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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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Related URL
Link: GET DATA
Description: Access page that links to the monthly Global Hazards and Climate Extremes web pages.
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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
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Science Keywords
ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > DUST/ASH/SMOKE Parameter Definition
ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY Parameter Definition
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SHIPS Ancillary Description
Project
Quality Each parameter is assigned a data quality flag as defined below:

Flag 1: Error free
Flag 2: Dubious. Non-specific errors
Flag 3: Known errors exist that can be fixed
Flag 4: Known errors exist that cannot be fixed
Flag 5: No ... View entire text
Access Constraints None. The data are freely available. The data are available for download from the given url. Note that to use the original log files, you will also need to download the provided software in order to extract the data.
Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Authors should acknowledge use of the ASPeCt data archive.

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at the URL below when using these data.
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Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
Data Center
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia Supplemental Info
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 Format: pdf, text
Fees: free
Personnel
ANTHONY PETER WORBY
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: +61 3 6232 5414
Email: tony.worby at csiro.au
Contact Address:
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Castray Esplanade
City: Hobart
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7001
Country: Australia
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2001-08-10
Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-01-21

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