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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.Documents
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| detailed documentation |
Datasets and variables
| cfv | NOAA NCDC USHCN cfv[Min
Max
mean
prcp
] |
| elev | NOAA NCDC USHCN elev[ ID |] |
| filnet | NOAA NCDC USHCN filnet[Min
prcp
calc_mean
mean
Max
] |
| lat | NOAA NCDC USHCN lat[ ID |] |
| lon | NOAA NCDC USHCN lon[ ID |] |
| Name | NOAA NCDC USHCN Name[ ID |] |
| raw | NOAA NCDC USHCN raw[Min
Max
mean
prcp
] |
| state | NOAA NCDC USHCN state[ ID |] |
| State Division | NOAA NCDC USHCN statediv[ ID |] |
| tos | NOAA NCDC USHCN tos[Min
prcp
calc_mean
mean
Max
] |
| urban | NOAA NCDC USHCN urban[Min
Max
calc_mean
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.
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