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State of the Climate - Global Hazards and Extremes

Entry ID: gov.noaa.ncdc.C00673

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Summary

Abstract: Global Hazards/Climate Extremes highlights significant weather events around the world by month and year. It is prepared by and available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The Product was first released in 2003 as a framework to summarize weather-related hazards and disasters across the world. Information is presented on a web page that is updated weekly and is focused on the following events: drought, excessive heat, flooding, severe storms, tropical cyclones, extratropical cyclones, and severe winter weather. The information provided is a compilation of media news and other reports accompanied by relevant images, graphs, and documents.

Purpose: To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public.

CURRENTNESS REFERENCE: ground condition

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Description: Access page that links to the monthly Global Hazards and Climate Extremes web pages.

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: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Dataset Title: State of the Climate - Global Hazards and Extremes

Dataset Release Date: 2003-01-01

Dataset Release Place: Asheville, NC

Dataset Publisher: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Data Presentation Form: Diagram, document, graph, map, remote-sensing image, tabular digital data

Online Resource: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/hazards

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2003-01-01

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > DUST/ASH/SMOKE

ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

RADIOSONDES

GROUND STATIONS

Instrument

RADIOSONDES

Use Constraints CITE AS: Angell, J.K. 2009. Global, hemispheric, and zonal temperature deviations derived from radiosonde records. In Trends Online: A Compendium of Data on Global Change. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. doi: 10.3334/CDIAC/cli.005

Ancillary Keywords

Climate Diagnostics

Data Center

Air Resources Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Data Center URL: http://www.arl.noaa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NOAA AIR RESOURCES LABORATORY Email: arl.webmaster at noaa.gov Contact Address: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Air Resources Laboratory SSMC-3 1315 East West Highway City: SILVER SPRING Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20910 Country: USA

Publications/References

Angell, J.K. 2009. Effect of exclusion of anomalous tropical stations on temperature trends from a 63-Station radiosonde network, and comparison with other analyses. Journal of Climate 16:2288-2295, doi: 10.1175/2763.1.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2010-12-15

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-12-30

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