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NCDC's TD3720 USSR Monthly Precipitation For 622 Stations 1891-1999

Entry ID: NCAR_DS577.5

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Summary

Abstract: "The archive contains mean monthly precipitation data for the period 1891-1999 for 622 stations of the former Soviet Union and a set of metadata files that is essential for the use of these data in climate change studies.", quoted from the NCDC abstract. "This dataset includes all the monthly precipitation data in the [ds564.0] NCDC Global Historical Climate Network [http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds564.0/] and more, and has corrections for wind, wetting, and gauge type.", quoted from for NSIDC documentation for ds488.0 [http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds488.0/docs]

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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: NCDC's TD3720 USSR Monthly Precipitation For 622 Stations 1891-1999

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://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds577.5/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1891-01-01

Stop Date: 1999-12-31

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS

GROUND STATIONS

WEATHER STATIONS

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

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

Data Center URL: http://rda.ucar.edu/
Dataset ID: 577.5

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.