CDIAC Climate Holdings Containing Surface Wind Data

Global Data Sets
Data Set Name	Investigators	Data Type/Format	Period of Record
Extended Edited Synoptic Cloud Reports from Ships and Land Stations Over the Globe, 1952-1996 (CDIAC NDP-026C)	C.J. Hahn and S.G. Warren	Six-hourly synoptic observations of wind speed and direction	Land 1971-1996; Ocean 1952-1997
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 (CDIAC NDP-048)	V. Razuvaev et al.	Surface stations; 6- and 3-hourly observations of wind speed and direction	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 mean wind speed, dominant wind direction and frequency	Varies by station; through 1993

08/2007

Global Data Sets