Global Data Sets |
| Data Set Name |
Investigators |
Data Type/Format |
Period of Record |
| NASA GISS Surface Temperature (GISTEMP) Analysis |
J.E. Hansen et al. |
Surface; annual time series of global, hemispheric, and zonal means |
1880 - 2008 |
| Global and hemispheric temperature anomalies - land and marine instrumental records |
P.D. Jones et al. |
Surface; annual and monthly time series of global and hemispheric means |
1850 - 2008 |
| Monthly surface air temperature time series
area-averaged over the 30-degree latitudinal belts of the globe |
K.M. Lugina et al. |
Surface; annual, seasonal, and monthly time series of global, hemispheric, and zonal means
|
1881 - 2005 |
Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN); Vs. 1
(CDIAC NDP-041) |
R.S. Vose et al. |
Surface stations; monthly means |
Varies by station; through 1990 |
Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN); Vs. 2
(Note: the above link takes you to NOAA's National Climatic Data Center website.) |
R.S. Vose et al. |
Surface stations; monthly means |
Varies by station; some through most recent month |
A Computer-Based Atlas of Global Instrumental Climate Data
(CDIAC DB-1003) |
R.S. Bradley et al. |
Monthly, seasonal, and annual anomaly maps of surface temperature and 500 hPa geopotential heights |
Temperature 1854 - 1991;
500 hPa heights 1946 - 1991 |
| Radiosonde Temperature Anomalies in the Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere for the Globe, Hemispheres, and Latitude Zones |
A.M. Sterin |
Upper air; annual and seasonal time series of global, hemispheric, and zonal means |
1958 - 2005 |
| Global, hemispheric, and zonal temperature
deviations derived from radiosonde records |
J.K. Angell |
Upper air; annual and seasonal time series of global, hemispheric, and zonal means
|
1958 - 2008 |
HadAT: globally gridded radiosonde temperature anomalies
(Note: the above link takes you to the U.K. Met. Office website.) |
P.W. Thorne et al. |
Upper air; annual, seasonal, and monthly time series of global, zonal, and 5° latitude by 10° longitude grid box means
| 1958 - present |
Regional Data Sets |
| Data Set Name |
Investigators |
Data Type/Format |
Period of Record |
| United States Historical Climatology Network |
M. Menne et al. |
Surface stations; monthly means
and daily obs. |
Varies by station; through 2008 |
| Alaskan Historical Climatology Network
(CDIAC DB-1004) |
T. Karl et al. |
Surface stations; monthly means |
Varies by station; through 1990 |
Daily Temperature and Precipitation Data for 223 Former-U.S.S.R. Stations
(CDIAC NDP-040) |
V. Razuvaev et al. |
Surface stations; daily means |
Varies by station; through 2001 |
Six- and Three-Hourly Meteorological Observations from 223 U.S.S.R. Stations
(CDIAC NDP-048) |
V. Razuvaev et al. |
Surface stations; 6- and 3-hourly obs. |
Varies by station; through 2000 |
Two Long-Term Instrumental Climatic Data Bases of the People's Republic of China
(CDIAC NDP-039)
|
S. Tao et al. |
Surface stations; monthly means |
Varies by station; through 1993 |
Area Averaged Temperature Time Series for China, India, and the United States
(Note: the above link takes you to NOAA's National Climatic Data Center website.) |
C. Bruce Baker |
Surface; annual and monthly time series |
1901 - 1998 |
A Databank of Antarctic Surface Temperature and Pressure Data
(CDIAC NDP-032)
|
P. D. Jones and P. A. Reid |
Surface stations; monthly means |
Varies by station; through 1999 |
| Historic isotopic temperature record from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica |
J.R. Petit et al. |
Time series; proxy temperatures from ice core |
420,000 years BP - present |
| Deuterium Record in an Ice Core from Dome C, Antarctica |
J. Jouzel |
Time series; proxy temperatures from ice core |
740,000 years BP - present |
