Global Historical Climatology Network-hourly (GHCNh), Version 1

Description

Global Historical Climatology Network-hourly (GHCNh) is a multisource collection of weather station (meteorological) observations from the late 18th Century to the present from fixed weather stations over land across the globe. It is replacing the Integrated Surface Dataset (ISD) and will be used to generate the Local Climatological Data and Global Summary of the Day datasets. It is constructed to align with GHCN daily. Version 1 contains approximately 110 separate data sources and will be updated daily using the United States Air Force and NOAA Surface Weather Observations data streams. GHCNh v1 contains the following variables: altimeter; dew_point_temperature; precipitation; pressure_3hr_change; pres_wx_AU1; pres_wx_AU2; pres_wx_AU3; pres_wx_AW1; pres_wx_AW2; pres_wx_AW3; pres_wx_MW1; pres_wx_MW2; pres_wx_MW3; relative_humidity; Remarks; sea_level_pressure; sky_cov_baseht_1; sky_cov_baseht_2; sky_cov_baseht_3; sky_cover_1; sky_cover_2; sky_cover_3; station_level_pressure; dry bulb temperature; visibility; wet_bulb_temperature; wind_direction; wind_gust; wind_speed.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Description of the data and related resources. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/global-historical-climatology-network-hourly
0 File search and access. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/search/data-search/global-historical-climatology-network-hourly
21 Direct download for POR station files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/oa/global-historical-climatology-network/index.html#hourly/access/by-station/
21 Direct download for tar.gz POR and yearly files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/oa/global-historical-climatology-network/index.html#hourly/archive/
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/ghcnh/
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/jp3d-3v19
21 Direct download for yearly station files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/oa/global-historical-climatology-network/index.html#hourly/access/by-year/
21 Direct download for the documentation. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/oa/global-historical-climatology-network/index.html#hourly/doc/

Tags

  • precipitation
  • wind speed/wind direction
  • atmospheric temperature
  • surface winds
  • sea level pressure
  • atmosphere
  • earth science
  • humidity indices
  • climate indicators
  • atmospheric/ocean indicators
  • atmospheric pressure
  • atmospheric winds

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