-Weather data
Climate Change Data ($950, or 595 pounds sterling from UK source):
Monthly 5-degree surface temperature anomaly grids 1854-1990, pressure
grids 1873-1990. Monthly world temperature data at about 3500 stations and
precipitation data at about 6500 stations, for period of record (long).
Retrieval and mapping software included, available for various systems.
Contact: Dr. Phil Jones, Climatic Research Unit, University of East
Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ United Kingdom. Distributed in North America by
Chadwyck-Healey Inc.,1101 King St, Alexandria, VA 22314. 800/752-0515.
World Weather Disc ($295):
Monthly temp, precip, pressure, sunshine data for about 2000 world stations
for period of record. Daily weather data at hundreds of US stations. Data
for some stations on temp, precip, freeze, drought, soil moisture, wind,
storms. Frequency and movement of tropical cyclones.
Contact: Cliff Mass, Dept. of Atmos. Sci. (AK40), University of Washington,
Seattle, WA 98195. 206/685-0910.
National Climate Information Disc Volume 1 ($120):
Monthly temperature, precipitation, Palmer Hydrological Drought Index for 344
climate divisions of US. Data can be viewed in tabular or graphical format.
The disc covers the period 1895-1989 and contains 1032 time-series graphs,
4180 maps, and 5400 frames of video animation.
Contact: National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), Attn: Climate Services
Branch, 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801-5001. 704/271-4800,
fax 704-271-4876, email orders@ncdc.noaa.gov. Add $5 service charge per order.
SAMSON (Solar and Meteorological Surface Observational Network)
(3 disks, $120 each or $360 for the set):
The three CD-ROMs are divided geographically into regions: eastern,
central, and western U.S., and contain hourly solar radiation data along with
selected meteorological elements for the period 1961-1990. It encompasses
237 NWS stations in the United States, and also includes Guam and Puerto
Rico. The dataset includes both observational and modelled data. The hourly
solar elements are: Extraterrestrial horizontal and extraterrestrial direct
normal radiation; global, diffuse, and direct normal radiation.
Meteorological elements are: Total and opaque sky cover, temperature and
dew point, relative humidity, pressure, wind direction and speed, visibility,
ceiling height, present weather, precipitable water, aerosol optical depth,
snow depth, days since last snowfall, and hourly precipitation. Joint
NCDC and NREL product, available for DOS only.
Contact: National Climatic Data Center, see above.
CLIVUE CD-ROM ($120):
The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) developed a CD-ROM in support of
a museum exhibit which traveled across the U.S. The CD contains a
1,500-station subset of NCDC's nearly 8,000 U.S. daily cooperative stations.
The user selects a date and area of the U.S. and the CD-ROM database is
queried for stations within the specified domain having data. Then, the
system displays daily maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation, and
snowfall for the site. Graphs showing 7 years, 21 years, and the full period
of record (varies by station) for the station(s) are available. Visual
displays allow users to view trends, variability, and extremes.
This is a joint NCDC and Franklin Institute product, available for DOS only.
Contact: National Climatic Data Center, see above.
International Station Meteorological Climate Summary (ISMCS) v. 3.0 ($120)
This CD-ROM gives detailed climatological summaries for 2200 locations
worldwide. These locations include National Weather Service stations,
domestic and overseas Navy and Air Force sites, and numerous foreign stations.
Limited summaries are also given for approximately 5000 additional worldwide
sites. Tabular or statistical data can be exported to a printer or spreadsheet.
Version 3.0 supports mouse capability and allows users to graph selected
tables. Joint NCDC, USAF and U.S. Navy product. DOS only.
Contact: National Climatic Data Center, see above.
U.S. Navy Marine Climatic Atlas of the World Ver 1.1 ($120):
This CD-ROM includes analysis and display software for climatological
averages of atmospheric and oceanographic data. The data are summarized with
user-defined 1 and 5 degree grid areas covering the global marine environment.
The summaries are produced using predominately ship data collected between
1854-1969. The major elements include air and sea temperature, dewpoint
temperature, scalar wind speed, sea- level pressure, wave height, wind and
ocean- current roses. This CD also allows the user to define element
intervals (e.g. 5 to 10 knots, 2 degree temperature intervals). Contouring
for explicitly user-defined regions and exporting data to a printer or
diskette are supported.
Contact: National Climatic Data Center, see above.
Global Historical Fields (GHF) Vers 1.0. ($120):
This version has no data for the Southern Hemisphere. This CD-ROM allows
users to view daily surface charts for the period 1899 through April 1994.
Daily upper air charts (700mb, 500mb, 300mb) are available from the late
1940's through April 1994. Surface charts contour sea level pressure only
(not station plots); upper air charts contour geopotential heights and
temperatures. Charts can be contoured, looped, and exported to a file or
printer. Joint NCDC and U.S. Navy product, DOS only.
Contact: National Climatic Data Center, see above.
U.S. Divisional and Station Climatic Data and Normals (USDS) v 1.0 ($120):
This NCDC CD-ROM contains a collection of ASCII text data and documentation
files that pertain to the U.S climate normals and by-products of the normals.
Climatic variables include temperature, precipitation, degree days, and
Palmer Drought Indices. The current normals period of 1961-1990 is covered
with monthly values calculated for approximately 6600 precipitation and 4700
temperature stations. The earlier data/normals are provided for comparison
and research applications.
This CD-ROM contains no software or extraction routines that allow users
to import the data directly into spreadsheets or other applications. Format
and description of the files match NCDC magnetic tape series TD-9640 and
TD-9641.
Contact: National Climatic Data Center, see above.
NCDC Cooperative Station Data ($120 per volume, $1500 for complete set):
21 volume CD-ROM set containing TD-3200 cooperative station data. Major
elements include daily high and low temperatures, daily rainfall, daily
snowfall and snow depth, and evaporation. General period of record is
1948-1993, but longer for selected stations. There are approximately 8000
active stations in the dataset. Historically, approximately 23,000 stations
are included for various years. States are grouped geographically into volume
numbers. The set contains inventories, station histories, and ASCII data
files. Joint NCDC and ARL project.
Contact: National Climatic Data Center, see above.
Hourly Modeled Sounding Data. ($480, sold as set only):
This 12 volume CD-ROM set contains hourly 80 KM modeled gridpoint U.S.
sounding data for 1990. This data is the output from the Penn State
University MM4 model which used available daily sounding data for 1990 as
input. Wind, temperature, dewpoint depression, and geopotential height data
for 8 standard and 15 variable levels are included in the NWS TTAA, TTBB
format. Joint NCDC and ARL product. Requires 544K of RAM, DOS only.
Contact: National Climatic Data Center, see above.
Meteosat Images on CD-ROM, 1986 to 1991 (price on request):
One full-disk infra-red image per day (usually at 12h00 UTC), one visible
image on day 1 of each month (at the same time as the infra-red image), one
water-vapour image on day 1 of each month of 1991 (at the same time as the
infra-red and visible image). Images of the snow storm over the East coast
of the USA on 12&13 March 1993 (from meteosat-3 at 75 degrees East). Images
of Kuwait during the Gulf war. Full-disk Images taken by Meteosat-3 at 75
degrees East at the beginning of March 1993.
Contact: J. Le Ber, Meteosat Data Service, European Space Agency,
Robert Bosch Str. 5, D6100 DARMSTADT GERMANY
High Resolution Climatology ($199/variable): *COMMERCIAL* (Floppy disk)
Average monthly climatological values of maximum temperature, minimum
temperature, and precipitation for every 1 square km of the conterminous
US for the 30-year periods 1951-1980 and 1961-1990. The data are stored
as a rectangular matrix for each state. Digitized state and county political
boundaries are included and referenced to the climate data sets. The data
are in raster form as ASCII or 16-bit binary integers. This dataset is
distributed on 5.25" or 3.5" floppy disks.
Contact: ZedX, Inc., P.O. Box 404, Boalsburg, PA 16827-0404.
814/466-2025.
US Summary of Day (4 disks, prices vary): *COMMERCIAL*
NCDC Summary of Day data, USGS streamflow data, retrieval and analysis
software.
Contact: Hydrosphere, Inc., 1002 Walnut, Suite 200, Boulder, CO 80302
800/949-4937, 303/443-7839
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 pressure 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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