METAR Information for RKSO in Osan Ab, Korea, South (site inactive)

It is possible that this page will report a problem where no problem exists. If you believe that this has happened, then please contact me (address at the bottom of this page) and explain clearly why you think this page is in error. Note that any changes that you make may take a few days to show up here, so please give it a week before commenting.

Registered Location

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'RKSO' marker) will display the latitude/longitude of that point.

If the displayed location (or elevation) of the weather observing location is incorrect, please drag the marker to the right location (or click in the right location), and then send the updated information. Please note that we are trying to spot either the Stevenson Screen (or equivalent) or the location where the barometric readings are taken.

Can you help with location quality? Please indicate if the marker on the map points at the weather instrument cluster:

The location information for this site was gathered from 9 data sources. The source which most closely matches the consensus is chosen. Many of these sources only report the location to the nearest minute (or hundredth of degree). This can lead to the marker being placed noticeably incorrectly. Please see Discussion of Location Errors for more information. Show location history.

Date	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation	Name
2007-11-29	37.0906	127.0296	12	Osan
2009-02-23	37.0906	127.0296	52	Osan, Republic of Korea
2009-04-17	37.0906	127.0296	12	Osan, Republic of Korea
2009-10-14	37.0906	127.0296	12	Osan (us/kor-afb, KR
2010-03-19	37.0906	127.0296	12	Osan/American AFB, Korea
2010-08-29	37.0906	127.0296	12	Osan K 55, South Korea, Korea
2010-10-01	37.0906	127.0296	11	Osan (us/kor-afb, Korea
2010-10-08	37.0906	127.0296	12	Osan (us/kor-afb, Korea
2010-10-22	37.0906	127.0296	12	Osan Osan AB (USAF)\|K-55, 41, Korea
2010-11-25	37.0906	127.0296	12	Osan AB (USAF), 41, Korea
2017-12-11	37.0906	127.0296	12	Osan Ab, Korea, South
2023-01-01	37.0906	127.0296	11	Osan Ab, Korea, South

The position of the clicked point on the map is:

The position of the 'RKSO' marker on the map is:

Latitude: dummy (deg min sec), dummy (decimal), dummy (LORAN)
Longitude: dummy (deg min sec), dummy (decimal), dummy (LORAN)

There are no photographs of the station. If you have pictures of this location, then please email them to rkso@photo.gladstonefamily.net.

Picture Submission

There are two ways to submit pictures. If you are a flickr user, then see the flickr section below. Otherwise you can simply email the pictures as follows:

Email the pictures to rkso@photo.gladstonefamily.net.
If you use a smartphone that embeds the GPS coordinates in the pictures, then you can send any picture of a weather station to gps@photo.gladstonefamily.net and it will be associated with the correct station automatically.

Flickr Upload

Uploading picktures to flickr.com is easy. If you do not have a free flickr account, then you need to create one. Just go to flickr and click the 'Create your account' button. You can use a google account if you have one.

Once logged in, click on 'Upload Photos & Video'. Next click on 'Choose Photos and Videos', and walk through the process to upload your pictures. They will automatically be resized appropriately.

After the upload is complete, it will ask you to add titles, tags and descriptions. The key step is to add tags as follows:

wxtagged -- this indicates that this picture is of a weather station or surrounding area
wx:metar=rkso -- this indicates the site of which this is a picture
wxstation -- add this tag if the picture includes the weather station.

If you had to create your account, then you must upload at least five pictures. It will also take longer for your pictures to appear (a week or so). Otherwise, the pictures should appear after 24-48 hours.

You can try to find photographs from the area surrounding the site marker by clicking on Find nearby photographs. (There are some) (There are none) (There may be some) (Automatically loaded if any)

Status: 3 found.

If any images are of the weather station, then please click on those images, and add the 'wxtagged' and 'wx:metar=rkso' tags to those images. For the station itself, please add the 'wx:station' tag as well. Some users do not permit other users to add tags to their images. In these cases, just add a comment to the picture asking the photographer to add the tags themselves.

Clicking on the map above will redo the search centered on the clicked point.

Neighboring Stations

You can also subscribe to an RSS feed to tell you when new stations come online in this area. Choose either within 100 miles

or 250 miles

Location Formats

Resources

Site	Distance		Location
JR3QFB-13	503.0 miles	East	Settsu, JP (lat 34.7822°, long 135.5510°, altitude 8 metres) (data present)
JA3VQW-13	508.7 miles	East	Hirakata, JP (lat 34.7930°, long 135.6630°, altitude 34 metres) (data present)
BG4WDV-13	548.2 miles	Southwest	ZhenJiang, CH (lat 32.2122°, long 119.4295°, altitude 10 metres) (data present)
GW0380	551.1 miles	East	Toide Takaoka-City (lat 36.6842°, long 136.9838°, altitude 26 metres) (data present)
JS2WAD-13	572.1 miles	East	Nagoya, JP (lat 35.1358°, long 136.9837°, altitude 20 metres) (data present)
JA0BES-13	618.5 miles	East	Nagano Prefecture, JP (lat 36.6702°, long 138.2022°, altitude 397 metres) (data present)
EW4483	625.8 miles	East	Iwata, JP (lat 34.7078°, long 137.8127°, altitude 5 metres) (data present)
GW2540	692.6 miles	East	Hachioji (lat 35.7010°, long 139.3585°, altitude 139 metres) (data present)
CW8443	694.5 miles	East	Tokyo, JP (lat 35.7367°, long 139.4012°, altitude 110 metres) (data present)
FW7254	704.4 miles	East	Yokohama, JP (lat 35.5700°, long 139.5388°, altitude 70 metres) (data present)

CWOP Siting Guide (PDF): This is a guide to siting and operating a CWOP station. This is a must-read document.

Another CWOP Guide (PDF): This is another guide to siting and operating a CWOP station. This is a must-read document.

APRS WX Message format: This describes the actual format of the messages transmitted that carry WX information.

WXQC Mailing List: This is a mailing list where data quality issues are discussed. Assistance with software configuration can often be found here.

Topo Map Reading Guide: How to read USGS topographic maps, with a good section on reading contours.

	Location Map: If this message persists, then your browser is not compatible with Google Maps.
	Larger Smaller Google Earth. Show 0 no-data sites. Show/hide streetview