Adding EPAs Hourly Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model dataset

Author: gopanairepa

datasets/epa-hourly-prognostic-meteorology.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+Name: >-
+  EPA Hourly Prognostic Meteorological Data 
+Description: >-
+  The data are hourly outputs from the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model
+  generated by the EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality
+  Assessment Division, Air Quality Modeling Group. These data were generated at a 12-km
+  resolution over the Continental United States (12US), beginning for the year 2021 and
+  continuing annually through 2023. These files are intended for use in a broad range of 
+  air quality applications, but specifically may be used in dispersion modeling applications
+  that would benefit from the use of the Mesoscale Model Interface (MMIF) tool 
+  (https://www.epa.gov/scram/air-quality-dispersion-modeling-related-model-support-programs#mmif)
+  which translates prognostic meteorological data into formats suitable for use with AERMOD,
+  CALPUFF, or SCICHEM. The individual files are less than 1GB in size, which allows for
+  the use of the MMIF tool in a Windows environment. These data are anticipated to be updated
+  annually so the 3 most-recent years are available for use. Additionally, model-observation
+  paired files are included to aid in the performance evaluation that is necessary for use
+  of these data in regulatory applications per Appendix W to 40 CFR Part 51. 
+Documentation: >-
+  2022 WRF Modeling TSD: 
+  https://bit.ly/2022WRF
+Contact: [email protected]
+ManagedBy: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (https://www.epa.gov)
+UpdateFrequency: Annually
+Tags:
+  - aws-pds
+  - environmental
+  - air quality
+  - regulatory
+  - weather
+  - meteorological
+License: >-
+  These datasets are products of the U.S. Government and are intended for public
+  access and use. Unless otherwise specified, all data produced by the U.S EPA
+  is, by default, in the public domain and are not subject to domestic copyright
+  protection under 17 U.S.C. § 105. More details on the U.S. Public Domain
+  license are available here: http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
+Citation: >-
+  WRF Modeling:
+  US EPA, 2024, "Meteorological Model Performance for Annual 2022 Simulation
+  WRF v4.4.2"
+Resources:
+  - Description: >-
+      The WRF output are stored as uncompressed netcdf/hdf5 formatted files in 
+      directories corresponding to the specific years of interest. The model-obs
+      paired files are stored as comma-delimited files in the year-specific
+      directories.
+    ARN: 'arn:aws:s3:::epa-hourly-prognostic-meteorology'
+    Region: us-east-1
+    Type: S3 Bucket
+    Explore:
+      - '[Browse Bucket](https://epa-hourly-prognostic-meteorology.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html)'
+  - Description: Notification for the EPA Hourly Prognostic Meteorological Data bucket
+    ARN: 'arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:127085394039:epa-hourly-prognostic-meteorology-object_created'
+    Region: us-east-1
+    Type: SNS Topic