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    • Daily and Sub-daily Precipitation for the Former USSR

    Metadata Updated: September 19, 2023

    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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    Metadata Date June 23, 2023
    Metadata Created Date October 28, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2023
    Reference Date(s) June 15, 2005 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from ncdc

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    Station map of available stations

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date June 23, 2023
    Metadata Created Date October 28, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2023
    Reference Date(s) June 15, 2005 (publication)
    Responsible Party NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.ncdc:C00646
    Access Constraints Cite as: NOAA National Climatic Data Center (2005): Daily and Sub-daily Precipitation for the Former USSR, Version 1.0 (DSI-9813). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. [access date], While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA and the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA and the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring make no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty., Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
    Bbox East Long -169
    Bbox North Lat 82
    Bbox South Lat 35
    Bbox West Long 14.5
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Graphic Preview Description Station map of available stations
    Graphic Preview File https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/images/C00646.png
    Graphic Preview Type PNG
    Harvest Object Id 5cc26bca-27a6-4c64-ab49-bf33f173562a
    Harvest Source Id 2cb3ef77-1683-4c2a-9119-dc65e50917c6
    Harvest Source Title ncdc
    Licence
    Lineage The data in this dataset have been compiled from several sources: 1. Raw daily precipitation records obtained from RIHMI-WDC in two swaths: Former USSR stations of International Exchange [223 of them; a subset of this data has been initially distributed by Carbon Dioxide Information Data Center (Razuvaev et al. 1993)] but now is updated to 2001 for the Russian Federation; Former USSR (thereafter, Russia) synoptic stations (totally 2187 stations with the last data records ending in mid 1996); 2. Derivative daily precipitation time series composed from the above but homogenized for wetting bias changes and rain gauge changes using the technique developed by Groisman and Rankova (2001); 3. Sub-daily precipitation accumulations for the 2095 former USSR synoptic stations compiled from several sources but thereafter verified using national data holdings of the Russian Federation (up to 2000) but for other NIS countries mostly up to 1991 (cf., NCDC 2005; Data Set-9290c).
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[14.5, 35.0], [-169.0, 35.0], [-169.0, 82.0], [14.5, 82.0], [14.5, 35.0]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1891
    Temporal Extent End 2000

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