edu.ucar.opensky::technotes:340 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-26T17:18:51.370954 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7r49q5p The Annual Cycle Part I: The Annual Variation of Surface Temperature Over the United States and Canada 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7r49q5p https://doi.org/10.5065/D6TX3CBV Shea, D. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher Daily maximum and minimum surface temperatures for 354 second-order U.S. and Canadian stations generally spanning 40-80 years are used to calculate the following quantities for each station: (i) daily mean maximum, minimum, and average temperatures for each day of the year; (ii) monthly, seasonal, and annual means; (iii) the amplitudes and phases of the mean annual cycle; (iv) the interannual variability of each of the aforementioned quantities; and (v) mean spectra for the four seasons. Several examples from individual stations are chosen to illustrate various regional and local peculiarities. Enough information is provided to allow the modeling of the annual surface temperature cycle and its variability. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication 24 hour maximum temperature 24 hour minimum temperature Air temperature theme U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directory GCMD 2021-09-17 revision 11.2 NASA Global Change Master Directory originator Valids List: Science and Services Keywords Copyright Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. None eng geoscientificInformation