GHCN (Global Historical Climatology Network) Related Gridded Products
Long time series of gridded surface temperature and precipitation data derived from homongenized station data. The gridded anomalies were produced from GHCN-M bias corrected data. GHCN data and CAMS (Climate Anomaly Monitoring System) are combined to produce a high resolution 'real-time' product.
Key Strengths
Station data derived using sophisticated statistical methodology.
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Acknowledgement of the Climate Data Guide project is also appreciated:
Schneider, D. P., C. Deser, J. Fasullo, and K. E. Trenberth, 2013: Climate Data Guide Spurs Discovery and Understanding. Eos Trans. AGU, 94, 121–122, https://doi.org/10.1002/2013eo130001
Key Figures
GHCN-M temperature anomalies for March 2014 (source: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/ghcn-gridded-products.php)
GHCN precipitation anomalies for March 2014 (source: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/ghcn-gridded-products.php)
GHCN-CAMS high resolution (0.5x0.5) analyzed global land surface temperatures for March 2014. (source: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.ghcncams.html)
Other Information
station
5x5, 0.5x0.5
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