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World Monthly Surface Station Climatology, 1738-cont

Entry ID: NCAR_DS570.0

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Summary

Abstract: This world monthly surface station climatology has data for over 4700 different stations (2600 in more recent years). Data for some stations goes as far back as the mid-1700's. See decadal coverage [http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds570.0/docs/decadal.html] for more detail. Most of the data was obtained directly from the National Climatic ...

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS > Data Support Section, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Dataset Title: World Monthly Surface Station Climatology, 1738-cont

Dataset Publisher: UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS > Data Support Section, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Online Resource: http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds570.0/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1738-01-01

Stop Date: 2010-07-31

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS

GROUND STATIONS

WEATHER STATIONS

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

Data Support Section, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Data Center URL: http://rda.ucar.edu/
Dataset ID: 570.0

Data Center Personnel
Name: RDA HELP DESK Phone: (303)-497-1231 Fax: (303)-497-1291 Email: dssweb at ucar.edu Contact Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research CISL/DSS P.O. Box 3000 City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80307 Country: U.S.A.

Distribution

Distribution Size: 196.125 Mbytes

Personnel

BOB DATTORE

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: (303)-497-1825

Fax: (303)-497-1291

Email: dattore at ucar.edu

Contact Address:

National Center for Atmospheric Research

CISL/DSS

P.O. Box 3000

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80307

Country: U.S.A.

Publications/References

Quayle, R.G., 1989: The Wolbach Dataset for Global Climate Monitoring - Philanthropy and Climatology. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 70(12), 1570-1570.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-05-12

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