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Precipitation and Temperature Values Derived from the World Monthly Surface Station Climatology (WMSSC)

Entry ID: JISAO_WMSSC_DIGITAL_VALUE

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Summary

Abstract: The World Monthly Surface Station Climatology (WMSSC) comprises time
series of precipitaion, surface temperature, and sometimes sea-level
pressure, station pressure, and relative humidity for thousands of
stations around the world. The data set provides digital values for
months and years, for example, February 1953, and it is maintained and
available from by the National Center for Atmospheric Research. What
is presented on this WWW is a climatology of the precipitation and
surface temperature calculated by Ernie Recker of the Department of
Atmospheric Sciences of the University of Washington.

[Summary Extracted from the JISAO Homepage]

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: World Monthly Surface Station Climatology, 1738-cont offered by NCAR.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Ernie Recker

Dataset Title: Precipitation and Temperature Values Derived from the World Monthly Surface Station Climatology (WMSSC) Climatology

Dataset Release Place: Seattle, Washington, USA

Dataset Publisher: Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1738-01-01

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE

ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

FIELD SURVEYS

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

Quality See attached documentation file. Dates provided in temporal coverage are approximate only.

Access Constraints Stored data format: ArcView shapefile Available format type: ArcView shapefile.
Stored as geographicals with a projection file. Access constraint: ArcView shapefile is available on the web. Conditions apply. Data are available for download from the URL given below.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Must be cited properly

Ancillary Keywords

BEACH

GEOMORPHOLOGY

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

AADC

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Size: 43 kb

Distribution Format: shapefiles

Fees: free

Personnel

URSULA HARRIS

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 3 6232 3519

Fax: +61 3 6232 3351

Email: metadata at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

IAN GOODWIN

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +61 2 4921 8870

Fax: +61 2 4921 5877

Email: ian.goodwin at newcastle.edu.au

Contact Address:

SCHOOL OF GEOSCIENCES

UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE

City: CALLAGHAN

Province or State: New South Wales

Postal Code: 2308

Country: Australia

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 1999-10-07

Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-04-10

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