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LBA REGIONAL GLOBAL HISTORICAL CLIMATOLOGY NETWORK, V. 1, 1832-1990 Entry ID: lba_ghcn_v1 |
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Summary
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Abstract:
This data set consists of a subset of the Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) Version 1 database for the study area of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) in South America (i.e., longitude 85 to 30 degrees W, latitude 25 degrees S to 10 degrees N). There are three files available, one each for precipitation, temperature, and pressure data. Within this subset the oldest data date from 1832 and the most recent from 1990.The GHCN V1 database contains monthly temperature, precipitation, sea-level pressure, and station-pressure data for thousands of meteorological stations worldwide. The database was compiled from pre-existing national, regional, and global collections of data as part of the Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) project, the goal of which was to produce, maintain and make available a comprehensive global surface baseline climate data set for monitoring climate and detecting climate change. It contains data from roughly 6000 temperature stations, 7500 precipitation stations, 1800 sea-level pressure stations, and 1800 station-pressure stations. Each station has at least 10 years of data; 40% have more than 50 years of data. Spatial coverage is good over most of the globe, particularly for the United States and Europe. Data gaps are evident over the Amazon rainforest, the Sahara desert, Greenland, and Antarctica. The earliest station data are from 1697; the most recent are from 1990. The database was created from 15 source data sets including:The National Climatic Data Center's (NCDC's) World Weather Records,CAC's Climate Anomaly Monitoring System (CAMS),NCAR's World Monthly Surface Station Climatology,CIRES' (Eischeid/Diaz) Global precipitation data set,P. Jones' Temperature data base for the world, andS. Nicholson's African precipitation database. Quality Control of the GHCN V1 database included visual inspection of graphs of all station time series, tests for precipitation digitized 6 months out of phase, tests for different stations having identical data, and other tests. This detailed analysis has revealed that most stations (95% for temperature and precipitation, 75% for pressure) contain high-quality data. However, gross data-processing errors (e.g., keypunch problems) and discontinuous inhomogeneities (e.g., station relocations and instrumentation changes) do characterize a small number of stations. All major data processing problems have been flagged (or corrected, when possible). Similarly, all major inhomogeneities have been flagged, although no homogeneity corrections were applied.LBA was designed to create the new knowledge needed to understand the climatological, ecological, biogeochemical, and hydrological functioning of Amazonia; the impact of land use change on these functions; and the interactions between Amazonia and the Earth system. LBA was a cooperative international research initiative led by Brazil and NASA was a lead sponsor for several experiments. More information about LBA and links to other LBA project sites can be found at http://www.daac.ornl.gov/LBA/misc_amazon.html.
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Geographic Coverage
| N: 10.0 | S: -25.0 | E: -30.0 | W: -85.0 |
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Data Set Citation
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Dataset Originator/Creator:
EISCHEID, J.K.HEIM, R.KARL, T.R.PETERSON, T.C.SCHMOYER, R.L.STEURER, P.M.VOSE, R.S.
Dataset Title: LBA REGIONAL GLOBAL HISTORICAL CLIMATOLOGY NETWORK, V. 1, 1832-1990 Dataset Release Date: 2004 Dataset Release Place: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. Dataset Publisher: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center Data Presentation Form: Online Files Dataset DOI: doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/702 Online Resource: http://mercury.ornl.gov/ornldaac/send/query?term2=702&term2attribut... |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date: 1832-07-01 |
| Stop Date: 1990-12-31 |
Location Keywords
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CONTINENT
> SOUTH AMERICA
> AMAZONIA
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Science Keywords
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE >SEA LEVEL PRESSURE [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE >SURFACE PRESSURE [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE >AIR TEMPERATURE [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >PRECIPITATION >PRECIPITATION AMOUNT [Definition] |
ISO Topic Category
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CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
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Platform
| METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS [Information] |
Instrument
| BAROMETERS [Information] |
| RAIN GAUGES [Information] |
| Thermometers [Information] |
Project
| EOSDIS >Earth Observing System Data Information System [Information] |
| LBA >Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia [Information] |
| ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program [Information] |
| CWIC >CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog [Information] |
Keywords
| LBA |
| GHCN |
| EOSDIS |
| HISTORICAL |
| CLIMATOLOGY |
| CLIMATE COLLECTIONS |
| GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE |
| LONG-TERM CLIMATE DATA |
Data Set Progress
| COMPLETE |
Data Center
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THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC)
[Information]
Data Center URL: http://daac.ornl.gov/ Dataset ID: 702
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Personnel
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JON
K.
EISCHEID Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: +1 (303) 497-5970 Email: jon at noaacdc.colorado.edu Contact Address: Cooperative Institute for Research In Environmental Sciences University of Colorado at Boulder City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 |
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ORNL DAAC USER SERVICES OFFICE Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: (865) 574-7447 Email: uso at daac.ornl.gov Contact Address: ORNL DAAC User Services Office Oak Ridge National Laboratory City: Oak Ridge Province or State: TN Postal Code: 37831-6407 Country: USA |
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2004-01-28
Last DIF Revision Date:
2012-04-17
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