U.S. Surface Data Keyed from the Climate Database Modernization Program (CDMP)

This data set contains U.S. station surface observations that were digitized from the original forms by the Climate Database Modernization Program (CDMP).

Data are available for more than 200 stations (mainly at airports, but also some city weather bureau offices) that made observations at hourly intervals at least during the daytime hours and often over the full 24-hour day. The general period of record for these stations is 1928-1948, though this varies by individual station. To find out what is available, see this inventory [https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds506.0/inventories/sao_inventory.txt]. A significant effort was made by DSS to correct errors in the digitized data, especially dates, times, and pressures. For more information about this work, see this document [https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds506.0/docs/qc-20040110.txt].

We have also received data for more than 130 U.S. stations that were digitized from Form 1001. These stations, which were usually city weather bureau offices, generally took observations once, twice, or four times daily. Some stations have data back as far as late 1892. An inventory [https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds506.0/inventories/form1001_inventory.txt] can be viewed which shows stations and their date range coverage. These data will be made available to the community when errors in the digitized data have been corrected.

To Access Resource:

Questions? Email Resource Support Contact:

  • Bob Dattore
    dattore@ucar.edu
    UCAR/NCAR - Research Data Archive

Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1928-06-25
    End:  1948-11-29

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1928-06-25
Temporal Range End 1948-11-29
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format NetCDF (Binary)
Standardized Resource Format NetCDF
Asset Size 4084 MB
Legal Constraints

Use of this dataset is subject to UCAR's Terms of Use, except that commercial use is generally not prohibited.
Access Constraints Registration on the RDA web site is a requirement for access to the data.
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name Bob Dattore
Resource Support Email dattore@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization UCAR/NCAR - Research Data Archive
Distributor NCAR Research Data Archive
Metadata Contact Name N/A
Metadata Contact Email rdahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NCAR Research Data Archive

Author National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Research Data Archive, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Publisher Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory
Publication Date 2004-09-13
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/YWVY-YQ19
Alternate Identifier ds506.0
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-01-03T15:11:44-07:00
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.rda::ds506.0
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, Research Data Archive, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. (2004). U.S. Surface Data Keyed from the Climate Database Modernization Program (CDMP). Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/YWVY-YQ19. Accessed 24 April 2024.

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