Global Historical Climatology Network - Monthly (GHCN-M), Version 3

Description

**Please note, GHCN-Monthly provides climatological observations for four elements; monthly mean maximum temperature, minimum temperature, mean temperature, and monthly total precipitation. Precipitation are available in version 2, monthly mean maximum and minimum temperature in version 3, and monthly mean temperature is also now available in the Version 4 BETA release. Users of monthly mean temperature should use the most recently available fully operational version except in some cases (e.g., when reproducing previous studies that used a previous version).** Since the early 1990s the Global Historical Climatology Network-Monthly (GHCN-M) dataset has been an internationally recognized source of data for the study of observed variability and change in land surface air temperature. It provides monthly mean temperature data for 7280 stations from 226 countries and territories, ongoing monthly updates of more than 2000 stations to support monitoring of current and evolving climate conditions, and homogeneity adjustments to remove non-climatic influences that can bias the observed temperature record. The release of version 3 monthly mean temperature data in 2011 introduced a number of improvements and changes from the previous release that included consolidating "duplicate" series, updating records from recent decades, and the use of new approaches to homogenization and quality assurance.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/V5X34VDR
33 For more information, please refer to the the report entitled "Modifications to GHCN-Monthly (version 3.3.0) and USHCN (version 2.5.5) processing systems" https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/ghcn/v3/techreports/Technical%20Report%20GHCNM%20No15-01.pdf
0 This document provides a general overview of the GHNC-Monthly Version 3 dataset https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/ghcn/v3/README
47 The GHCN-Monthly Status document provides interim update information for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/ghcn/v3/status.txt
0 Information on Google Cloud data access. https://console.cloud.google.com/marketplace/details/noaa-public/ghcn-m
0 Information on product development methods and bias correction. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ghcnm/v3.php
0 NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
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 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 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 Link to more information about the publication https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JD016187
0 **Current Version of Precipitation Product** For access and information about the current dataset version, please follow the link. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00835/html
0 **Newest BETA Version of Temperature Product** For access and information about the current dataset version, please follow the link. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00950/html
0 Access to the data via FTP. (Available for a limited time only--see Version 4 BETA release for more information) https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/ghcn/v3/
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 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 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

Tags

  • vertical location
  • land surface
  • national climatic data center
  • atmospheric temperature
  • nesdis
  • atmosphere
  • noaa
  • air temperature
  • global
  • thermometers
  • barometers
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • geographic region
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • rain gauges
  • meteorological stations
  • maximum/minimum temperature
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncdc
  • surface temperature
  • national centers for environmental information

Topics

Categories