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SOURCESNOAANCDCUnited States Historical Climatology Network* [map]

NOAA NCDC 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.

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cfv NOAA NCDC USHCN cfv[Min mean Max prcp ]
elev NOAA NCDC USHCN elev[ ID |]
filnet NOAA NCDC USHCN filnet[calc_mean Min mean Max prcp ]
lat NOAA NCDC USHCN lat[ ID |]
lon NOAA NCDC USHCN lon[ ID |]
Name NOAA NCDC USHCN Name[ ID |]
raw NOAA NCDC USHCN raw[Min mean Max prcp ]
state NOAA NCDC USHCN state[ ID |]
State Division NOAA NCDC USHCN statediv[ ID |]
tos NOAA NCDC USHCN tos[calc_mean Min mean Max prcp ]
urban NOAA NCDC USHCN urban[calc_mean Min Max mean ]

Independent Variables (Grids)

StationID grid: /ID (ids) ordered [ (11084) (12813) (13160) ... (489905)] N= 1221 pts :grid
time grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (0011 1 Jan 1695 - 0011 1 Feb 1695) to (Dec 1996) by 0.9999999 N= 3624 pts :grid

References

Karl, T.R., C.N. Williams, Jr., F.T. Quinlan, and T.A. Boden, 1990: United States Historical Climatology Network (HCN) Serial Temperature and Precipitation Data, Environmental Science Division, Publication No. 3404, Carbon Dioxide Information and Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 389 pp.

Last updated: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:02:58 GMT