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NOAA NCDC: National Climatic Data Center
CDR
NOAA NCDC CDR: Climate Data Record
PERSIANN-CDR
NOAA NCDC CDR PERSIANN-CDR: Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial Neural Networks
v01r01
NOAA NCDC CDR PERSIANN-CDR v01r01: Version 1 Revision 1
Resolution: 0.25x0.25; Longitude: global; Latitude: [59.875S,59.875N]; Time: [1 Jan 1983,30 Sep 2019]; daily
CIRS
NOAA NCDC CIRS: Climate Index Reference Sequential
ClimateDivision
NOAA NCDC CIRS ClimateDivision: Time bias corrected temperature, precipitation, and drought index data for United States climate divisions from the National Climatic Data Center
Resolution: 344 stations; Longitude: [125W,65W]; Latitude: [15N,55N]; Time: [Jan 1895,Jan 2014]; monthly
nClimDiv
v1
NOAA NCDC CIRS nClimDiv v1: Time bias corrected temperature, precipitation, and drought index data for United States climate divisions from the National Climatic Data Center
Resolution: 344 stations; Longitude: [125W,65W]; Latitude: [15N,55N]; Time: [Jan 1895,Mar 2017]; monthly
CM
Drought
HPDI
NOAA NCDC CM Drought HPDI: Historical Palmer Drought Indices
Time: [Jan 1895,Dec 2019]; monthly
DAILY
NOAA NCDC DAILY: Global daily WMO weather station data
FSOD
NOAA NCDC DAILY FSOD: Daily weather station data primarily from the United States and parts of South Pacific and Europe
Resolution: 1582 stations; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [1 Jan 1869,31 Dec 1999]; daily
GLOBALSOD
NOAA NCDC DAILY GLOBALSOD: Global daily WMO weather station data
Resolution: 14676 stations; Longitude: global; Latitude: [90S,83.63333N]; Time: [1 Jan 1994,31 Dec 1999]; daily
ERSST
NOAA NCDC ERSST: Extended reconstructed global sea surface temperature data based on COADS data
version1
NOAA NCDC ERSST version1: Extended reconstructed global sea surface temperature data based on COADS data
Resolution: 2x2; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [Jan 1854,Jun 2005]; monthly
version2
NOAA NCDC ERSST version2: Improved extended reconstructed global sea surface temperature data based on COADS data
Resolution: 2x2; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [Jan 1854,Dec 2009]; monthly
version3b
NOAA NCDC ERSST version3b: In situ data: ICOADS2.5 before 2007, NCEP in situ data from 2008 to present. Ice data: HadISST ice before 2015 and NCEP ice after 2015.
Resolution: 2x2; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [Jan 1854,Feb 2020]; monthly
version4
NOAA NCDC ERSST version4: In situ data: ICOADS2.5 before 2007, NCEP in situ data from 2008 to present. Ice data: HadISST ice before 2015 and NCEP ice after 2015.
Resolution: 2x2; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [Jan 1854,Feb 2020]; monthly
version5
NOAA NCDC ERSST version5: ERSST.v5: Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Dataset, Version 5.
Resolution: 2x2; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [Jan 1854,Aug 2024]; monthly
GCPS
NOAA NCDC GCPS: Global Climate Perspectives System
MONTHLY
GRIDDED
NOAA NCDC GCPS MONTHLY GRIDDED: Baseline climatological dataset of gridded temperature and precipitation anomalies derived from the Global Historical Climate Network
Resolution: 5x5; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [Jan 1851,Dec 1993]; monthly
STATION
NOAA NCDC GCPS MONTHLY STATION: Baseline climatological dataset of weather station temperature and precipitation data derived from the Glocal Historical Climate Network
Resolution: 10093 stations; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [Jan 1697,Dec 1995]; monthly
Global Daily Climatology Network
NOAA NCDC Global Daily Climatology Network: Daily precipitation and minimum and maximum temperature data from the Global Daily Climatology Network
Resolution: 32857 stations; Longitude: global; Latitude: [90S,82.52N]; Time: [1 Mar 1840,30 Nov 2001]; daily
GHCN
NOAA NCDC GHCN: Global Historical Climatology Network: monthly weather station temperature and precipitation
version 2
NOAA NCDC GHCN version 2: Monthly weather station temperature data from the Global Historical Climate Network
Resolution: 7280 stations; Longitude: global; Latitude: [90S,82.5N]; Time: [Jan 1701,Nov 2013]; monthly
beta version 2 (prcp)
NOAA NCDC GHCN beta version 2 (prcp): Monthly weather station precipitation data from the Global Historical Climate Network
Resolution: 20590 stations; Longitude: global; Latitude: [90S,82.5N]; Time: [Jan 1697,Nov 2013]; monthly
GHCN_Daily
Global Historical Climatology Network - Daily
NOAA NCDC GHCN_Daily Global Historical Climatology Network - Daily: Global daily precipitation, minimum temperature, and maximum temperature data
Resolution: 33147 stations; Longitude: global; Latitude: [90S,82.52N]; Time: [1 Jan 1833,29 Feb 2004]; daily
OISST
version1
AVHRR Gateway Time-out
AVHRR-AMSR Gateway Time-out
version2
AVHRR
Resolution: 0.25x0.25; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [20 Sep 1981,13 Apr 2020]; daily
AVHRR-AMSR
Resolution: 0.25x0.25; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [1 Jun 2002,4 Oct 2011]; daily
version2p1
AVHRR
Resolution: 0.25x0.25; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [1 Sep 1981,11 Sep 2024]; daily
AVHRR_monthly
NOAA NCDC OISST version2p1 AVHRR_monthly: Monthly AVHRR
Resolution: 0.25x0.25; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [Sep 1981,Aug 2024]; monthly
AVHRR_pentad
NOAA NCDC OISST version2p1 AVHRR_pentad: Pentad AVHRR
Resolution: 0.25x0.25; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [3-7 Sep 1981,3-7 Sep 2024]
AVHRR_weekly
NOAA NCDC OISST version2p1 AVHRR_weekly: Weekly AVHRR
Resolution: 0.25x0.25; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [1-7 Sep 1981,3-9 Sep 2024]; weekly
Paleo
NOAA NCDC Paleo: NOAA Paleoclimatology
Treering
Reconstructions
Briffa1992
NOAA NCDC Paleo Treering Reconstructions Briffa1992: Western North America Gridpoint and Regional Summer Temperature Reconstructions
1750-1983 Temperature Reconstruction
Resolution: 10x5; Longitude: [150W,100W]; Latitude: [30N,65N]; Time: [Apr-Sep 1750,Apr-Sep 1983]
1600-1983 Temperature Reconstruction
Resolution: 10x5; Longitude: [150W,100W]; Latitude: [30N,65N]; Time: [Apr-Sep 1600,Apr-Sep 1983]
Wahl2012
NOAA NCDC Paleo Treering Reconstructions Wahl2012: Western North America 500 Year Annual Temperature Reconstruction
1500-1980 Temperature Reconstruction
Resolution: 5x5; Longitude: [127.5W,97.5W]; Latitude: [32.5N,52.5N]; Time: [1500,1980]; yearly
PDO
NOAA NCDC PDO: Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)
Time: [Jan 1854,Oct 2024]; monthly
SSMI
monthly
Resolution: 0.3333333x0.3333333; Longitude: global; Latitude: [79.83334S,80.5N]; Time: [Jan 1988,Apr 2003]; monthly
weekly
Resolution: 0.3333333x0.3333333; Longitude: global; Latitude: [79.83334S,80.5N]; Time: [1-7 Jan 1988,14-20 May 2003]
United States Historical Climatology Network
NOAA NCDC United States Historical Climatology Network: Monthly averaged maximum, minimum, and mean temperature and total monthly precipitation from stations in the United States
Resolution: 1221 stations; Longitude: [130W,60W]; Latitude: [20N,50N]; Time: [0011 1 Jan 1695 - 0011 1 Feb 1695,Dec 1996]; monthly