edu.ucar.gdex::d570000 eng; USA utf-8 dataset NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange datahelp@ucar.edu https://gdex.ucar.edu NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange The Geoscience Data Exchange (GDEX), managed by the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at NSF NCAR, contains a large collection of meteorological, atmospheric composition, and oceanographic observations, and operational and reanalysis model outputs, integrated with NSF NCAR High Performance Compute services to support atmospheric and geosciences research. download pointOfContact 2026-04-04T06:32:23Z ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata ISO19115:2003/Cor 1 2006 https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d570000 World Monthly Surface Station Climatology d570000 1981-07-13 publication National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce author Meteorology Department, Florida State University author Harvard College Observatory, Harvard University author Climate Analysis Section, Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research author NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research publisher This world monthly surface station climatology has data for over 4700 different stations (2600 in more recent years). Data for some stations goes as far back as the mid-1700s. See decadal coverage [http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds570.0/#!docs/decadal.html] for more detail. Most of the data was obtained directly from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), Asheville, North Carolina. However, much of the data prior to 1951 came from John Wolbach of Harvard College Observatory, who contracted to have this data key entered at NCDC. The first six months of 1961 were key entered at NCAR. Sharon Nicholson, Florida State University, provided African precipitation data to extend the records of over 250 stations. Dennis Shea, NCAR/CGD, has been a valuable source for data obtained directly from various countries. onGoing datahelp@ucar.edu pointOfContact annually dataset DSS WMSSC dataset Resource Type 2021-03-30 revision 4.4 DataCite Metadata Working Group orginator resourceTypeGeneral WEATHER STATIONS > WEATHER STATIONS FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS > FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS GROUND STATIONS > GROUND STATIONS U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directory GCMD 2026-03-19 revision 23.6 NASA Global Change Master Directory orginator Valids List: Platforms EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SUNSHINE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directory GCMD 2026-03-19 revision 23.6 NASA Global Change Master Directory orginator Valids List: Science and Services Keywords Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License None eng utf-8 climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 1738-01-01 2026-03-31 NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange datahelp@ucar.edu https://gdex.ucar.edu distributor 66.712 https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d570000/ https Dataset Description Related Link information https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d570000/dataaccess/ https Data Access Related Link download none asNeeded