United States Climate Reference Network (USCRN) Processed Data from the Version 2 USCRN Database

Description

USCRN Processed data are interpreted values and derived geophysical parameters processed from raw data by the USCRN Team. Data were interpreted and ingested into a database, but are also available as netCDF files exported from the database. The "Version 2" of the dataset denotes the application of a new precipitation algorithm to calculate values. (See documentation for more information). Climate variable types include air temperature, precipitation, soil moisture, soil temperature, surface temperature, wetness, global solar radiation, relative humidity, and wind at 1.5 m above the ground. Many additional engineering variables are also available. These data have been decoded from the raw data streams, quality-flagged, and processed into level 1 hourly data (the only applied quality control is rounding some values as they enter the database), and includes additional calculated values such as precipitation (5-minute and hourly), hourly max/min temperature, average temperature (5-minute and hourly), soil moisture (volumetric water content, 5-minute values at the 5 cm depth and and hourly values at all depths) for all dielectric values in range, layer average soil moisture (5 minute and hourly), and layer average soil temperature (5 minute and hourly). It is the general practice of USCRN to not calculate derived variables if the input data to these calculations are flagged.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Related dataset landing page with general information and access links for that dataset. Primary Data Access is available from this site. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00546/html
33 Refer to requirements document for more information about USCRN data. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/uscrn/documentation/program/X040_d0.pdf
0 Overview of the GCOS Essential Climate Variables. https://public.wmo.int/en/programmes/global-climate-observing-system/essential-climate-variables
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 the journal article describe the updated Precipitation Algorithm for USCRN data. http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00185.1
0 Data in this archival information package are not currently available for public download from NCEI. Please contact NCEI Information Services directly for access to these data. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
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 Landing page for the dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/V5MS3QR9
0 Superseded dataset landing page. This version of the data should not be used except in rare cases (e.g., when reproducing studies that used this earlier version). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00366/html
0 More information and additional data access can be found at Program's home page. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/
33 Detailed overview of ingesting and processing the raw data received from satellite. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/uscrn/documentation/program/CRN_Ingest_Functional_Spec.pdf
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 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 NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov

Tags

  • humidity
  • vertical location
  • precipitation
  • alaska
  • united states of america
  • land surface
  • soils
  • national climatic data center
  • atmospheric temperature
  • nesdis
  • land surface temperature
  • precipitation amount
  • surface winds
  • humidity sensors
  • atmospheric water vapor
  • atmosphere
  • fan-aspirated radiation shield
  • continent
  • noaa
  • air temperature
  • hawaii
  • north america
  • thermometers
  • hourly - < daily
  • 1 meter - < 10 meters
  • terrestrial - land surface temperature
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • 1 meter - < 30 meters
  • earth science
  • soil temperature probe
  • geographic region
  • solar radiation
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • soil moisture probe
  • skin temperature
  • 1 minute - < 1 hour
  • rain gauges
  • atmospheric - surface - air temperature
  • atmospheric radiation
  • anemometers
  • temperature sensors
  • mid-latitude
  • 250 km - < 500 km or approximately 2.5 degrees - < 5.0 degrees
  • meteorological stations
  • maximum/minimum temperature
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncdc
  • boundary layer
  • soil temperature
  • atmospheric winds
  • uscrn
  • atmospheric - surface - precipitation
  • soil moisture/water content
  • pyranometers
  • < 1 meter
  • disdrometers
  • surface temperature
  • terrestrial - soil moisture
  • water vapor indicators
  • national centers for environmental information
  • surface thermal properties
  • u.s. climate reference network

Topics

  • Climate

Categories

  • Arctic
  • Water
  • Arctic Weather and Extreme Events