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NOAA NCDC 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.

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Country_Code NOAA NCDC GHCN_Daily version1 CC[ STNID |]
DMFlag-Pr NOAA NCDC GHCN_Daily version1 DMPCPN[ T | STNID]
DMFlag-Tx NOAA NCDC GHCN_Daily version1 DMTMAX[ T | STNID]
DMFlag-Tn NOAA NCDC GHCN_Daily version1 DMTMIN[ T | STNID]
Elevation NOAA NCDC GHCN_Daily version1 elev[ STNID |]
lat NOAA NCDC GHCN_Daily version1 lat[ STNID |]
lon NOAA NCDC GHCN_Daily version1 lon[ STNID |]
Name NOAA NCDC GHCN_Daily version1 Name[ STNID |]
Precipitation NOAA NCDC GHCN_Daily version1 PCPN[ T | STNID]
QCFlag-Pr NOAA NCDC GHCN_Daily version1 QCPCPN[ T | STNID]
QCFlag-Tx NOAA NCDC GHCN_Daily version1 QCTMAX[ T | STNID]
QCFlag-Tn NOAA NCDC GHCN_Daily version1 QCTMIN[ T | STNID]
Station_Code NOAA NCDC GHCN_Daily version1 STN_CODE[ STNID |]
StationID2 NOAA NCDC GHCN_Daily version1 STNID2[ STNID |]
StationID3 NOAA NCDC GHCN_Daily version1 STNID3[ STNID |]
Max_Temperature NOAA NCDC GHCN_Daily version1 TMAX[ T | STNID]
Min_Temperature NOAA NCDC GHCN_Daily version1 TMIN[ T | STNID]
WMOID NOAA NCDC GHCN_Daily version1 WMOID[ STNID |]

Independent Variables (Grids)

Station grid: /STNID (ids) ordered [ (0) (1) (2) ... (99999901)] N= 33147 pts :grid
Time grid: /T (julian_day) ordered (1 Jan 1833) to (29 Feb 2004) by 1. N= 62516 pts :grid

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.

Last updated: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:02:57 GMT