Network |
Operating or Overseeing Agency |
Temporal Resolution |
Real Time Availability |
Number of Stations within KS, OK, and TX Panhandle |
Number of Stations within larger IHOP Region |
Map |
Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) |
NWS, FAA, DOD |
1 minute to hourly |
Yes for hourly |
47 |
132 |
Fig. 9.1 |
Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) |
FAA and Various State Agencies |
20 minute (limited 5 minute) |
Yes for 20 minute |
35 |
62 |
Fig. 9.1 |
Remote Automatic Weather Station |
USFS |
Hourly |
Yes via web |
6 |
53 |
Fig. 9.1 |
TV/School Networks |
Various TV stations and schools in the region |
Variable |
Yes via various web pages |
127 |
~300 |
Fig. 9.1 |
NOAA Profiler Network |
NOAA |
6 minute or hourly |
Via FSL MADIS web page |
7 |
10 |
Fig. 9.1 |
Soil Climate Analysis Network |
USDA/NRCS |
Hourly |
Yes via web |
3 |
8 |
Fig. 9.1 |
APRSWXNET |
NOAA/FSL |
Variable |
Via FSL MADIS web page |
10 |
43 |
Fig. 9.2 |
Automated Weather Data Network |
High Plains Climate Center |
Hourly |
No |
17 |
75 |
Fig. 9.2 |
ARM SMOS | ARM |
1 minute |
Yes for IHOP? |
15 |
15 |
Fig. 9.2 |
ABLE AWS | Argonne National Lab |
|
Yes via web |
5 |
5 |
Fig. 9.2 |
KS DOT RWIS |
KS DOT |
Variable |
Via FSL MADIS web page |
41 |
41 |
Fig. 9.2 |
Goodland NWS |
Goodland NWS |
Unknown |
Via FSL MADIS web page |
4 |
7 |
Fig. 9.2 |
Big Bend Network |
Big Bend Ground Water Management District No. 5 |
Hourly |
No |
10 |
10 |
Fig. 9.2 |
Oklahoma Mesonet | Oklahoma Climate Survey | 5 minute | Yes for IHOP? | 114 | 114 | Fig. 9.2 |
Washita Micronet | USDA/ARS | 5 minute | No | 42 | 42 | Fig. 9.2 |
West Texas Mesonet | Texas Tech | 5 minute | Yes via web | 27 | 27 | Fig. 9.2 |
Texas ET Network | USDA/ARS | Hourly | No | 11 | 16 | Fig. 9.2 |
New Mexico State University | NMSU | Hourly | No | 0 | 7 | Fig. 9.2 |
Colorado Agriculture Meteorology (CoAgMet) | Colorado Climate Center | Hourly | No | 0 | 19 | Fig. 9.2 |
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District | NCWCD | Hourly | No | 0 | 16 | None |
Commercial Agriculture Weather Station | Missouri Extension | Hourly | Yes via web | 0 | 21 | Fig. 9.2 |
Missouri Department of Conservation | MO DoC | Hourly | No | 0 | 8 | Fig. 9.2 |
ALERT | Various local agencies | Up to 1 minute | Yes via web for most | 8 | 148 | None |
Long Term Ecological Research | LTER | Hourly | No | 1 | 2 | None |
Cooperative Observer Network | NWS | Daily | No | 740 | > 1000 | Fig. 9.3 |
US Army Corps of Engineers | USACE | Hourly | No | ? | ? | None |
EPA | EPA | Hourly | No | 13 | ~70 | None |