gov.noaa.ncdc:C00516 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unknown Tabular Digital Data Asheville, NC National Climatic Data Center http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/res40.pl?page=gsod.html ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/gsod http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/res40.pl?page=gsod.html http browser NOAA's WMO Resolution 40 entry page for GSOD More information and pricing for this dataset information ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/gsod ftp browser NOAA National Data Center (NNDC) Online Store More information and pricing for this dataset download Global Surface Summary of the Day is a product archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). It is produced by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in Asheville, NC and is derived from The Integrated Surface Hourly (ISH) dataset, DSI-3505 (C00532). The ISH dataset includes global data obtained from the USAF Climatology Center, located in the Federal Climate Complex with NCDC. The latest daily summary data are normally available 1-2 days after the date-time of the observations used in the daily summaries. The online data files begin with 1929 and are at the time of this writing at the Version 8 software level. Over 9000 stations' data are typically available. The daily elements included in the dataset (as available from each station) are: Mean temperature (.1 Fahrenheit) Mean dew point (.1 Fahrenheit) Mean sea level pressure (.1 mb) Mean station pressure (.1 mb) Mean visibility (.1 miles) Mean wind speed (.1 knots) Maximum sustained wind speed (.1 knots) Maximum wind gust (.1 knots) Maximum temperature (.1 Fahrenheit) Minimum temperature (.1 Fahrenheit) Precipitation amount (.01 inches) Snow depth (.1 inches) Indicator for occurrence of: Fog, Rain or Drizzle, Snow or Ice Pellets, Hail, Thunder, Tornado/Funnel Cloud Global summary of day data for 18 surface meteorological elements are derived from the synoptic/hourly observations contained in USAF DATSAV3 Surface data and Federal Climate Complex Integrated Surface Hourly (ISH). Historical data are generally available for 1929 to the present, with data from 1973 to the present being the most complete. For some periods, one or more countries' data may not be available due to data restrictions or communications problems. In deriving the summary of day data, a minimum of 4 observations for the day must be present (allows for stations which report 4 synoptic observations/day). Since the data are converted to constant units (e.g, knots), slight rounding error from the originally reported values may occur (e.g, 9.9 instead of 10.0). The mean daily values described below are based on the hours of operation for the station. For some stations/countries, the visibility will sometimes 'cluster' around a value (such as 10 miles) due to the practice of not reporting visibilities greater than certain distances. The daily extremes and totals--maximum wind gust, precipitation amount, and snow depth--will only appear if the station reports the data sufficiently to provide a valid value. Therefore, these three elements will appear less frequently than other values. Also, these elements are derived from the stations' reports during the day, and may comprise a 24-hour period which includes a portion of the previous day. The data are reported and summarized based on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, 0000Z - 2359Z) since the original synoptic/hourly data are reported and based on GMT. To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public. data set C00516 ALTIMETERS ANEMOMETERS AWS > AUTOMATED WEATHER SYSTEM BAROMETERS HYGROMETERS PRESSURE SENSORS RAIN GAUGES TEMPERATURE SENSORS THERMOMETERS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS WIND VANES WEATHER STATIONS National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/res40.pl?page=gsod.html http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/res40.pl?page=gsod.html http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/res40.pl?page=gsod.html 19290101 Present Ground Condition Complete As Needed -180.0 180.0 90.0 -90.0 ISO 19115 Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 004 GCMD Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY > LIGHTNING EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > CYCLONES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > FOG EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > LIGHTNING EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > STORMS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > TORNADOS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > DEW POINT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > FREEZING RAIN EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > HAIL EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > RAIN EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > SLEET EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > SNOW EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE EARTH SCIENCE > HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE GCMD Location Keywords GLOBAL GCMD Location Keywords LAND SURFACE WEATHER STATIONS AUTOMATED WEATHER SYSTEM AWS WEATHER STATIONS ANEMOMETERS WEATHER STATIONS ALTIMETERS WEATHER STATIONS BAROMETERS WEATHER STATIONS HYGROMETERS WEATHER STATIONS PRESSURE SENSORS WEATHER STATIONS RAIN GAUGES WEATHER STATIONS TEMPERATURE SENSORS WEATHER STATIONS THERMOMETERS WEATHER STATIONS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS WEATHER STATIONS WIND VANES 1 None None National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Services Branch Mailing and physical

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Asheville North Carolina 28801-5001 USA 828-271-4800 828-271-4010 828-271-4876 ncdc.orders@noaa.gov 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/about/ncdcordering.html ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/globalsod/world-stns.gif World map of station locations GIF The input data undergo extensive automated QC to correctly 'decode' as much of the synoptic data as possible, and to eliminate many of the random errors found in the original data. Then, these data are QC'ed further as the summary of day data are derived. However, we expect that a very small % of the errors will remain in the summary of day data. Unknown Completeness information not available. Not derived from another source Unknown ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/gsod/readme.txt None National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Services Branch Mailing and physical

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Asheville North Carolina 28801-5001 USA 828-271-4800 828-271-4010 828-271-4876 ncdc.orders@noaa.gov 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/about/ncdcordering.html Every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of current NOAA quality control procedures. NOAA can only certify that the data provided to its customers is an authentic copy of the records which were accepted for inclusion in NOAA archives. NOAA 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 makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. ASCII http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/website/ims-cdo/gsod/ http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/res40.pl?page=gsod.html http browser NOAA's WMO Resolution 40 entry page for GSOD Image or description of the Product or Data Set provided order ArcIMS http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/website/ims-cdo/gsod/ http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/website/ims-cdo/gsod/ http browser NCDC Climate Data Online - Global Summary of the Day Map / Data Access Service search Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS) http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/wmsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap?servicename=WMS_gsod&WMTVER=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/res40.pl?page=gsod.html http browser NOAA's WMO Resolution 40 entry page for GSOD Image or description of the Product or Data Set provided order Format Name: Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service (WFS) http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/wfsconnector/com.esri.wfs.Esrimap/WFS_gsod? http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/res40.pl?page=gsod.html http browser NOAA's WMO Resolution 40 entry page for GSOD Image or description of the Product or Data Set provided download Fees, if applicable, are displayed on the web page for obtaining these data; fees are also dependent on customer order specifications. Please contact NCDC for further information on fees and terms for retrieving these data. Visit the web page for ordering these data online, or contact NCDC to place an order through Customer Services. Please provide the Data Set Identifier, DSI-3505, when placing an order. For more information about ordering from NCDC, visit http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/about/ncdcordering.html. 20071023 20070606 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Services Branch Mailing and physical

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