MADIS Datasets

Data Available in MADIS

MADIS currently supports the following NOAA and NON-NOAA datasets.

NOAA	non-NOAA
Meteorological Surface	Meteorological Surface
METAR
Maritime	Maritime
New England Pilot Project (NEPP)	National Mesonet
Climate Reference Network (CRN)	Integrated Mesonet
	HADS/AFWS
U.S. Historical Climatology Network - Modernization (USHCN-M)	Citizens Weather Observer Program (CWOP)
Radiosonde	Road Weather Information System (RWIS) & Clarus
	Weather Telematics
NOAA Profiler Network	Radiosonde
GPS-Met	GPS-Met
Hydrological Surface	Multi-Agency Profiler (CAP)
Satellite Wind	Aircraft Based
GOES Operational 3-Hour	Aircraft Based Reports
GOES Experimental 1-Hour	Profiles at Airports
Satellite Sounding	Radiometer
NOAA POES	Snow
Satellite Radiance	HADS/AFWS
NOAA POES	SNOTEL
Gap-filling Upper Air	Citizens Weather Observer Program (CWOP)
SHOUT	Hydrological Surface
WISDOM Balloon Wind	HADS/AFWS
Grids
RSAS Surface Analyses

Some of the datasets are restricted to certain users. Click here to see MADIS data restrictions.

The datasets in the MADIS database are stored in netCDF files. MADIS provides an Application Program Interface for reading the files. The API is designed to hide the details for reading a netCDF file while providing XML and other text data formats for easy input into user applications.

XML and different text formats are also returned by the MADIS Text/XML Viewer web service.

MADIS RSAS grids can be output in plain text by using the MADIS RSASDUMP program.

The MADIS database is global, but the highest spatial and temporal density exists over North America. Click here to see a map of the MADIS data available in this domain at 0000 UTC on 12 September 2005. For more specific information on geographic coverage, refer to the pages for the individual datasets.

Typical daily volume for all MADIS datasets can be seen here.

Last updated 25 July 2018