of different agencies that operates weather stations throughout the state of New Jersey. These include the National Weather Serivce, the New Jersey Department of Transportation, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, and the Davidson Lab at Stevens Institute of Technology, among others. Most of the data are of hourly temporal resolution and the paramters vary by network but can include air temperature, dew point, relative humidity, atmospheric pressure, precipitation, wind speed, wind gust, and wind direction. For further information visit the New Jersey Weather and Climate Network web page. No map.

Sussex County Weather Network - The Sussex County Weather Network, LLC operates this network of 15 stations with locations throughout Sussex County in northern New Jersey. The network provides observations of air temperature, wind speed, wind direction, barometric pressure, and relative humidity. For further information visit the Sussex County Weather Network page.

Precipitation and Radar Networks

NOAA/National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Hourly Precipitation Data - NOAA/NCEP routinely develops a National Multi-sensor Hourly Precipitation Analysis (Stage II) data set from hourly radar precipitation estimates and from hourly gage reports. The gage data includes hourly observations from ~4000 gages across the US (16 in New Jersey) collected by the NOAA River Forecast Centers and sent to NCEP. Further information on these data is available at: http://wwwt.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/ylin/pcpanl/.

NOAA/NWS Cooperative Observer 15-minute Precipitation Network - The NOAA/NWS routinely collects 15-minute observations of precipitation from Fisher-Porter and Universal rain gages operated by 2777 cooperative observers located throughout the US (18 in New Jersey). These data are archived at NOAA/NCDC as data set TD 3260. For further information visit the NOAA/NCDC TD3260 page.

Integrated FLood Observing and Warning System (IFLOWS) Precipitation Network - The IFLOWS precipitation network is a collection of various state operated Automated Flood Warning System (AFWS) networks throughout the mid-Atlantic and northeastern portions of the United States. The network is comprised of 1530 precipitation stations that provide 15-minute observations of precipitation (95 in New Jersey). These precipitation data are included as part of the NCEP Precipitation data set described above. For further information visit the AFWS home page.

Weather Surveillance Radar 1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) Network - The NOAA/NWS and the Department of Defence operate this network of 143 WSR-88D radars across the continguous US (1 in New Jersey). The Level II data are the three meteorological base data quantities (reflectivitiy, mean radial velocity, and spectrum width) and are recorded at all NWS and most DOD sites. Level II data are then processed in order to create a number of meteorological analysis products known as Level III data. Level III data are recorded at the NWS sites. The Level III products included base reflectivity, base spectrum width, base velocity, composite reflectivity, echo tops, velocity azimuth display (VAD) wind profile, vertically integrated liquid (VIL), 1-hour precipitation, storm total precipitation, hail index overlay, mesocyclone overlay, severe weather probability overlay, storm structure, storm tracking information overlay, and tornadic vortex signature overlay. All Level II and III data are archived at NOAA/NCDC. For further information visit the NOAA/NCDC Radar Resources page at: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/radar/radarresources.html or the NOAA Radar Operations Center at: http://www.roc.noaa.gov/.

Radiation and Flux Networks

None at present

Soil Networks

None at present

Hydrology Networks

United States Geological Survey (USGS) Streamflow Network - The USGS (part of the US Department of the Interior) operates this network of 7237 streamflow gages (69 in New Jersey) at locations throughout the US. The network provides hourly or more frequent observations of stage (water level) from which discharge (flow) is comuputed using a stage-discharge rating relation. The rating is defined by occasional direct current-meter measurements of discharge. All data are available through the USGS and the district offices in each state. Many of these gages provide realtime data relayed via the GOES satellite data collection system. The realtime data are provisional data that have not been reviewed or edited. These realtime data may be subject to significant change and are not citeable until reviewed and approved by the USGS. Realtime data may be changed after review because the stage-discharge relationship may have been affected by: 1) backwater from ice or debris; 2) algal and aquatic growth in the stream; 3) sediment movement; and 4) malfunction of recording equipment. Each station record is considered provisional until the data are published. The data are usually published with 6 months of the end of the water year (1 October to 30 September). Data users are cautioned to consider carefully the provisional nature of the information before using it. For further information on the USGS stremflow network visit the USGS Water Resources of the United States page or the USGS New Jersey District Office home page.

Integrated FLood Observing and Warning System (IFLOWS) Streamflow Network - The IFLOWS network is a collection of various state operated Automated Flood Warning System (AFWS) networks throughout the mid-Atlantic and northeastern portions of the United States. The network is comprised of 275 streamflow gages that provide 15-min stage observations (99 in New Jersey). For further information visit the AFWS home page.

Upper Air Networks

Cooperative Agency Profiler (CAP) Network - The NOAA/FSL ingests data from wind profilers and RASS operated by a number of cooperating agencies. Most of these profilers are 915 MHz, but some are 449 or 50 MHz. Most provide hourly observations of wind speed and direction. The number and location of these can vary through time. As this is being written the network included 58 locations within the US (1 in New Jersey). Most of the sites are along the US West Coast and in the northeastern US. For further information visit the CAP home page at: http://www.profiler.noaa.gov/jsp/aboutCap.jsp.

Ground Based Global Positioning System (GPS) Meteorology Demonstration Network (GPS-MET) - The NOAA/FSL ingests data from 323 GPS locations around the US operated by many different agencies (2 in New Jersey). Typically each location provides 30-minute observations of integrated precipitatable water along with a number of surface meteorology parameters (air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, etc). For further information visit the GPS-MET home page.

Aerosol Networks
None at present.
Coastal Networks

National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) Moored Buoy Network - The NDBC operates this network of 77 moored buoys with locations throughout the US coastal regions (2 off the coast of New Jersey). The network typically provides hourly observations of air temperature, dew point, water temperature, barometric pressure, wind speed, wind direction, wave height, wave period, and swell. For further information visit the NDBC home page.

Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS) - The National Ocean Service (NOS) operates this network of 51 weather stations with locations within bays and harbors along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastlines (5 in New Jersey). The network provides 15-minute observations of air temperature, wind speed, wind direction, barometric pressure, water temperature, and water level. For further information visit the PORTS home page .

Regional Surface Meteorological Networks
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WNBC WeatherNet - WNBC-TV in New York, New York this network of 485 stations located primarily at schools throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut (209 in New Jersey). The network provides up to 1-minute observations of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, and barometric pressure. For further information visit the WNBC network page.	No map yet.

WCAU SchoolNet - WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania operates this network of 230 stations located at schools throughout Pennsylvania and surrounding states (78 in New Jersey). The network provides up to 1-minute observations of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, and barometric pressure. For further information visit the WCAU network page.	No map yet.

State and Local Surface Meteorological Networks

New Jersey Air Monitoring Network - The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Air Monitoring operates this network of 6 weather stations with locations throughout the state of New Jersey. These stations all provide some meteorological parameters. For further information visit the Bureau of Air Monitoring page.

New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) Road Weather Information System (RWIS) Network - The New Jersey DOT operates this network of 33 stations with locations along roadways throughout the state of New Jersey. The network provides variable (hourly or higher) resolution observations of air temperature, dew point, relative humidity, and wind speed. For further information visit the New Jersey DOT RWIS home page or the Surface Systems, Inc Road Weather page.

New Jersey Weather and Climate Network - The Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist collects data from a number of different agencies that operates weather stations throughout the state of New Jersey. These include the National Weather Serivce, the New Jersey Department of Transportation, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, and the Davidson Lab at Stevens Institute of Technology, among others. Most of the data are of hourly temporal resolution and the paramters vary by network but can include air temperature, dew point, relative humidity, atmospheric pressure, precipitation, wind speed, wind gust, and wind direction. For further information visit the New Jersey Weather and Climate Network web page.	No map.

Sussex County Weather Network - The Sussex County Weather Network, LLC operates this network of 15 stations with locations throughout Sussex County in northern New Jersey. The network provides observations of air temperature, wind speed, wind direction, barometric pressure, and relative humidity. For further information visit the Sussex County Weather Network page.

Precipitation and Radar Networks

NOAA/National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Hourly Precipitation Data - NOAA/NCEP routinely develops a National Multi-sensor Hourly Precipitation Analysis (Stage II) data set from hourly radar precipitation estimates and from hourly gage reports. The gage data includes hourly observations from ~4000 gages across the US (16 in New Jersey) collected by the NOAA River Forecast Centers and sent to NCEP. Further information on these data is available at: http://wwwt.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/ylin/pcpanl/.

NOAA/NWS Cooperative Observer 15-minute Precipitation Network - The NOAA/NWS routinely collects 15-minute observations of precipitation from Fisher-Porter and Universal rain gages operated by 2777 cooperative observers located throughout the US (18 in New Jersey). These data are archived at NOAA/NCDC as data set TD 3260. For further information visit the NOAA/NCDC TD3260 page.

Integrated FLood Observing and Warning System (IFLOWS) Precipitation Network - The IFLOWS precipitation network is a collection of various state operated Automated Flood Warning System (AFWS) networks throughout the mid-Atlantic and northeastern portions of the United States. The network is comprised of 1530 precipitation stations that provide 15-minute observations of precipitation (95 in New Jersey). These precipitation data are included as part of the NCEP Precipitation data set described above. For further information visit the AFWS home page.

Weather Surveillance Radar 1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) Network - The NOAA/NWS and the Department of Defence operate this network of 143 WSR-88D radars across the continguous US (1 in New Jersey). The Level II data are the three meteorological base data quantities (reflectivitiy, mean radial velocity, and spectrum width) and are recorded at all NWS and most DOD sites. Level II data are then processed in order to create a number of meteorological analysis products known as Level III data. Level III data are recorded at the NWS sites. The Level III products included base reflectivity, base spectrum width, base velocity, composite reflectivity, echo tops, velocity azimuth display (VAD) wind profile, vertically integrated liquid (VIL), 1-hour precipitation, storm total precipitation, hail index overlay, mesocyclone overlay, severe weather probability overlay, storm structure, storm tracking information overlay, and tornadic vortex signature overlay. All Level II and III data are archived at NOAA/NCDC. For further information visit the NOAA/NCDC Radar Resources page at: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/radar/radarresources.html or the NOAA Radar Operations Center at: http://www.roc.noaa.gov/.

Radiation and Flux Networks

None at present

Soil Networks

None at present

Hydrology Networks

United States Geological Survey (USGS) Streamflow Network - The USGS (part of the US Department of the Interior) operates this network of 7237 streamflow gages (69 in New Jersey) at locations throughout the US. The network provides hourly or more frequent observations of stage (water level) from which discharge (flow) is comuputed using a stage-discharge rating relation. The rating is defined by occasional direct current-meter measurements of discharge. All data are available through the USGS and the district offices in each state. Many of these gages provide realtime data relayed via the GOES satellite data collection system. The realtime data are provisional data that have not been reviewed or edited. These realtime data may be subject to significant change and are not citeable until reviewed and approved by the USGS. Realtime data may be changed after review because the stage-discharge relationship may have been affected by: 1) backwater from ice or debris; 2) algal and aquatic growth in the stream; 3) sediment movement; and 4) malfunction of recording equipment. Each station record is considered provisional until the data are published. The data are usually published with 6 months of the end of the water year (1 October to 30 September). Data users are cautioned to consider carefully the provisional nature of the information before using it. For further information on the USGS stremflow network visit the USGS Water Resources of the United States page or the USGS New Jersey District Office home page.

Integrated FLood Observing and Warning System (IFLOWS) Streamflow Network - The IFLOWS network is a collection of various state operated Automated Flood Warning System (AFWS) networks throughout the mid-Atlantic and northeastern portions of the United States. The network is comprised of 275 streamflow gages that provide 15-min stage observations (99 in New Jersey). For further information visit the AFWS home page.

Upper Air Networks

Cooperative Agency Profiler (CAP) Network - The NOAA/FSL ingests data from wind profilers and RASS operated by a number of cooperating agencies. Most of these profilers are 915 MHz, but some are 449 or 50 MHz. Most provide hourly observations of wind speed and direction. The number and location of these can vary through time. As this is being written the network included 58 locations within the US (1 in New Jersey). Most of the sites are along the US West Coast and in the northeastern US. For further information visit the CAP home page at: http://www.profiler.noaa.gov/jsp/aboutCap.jsp.

Ground Based Global Positioning System (GPS) Meteorology Demonstration Network (GPS-MET) - The NOAA/FSL ingests data from 323 GPS locations around the US operated by many different agencies (2 in New Jersey). Typically each location provides 30-minute observations of integrated precipitatable water along with a number of surface meteorology parameters (air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, etc). For further information visit the GPS-MET home page.

Aerosol Networks
None at present.
Coastal Networks

National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) Moored Buoy Network - The NDBC operates this network of 77 moored buoys with locations throughout the US coastal regions (2 off the coast of New Jersey). The network typically provides hourly observations of air temperature, dew point, water temperature, barometric pressure, wind speed, wind direction, wave height, wave period, and swell. For further information visit the NDBC home page.

Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS) - The National Ocean Service (NOS) operates this network of 51 weather stations with locations within bays and harbors along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastlines (5 in New Jersey). The network provides 15-minute observations of air temperature, wind speed, wind direction, barometric pressure, water temperature, and water level. For further information visit the PORTS home page .