CDIAC Climate Holdings Containing Atmospheric Pressure Data

Global Data Sets

Data Set Name Investigators Data Type/Format Period of Record
Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN); Vs. 1 R.S. Vose et al. Surface stations; monthly mean sea-level pressure 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 mean sea-level pressure 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 sea-level pressure 1899 - 1991

Regional Data Sets

Data Set Name Investigators Data Type/Format Period of Record
Six- and Three-Hourly Meteorological Observations from 223 Former U.S.S.R. Stations V. Razuvaev et al. Surface stations; 6- and 3-hourly station pressure and mean sea-level pressure Varies by station; through 2000
Two Long-Term Instrumental Climatic Data Bases of the People's Republic of China S. Tao et al. Surface stations; monthly mean station pressure Varies by station; through 1993
A Databank of Antarctic Surface Temperature and Pressure Data P. D. Jones and P. A. Reid Surface stations; monthly mean sea-level pressure Varies by station; through 1999
Monthly Mean Pressure Reconstructions for Europe (1780-1980) and North America (1858-1980) P. D. Jones et al. Gridded; monthly and annual means of mean sea-level pressure Europe 1780-1980; N. America 1858-1980

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