CDIAC Climate Holdings Containing Precipitation Data
Global Data Sets |
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| Data Set Name | Investigators | Data Type/Format | Period of Record |
| Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN); Vs. 1 | R.S. Vose et al. | Stations data; monthly totals | Varies by station; through 1990 |
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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. | Station data; monthly totals | Varies by station; some through most recent month |
| A Computer-Based Atlas of Global Instrumental Climate Data | R.S. Bradley et al. | Monthly, seasonal, and annual anomaly maps of precipitation | 1851 - 1989 |
Regional Data Sets |
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| Data Set Name | Investigators | Data Type/Format | Period of Record |
| United States Historical Climatology Network | M. Menne et al. | Station data; monthly and daily totals | Varies by station; through 2005 |
| Alaskan Historical Climatology Network | T. Karl et al. | Station data; monthly totals | Varies by station; through 1990 |
| Daily Temperature and Precipitation Data for 223 Former U.S.S.R. Stations | V. Razuvaev et al. | Station data; daily totals | Varies by station; through 1989 |
| Six- and Three-Hourly Meteorological Observations from 223 U.S.S.R. Stations | V. Razuvaev et al. | Station data; 6- and 3-hourly totals | Varies by station; through 2000 |
| Two Long-Term Instrumental Climatic Data Bases of the People's Republic of China | S. Tao et al. | Station data; monthly totals | Varies by station; through 1993 |
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