Univ. of Delaware Precipitation and Air Temperature

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

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Originator: NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center

Publication_Date: 20011201

Title: Univ. of Delaware Precipitation and Air Temperature

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Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Boulder, CO

Publisher: NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cdc/data.UDel_AirT_Precip.html

Description:

Abstract:

Cort Willmott & Kenji Matsuura of the University of Delaware have put data together from a large number of stations, both from the GHCN (Global Historical Climate Network) and, more extensively, from the archive of Legates & Willmott. The result is a monthly climatology of precipitation and air temperature, both at the surface, and a time series, spanning 1950 to 1996, of monthly mean surface air temperatures, and monthly total precipitation. It is land-only in coverage, and complements the COADS data set well. For a complete description of the data as given by the providers and references to relevant papers please see their web pages: climatologies monthly grids NOAAServer Codes: [POL 89.75 -89.75 180 -180] ; nodateline preview obtain Scientific research.

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19500101

Ending_Date: 19961231

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 89.75

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -89.75

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

Theme_Keyword: Univ. Of Delaware Precipitation And Air Temp. [pol 89.75-89.75 180 -180]

Theme_Keyword: Air Temperature

Theme_Keyword: Precipitation

Theme_Keyword: Tems

Theme_Keyword: Gtos

Theme_Keyword: G3os

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

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Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Access_Constraints: None.

Use_Constraints:

None. Acknowledgement of CDC would appreciated in products derived from these data.

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Contact_Person: ESRL/PSD DATA INQUIRIES

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Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: esrl.psd.data@noaa.gov

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Contact_Organization: DOC/NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD/CAB > Climate Analysis Branch, Physical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Contact_Person: ESRL/PSD DATA INQUIRIES

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: esrl.psd.data@noaa.gov

Resource_Description: CDC050

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http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/psd1/

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DATA CENTER URL

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http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.UDel_Air...

Access_Instructions:

Obtain this data set via HTML.

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Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

ftp://ftp.cdc.noaa.gov/Datasets/udel.airt.precip/

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Obtain this data set via FTP.

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20020325

Metadata_Review_Date: 20090715

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: ESRL/PSD DATA INQUIRIES

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: esrl.psd.data@noaa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time