The Department maintains extensive real-time and archival meteorological data sets. For more information about data in the department, contact the Meteorology IT group vi email at support@meteo.psu.edu or see Art Person in Room 622 Walker.

Archived data not online are available through the Help Desk in 616A Walker.

A selection of data streams hosted by Penn State:

• The Electronic Map Wall
  http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/ewall.html
  Fred Gadomski of the Weather Communications Group has put together a very comprehensive electronic map wall containing just about anything any meteorologist would need to put together a forecast.

• Latest Satellite Imagery
  http://www.meteo.psu.edu/rtwx/
  Art Person keeps a few of the latest GOES images online for easy access.

• Latest NWS Facsimile Charts http://www.meteo.psu.edu/rtwx/fax/
  Art Person keeps a selection of the latest NWS analysis and forecast in the traditional DIFAX format (as TIF images).

• National Weather Service Bufkit Data
  http://www.meteo.psu.edu/bufkit/
  Dr. George Young and Art Person maintain the main U.S. distribution site for the Bufkit data stream. For more information on the Bufkit data system, see
  http://www.wdtb.noaa.gov/tools/BUFKIT/

• Archived / Real-time Unidata Feed
  support@meteo.psu.edu
  The Department maintains a very large archive of NWS/Unidata meteorological data. Most of the older data is on tape storage, although plans are underway to put most of these data online for general use. Current data is available online through the Linux computing network or using the GEMPAK toolkit. Contact the Meteorology IT group for more information.

• MM5
  http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~mm5rt/
  Questions about this data can be directed to Glenn Hunter (hunter@meteo.psu.edu)

• WRF
  http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~wrfrt/
  Questions about this data can be directed to Glenn Hunter (hunter@meteo.psu.edu)

(Rev. CFP 30-Dec-04)