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Daily and Sub-daily Precipitation for the Former USSR

Published by DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: April 12, 2026 at 09:13 PM | Dataset Last Updated: June 15, 2005 at 12:00 AM
This dataset is a compilation of in situ daily and hourly meteorological observations for the former USSR initially obtained within the framework of several joint projects of All-Russian Research Institute for Hydrometeorological Information-World Data Center of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, Obninsk, Russian Federation, and (former) NOAA National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, North Carolina. The data in this archive have been compiled from several sources beginning is 1891, with Russian data available to 2000, but other newly independent states data only to 1991. Homogenization and bias-correction are done only when appropriate metadata and supplementary synoptic information are available.

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  • NCEI Dataset Landing Page

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  • NCEI Customer Support

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  • DATASET 9813: Daily and Sub-daily Precipitation for the Former USSR

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  • VALUE

    Application of a comprehensive bias correction model to precipitation measured at Russian North Pole drifting stations

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  • Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords

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  • GCOS Essential Climate Variables

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  • NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

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