NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD

Datasets and variables

Name	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD Name[ WBAN |]
lon	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD lon[ WBAN |]
lat	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD lat[ WBAN |]
average cloudiness midnight to midnight	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD ASMM[ T | WBAN]
average cloudiness sunrise to sunset	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD ASSS[ T | WBAN]
average daily wind speed	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD AWND[ T | WBAN]
cooling degree day	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD CLDG[ T | WBAN]
departure from normal temperature	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD DPNT[ T | WBAN]
average daily dew-point temperature	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD DPTP[ T | WBAN]
elevation	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD elev[ WBAN |]
base of frozen ground layer	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD FRGB[ T | WBAN]
thickness of frozen ground layer	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD FRGH[ T | WBAN]
top of frozen ground layer	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD FRGT[ T | WBAN]
river gauge height	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD GAHT[ T | WBAN]
heating degree days	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD HTDG[ T | WBAN]
minimum relative humidity	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD MNRH[ T | WBAN]
maximum relative humidity	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD MXRH[ T | WBAN]
peak gust direction and speed	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD PKGS[ T | WBAN]
precipitation	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD PRCP[ T | WBAN]
pressure	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD PRES[ T | WBAN]
percentage of possible sun	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD PSUN[ T | WBAN]
average cloudiness midnight to midnight	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD SAMM[ T | WBAN]
average cloudiness sunrise to sunset	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD SASS[ T | WBAN]
average sky cover midnight to midnight	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD SCMM[ T | WBAN]
average sky cover sunrise to sunset	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD SCSS[ T | WBAN]
average cloudiness midnight to midnight (GOES)	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD SGMM[ T | WBAN]
average cloudiness sunrise to sunset (GOES)	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD SGSS[ T | WBAN]
average sky cover midnight to midnight	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD SMMM[ T | WBAN]
average sky cover sunrise to sunset	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD SMSS[ T | WBAN]
snowfall	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD SNOW[ T | WBAN]
snow depth	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD SNWD[ T | WBAN]
average sky cover midnight to midnight (GOES)	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD STMM[ T | WBAN]
average sky cover sunrise to sunset (GOES)	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD STSS[ T | WBAN]
thickness of ice on water	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD THIC[ T | WBAN]
maximum temperature	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD TMAX[ T | WBAN]
minimum temperature	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD TMIN[ T | WBAN]
average wet-bulb temperature	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD TMPW[ T | WBAN]
daily total sun	NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD TSUN[ T | WBAN]

Grids

time	grid: /T (julian_day) ordered (1 Jan 1869) to (31 Dec 1999) by 1.0 N= 47846 pts :grid
Station	grid: /WBAN (ids) ordered [ (3017) (3103) (3104) ... (94931)] N= 1582 pts :grid

Documents

outline

dataset documentation

Other Info

Note

This is a testing version of the data

References

National Climatic Data Center, March 1993: Local Climatological Data. Environmental Information summary (C-2), NOAA-NCDC, Asheville, NC. (currently in draft form).