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ISLSCP II Climate Research Unit CRU05 Monthly Climate Data

Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

This data set contains a mean monthly climatology for several climate variables averaged over the period from 1961 to 1990, and constructed from a data set of station 1961-1990 climatological normals, numbering between 19,800 (precipitation) and 3,615 (windspeed; see New et al, 1999 for details). The station data were interpolated as a function of latitude, longitude and elevation using thin-plate splines. The data comprise a suite of climate elements: precipitation, mean, maximum, and minimum temperature, frost frequency, diurnal temperature range, radiation, wet-day frequency, vapor pressure, wind, and cloud cover. There are 23 files in this data set provided at 0.5 and 1.0 degree spatial resolutions.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Metadata Created Date October 25, 2023
Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023

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Harvested from NASA Data.json

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date October 25, 2023
Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
Publisher ORNL_DAAC
Maintainer
Identifier C2785293782-ORNL_CLOUD
Data First Published 2023-10-15
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2023-10-18
Category ISLSCP II, geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Citation New, M., P.D. Jones, M. Hulme, F.G. Hall, G.J. Collatz, B.W. Meeson, S.O. Los, E.Brown De Colstoun, and D.R. Landis. 2011. ISLSCP II Climate Research Unit CRU05 Monthly Climate Data. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1015
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Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
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Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1015
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
Program Code 026:001
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 6c8d7c36eaa074ee1414913a3f3ef2208e512d6db68f0e89461806277e03e819
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z/1995-12-31T23:59:59Z

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