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Global Historical Climatology Network - Daily (GHCN-Daily), Version 3
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Global Historical Climatology Network - Daily (GHCN-Daily/GHCNd) dataset integrates daily climate observations from approximately 30 different data sources.... -
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Integrated Surface Dataset (Global) (Version Superseded)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This version has been superseded by a newer version. It is highly recommended for users to access the current version. Users should only access this superseded... -
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Global Forecast System (GFS) 1.0 Degree
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Global Forecast System (GFS) is a weather forecast model produced by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). Dozens of atmospheric and land-soil... -
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Daily Weather Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
These daily weather records were compiled from a subset of stations in the Global Historical Climatological Network (GHCN)-Daily dataset. A weather record is... -
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Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) is the system used by the Global Forecast System (GFS) model to place observations into a gridded model space for the... -
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Snowstorm Database
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Snowstorm Database is a collection of over 500 snowstorms dating back to 1900 and updated operationally. Only storms having large areas of heavy snowfall (10-20... -
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Global Forecast System (GFS) 0.5 Degree
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Global Forecast System (GFS) is a weather forecast model produced by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). Dozens of atmospheric and land-soil... -
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Global Surface Summary of the Day - GSOD
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Global Surface Summary of the Day is derived from The Integrated Surface Hourly (ISH) dataset. The ISH dataset includes global data obtained from the USAF Climatology... -
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Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellites collect visible and infrared cloud imagery as well as monitoring the atmospheric, oceanographic,... -
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Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS) 1.0 Degree
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS) is a weather forecast model made up of 21 separate forecasts, or ensemble members. The National Centers for Environmental... -
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Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale (NESIS)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
While the Fujita and Saffir-Simpson Scales characterize tornadoes and hurricanes respectively, there is no widely used scale to classify snowstorms. The Northeast... -
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Great Lakes Bathymetry
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Bathymetry of Lakes Michigan, Erie, Saint Clair, Ontario and Huron has been compiled as a component of a NOAA project to rescue Great Lakes lake floor geological and... -
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Global Historical Climatology Network - Daily (GHCN-Daily), Version 2 (Version Superseded)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Please note, this dataset has been superseded by a newer version (see below). Users should not use this version except in rare cases (e.g., when reproducing... -
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State of the Climate Monthly Overview - National Overview
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The State of the Climate is a collection of periodic summaries recapping climate-related occurrences on both a global and national scale. The State of the Climate... -
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Regional Snowfall Index (RSI)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Regional Snowfall Index (RSI) is an index of significant snowstorms that impact the eastern two thirds of the U.S. The RSI ranks snowstorm impacts on a scale from... -
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Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR), for 1979 to 2011
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) was initially completed for the 31-year period from 1979 to 2009, in January 2010. The CFSR was designed and... -
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Typical Meteorological Year (Version Superseded)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset has been superseded by newer versions. Please see Associated Resources for more information. Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) is a digital data set... -
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U.S. COOP Summary of the Month
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
U.S. COOP Summary of the Month is digital data set DSI-3220, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). -
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DMSP OLS - Operational Linescan System
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Visible and infrared imagery from DMSP Operational Linescan System (OLS) instruments are used to monitor the global distribution of clouds and cloud top temperatures... -
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U.S. Daily Surface Data (COOP Daily/Summary of Day)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
U.S. Daily Surface Data consists of several closely related data sets: DSI-3200, DSI-3202, DSI-3206, and DSI-3210. These are archived at the National Climatic Data...
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