The global historical climatology network: Long-term monthly temperature, precipitation, and pressure data
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC (United States)
- Cooperative Inst. for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO (United States)
Interest in global climate change has risen dramatically during the past several decades. In a similar fashion, the number of data sets available to study global change has also increased. Unfortunately, many different organizations and researchers have compiled these data sets, making it confusing and time consuming for individuals to acquire the most comprehensive data. In response to this rapid growth in the number of global data sets, DOE`s Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) and NOAA`s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) established the Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) project. The purpose of this project is to compile an improved data set of long-term monthly mean temperature, precipitation, sea level pressure, and station pressure for as dense a network of global stations as possible. Specifically, the GHCN project seeks to consolidate the numerous preexisting national-, regional-, and global-scale data sets into a single global data base; to subject the data to rigorous quality control; and to update, enhance, and distribute the data set at regular intervals. The purpose of this paper is to describe the compilation and contents of the GHCN data base (i.e., GHCN Version 1.0).
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 10187281
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930133-2; ON: DE92041261
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 73. American Meteorological Society (AMS) annual meeting,Anaheim, CA (United States),17-22 Jan 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1992]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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