NARSTO-NE: Selected NEXRAD Weather Radar Images for Summer 1995

NARSTO_NE_NEXRAD_IMAGES contains selected NEXRAD weather radar images from the northeastern United States for the summer of 1995. The images were used to supplement air quality monitoring, meteorological, and emissions data. This dataset is provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the NARSTO partnership.

Use Cases

• Analyze precipitation patterns and storm events based on the NEXRAD weather radar images.
• Supplement air quality and pollution transport models with meteorological context based on the radar data.
• Study regional weather phenomena in the northeastern United States during a specific summer period.
• Validate or calibrate other atmospheric datasets using the radar imagery as a ground-truth reference.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the NEXRAD (Next Generation Radar) network, a key operational weather radar system.
• Focuses on a specific geographic region (northeastern United States) and time period (summer 1995).
• Dataset is hosted by NASA, indicating an authoritative institutional origin.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the single-season coverage from 1995.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Collection Method

Selected images from the NEXRAD weather radar network.

Time Range

Summer of 1995

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-12 23:58:21.622889; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northeastern United States