18 Weather data p3 (Meteorology: Sources of CD-ROMs)
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This article is from the Meteorology FAQ, by Tom Berg hcane@mobile.gulf.net with numerous contributions by others.
18 Weather data p3 (Meteorology: Sources of CD-ROMs)
Atlas of Global Instrumental Climate Data - Version 1.0 ($30):
Color-shaded and contoured images of global gridded instrumental data,
with each image simultaneously depicting anomaly maps of surface
temperature, sea level pressure, and 500 millibar geopotential heights
and percentages of reference period precipitation. Monthly, seasonal,
and annual composites are available, in either cylindrical
equidistant, or northern and southern hemisphere polar projections.
Temperature maps are available from 1854 to 1991, precipitation maps
from 1851 to 1989, sea level press ure maps from 1899 to 1991, and 500
mb height maps from 1946 to 1991. All images are GIF files (1024 x
822 pixels, 256 color). Shareware for viewing GIF images is also
available on the CD-ROM.
Contact: Frank Keimig, Department of Geology and Geography, Box 35820,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-5820. 413/545-0659,
email frank@climate1.geo.umass.edu
Historical Soviet Daily Snow Depth CD-ROM ($50):
Historical Soviet Daily Snow Depth is based on observations at a
series of 284 World Meteorological Organization (WMO) stations
throughout the Former Soviet Union. The earliest operational stations
began recording snow depth in 1881 and the data continues until
1985. Geographic distribution of stations is primarily in the mid
latitudes of Eurasia and correspond to inhabited areas. Stations range
from 35 to 75 degrees north latitude and from 20 to 180 degrees west
longitude. Stations range in altitude from -15 meters to 2100 meters.
Daily data, as well as NSIDC-generated monthly means, are available on
a single CD-ROM containing ASCII data files, extraction software, and
data documentation. The source of the data used is the State
Hydrometeorological Service in Obninsk, Russia. Data were provided to
NSIDC via the Bilateral US-USSR WG-8 Exchange. Production of this
CD-ROM was funded by the NOAA Earth Science Data and Information
(ESDIM) Initiative through the National Geophysical Data Center
(NGDC).
Contact: NSIDC User Services, National Snow and Ice Data Center, CIRES
- Campus Box 449, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0449.
303/492-6199, FAX 303/492-2468, email: nsidc@kryos.colorado.edu,
Omnet: NSIDC.
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