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CPC Global Summary of Day/Month Observations, 1979-continuing

Entry ID: NCAR_DS512.0

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Summary

Abstract: This global summary of the day and month data set is obtained on a delayed monthly basis from the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). CPC extracts surface synoptic weather observations from the Global Telecommunications System (GTS) and performs limited automated validation of the ...

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Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS > Data Support Section, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Dataset Title: CPC Global Summary of Day/Month Observations, 1979-continuing

Dataset Publisher: UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS > Data Support Section, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Online Resource: http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds512.0/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1979-01-01

Stop Date: 2008-05-31

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS

GROUND STATIONS

METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS

WEATHER STATIONS

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

Data Support Section, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Data Center URL: http://rda.ucar.edu/
Dataset ID: 512.0

Data Center Personnel
Name: RDA HELP DESK Phone: (303)-497-1231 Fax: (303)-497-1291 Email: dssweb at ucar.edu Contact Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research CISL/DSS P.O. Box 3000 City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80307 Country: U.S.A.

Distribution

Distribution Size: 12.521 Gbytes

Personnel

JOEY COMEAUX

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: (303)-497-1256

Fax: (303)-497-1291

Email: joey at ucar.edu

Contact Address:

National Center for Atmospheric Research

CISL/DSS

P.O. Box 3000

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80307

Country: U.S.A.

BOB DATTORE

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: (303)-497-1825

Fax: (303)-497-1291

Email: dattore at ucar.edu

Contact Address:

National Center for Atmospheric Research

CISL/DSS

P.O. Box 3000

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80307

Country: U.S.A.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-03-31

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