Independent Variables (Grids)

station

grid: /IWMO (ids) ordered [ (1001000) (1005001) (1008000) ... (99914001)] N= 7280 pts :grid

Other Info

Key
1	WATER
2	POLAR DESERT
3	TUNDRA
4	WOODED TUNDRA
5	MAIN TAIGA
6	COOL GRASS/SHRUB
7	WARM CONIFER
8	WARM CROPS
9	COASTAL EDGES
10	COOL MIXED
11	COOL FOR./FIELD
12	COOL CROPS
13	WARM GRASS/SHRUB
14	HEATHS, MOORS
15	ICE
16	WARM FIELD WOODS
17	WARM FOR./FIELD
18	WARM MIXED
19	NORTH. TAIGA
20	WARM DECIDUOUS
21	MED. GRAZING
22	WARM IRRIGATED
23	COOL CONIFER
24	COOL FIELD/WOODS
25	HIGHLAND SHRUB
26	HOT DESERT
27	BOGS, BOG WOODS
28	COLD IRRIGATED
29	SOUTH. TAIGA
30	COOL IRRIGATED
31	E. SOUTH. TAIGA
32	SIBERIAN PARKS
33	MARSH, SWAMP
34	COOL DESERT
35	SAND DESERT
36	PADDYLANDS
37	TROP. SEASONAL
38	TROP. MONTANE
39	TROPICAL DRY FOR
40	TROP. SAVANNA
41	EQ. EVERGREEN
42	LOW SCRUB
43	SUCCULENT THORNS
44	SEMIARID WOODS
45	ANTARCTICA

datatype

stringtype

scale_max

45

scale_min

1

units

ids

References

Vose, R. S., Richard L. Schmoyer, Peter M. Steurer, Thomas C. Peterson, Richard Heim, Thomas R. Karl, and J. Eischeid, 1992: The Global Historical Climatology Network: long-term monthly temperature, precipitation, sea level pressure, and station pressure data. ORNL/CDIAC-53, NDP-041. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Easterling, D.R. and T.C. Peterson, 1995: The effect of artificial discontinuities on recent trends in minimum and maximum temperatures. Atmospheric Research, 37, 19-26.

Easterling, David R. and Thomas C. Peterson, 1995: A new method for detecting and adjusting for undocumented discontinuities in climatological time series. International Journal of Climatology, 15, 369-377.

Easterling, David R., Thomas C. Peterson, and Thomas R. Karl, 1996: On the development and use of homogenized climate data sets. Journal of Climate, 9, 1429-1434.

Peterson, Thomas C. and David R. Easterling, 1994: Creation of homogeneous composite climatological reference series. International Journal of Climatology, 14, 671-679.

Peterson, Thomas C. and Russell S. Vose, 1997: An overview of the Global Historical Climatology Network temperature data base, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 78, 2837-2849.

Peterson, Thomas C., Russell S. Vose, Richard Schmoyer, and Vyachevslav Razuvaev, 1997: Quality control of monthly temperature data: The GHCN experience. International Journal of Climatology, submitted.

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