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Abatzoglou, John

John Abatzoglou at University of California - Merced

TerraClimate: Global, high-resolution gridded temperature, precipitation, and other water balance variables

Amaya, Dillon

Dr. Dillon Amaya

Dillon Amaya at the University of Colorado

Meridional Modes and their indices

Arkin, Phil

Phil Arkin; courtesy P. Arkin

Dr. Phil Arkin at University of Maryland

CMAP: CPC Merged Analysis of Precipitation

Ashouri, Hamed

Hamed Ashouri (provided by H. Ashouri)

Dr. Hamed Ashouri at Center for Hydrometerology and Remote Sensing (CHRS), University of California, Irvine.

PERSIANN-CDR: Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial Neural Networks - Climate Data Record

Atkinson, Chris

Dr Chris Atkinson at the UK Met Office

HadIOD: Met Office-Hadley Centre Integrated Ocean Database

Ball, William

Dr William T. Ball at Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos, Switzerland

Total Solar Irradiance (TSI) datasets: An overview

Banzon, Viva

Viva Banzon; courtesy V. Banzon

Dr. Viva Banzon at NOAA NCDC

SST data: NOAA Optimal Interpolation (OI) SST Analysis, version 2 (OISSTv2) 1x1

SST data: NOAA High-resolution (0.25x0.25) Blended Analysis of Daily SST and Ice, OISSTv2

Bosilovich, Michael

Dr. Michael Bosilovich at NASA Goddard

NASA's MERRA2 reanalysis

Bracegirdle, Thomas J.

photo of Tom Bracegridle (contributed by T Bracegirdle)

Dr. Tom Bracegirdle at British Antarctic Survey

Southern Hemisphere westerly jet strength and position

Chapman, William

Walsh and Chapman Northern Hemisphere Sea Ice

Cheng, Lijing

Dr. Lijing Cheng (contributed by L Cheng)

Dr. Lijing Cheng at the International Center for Climate and Environment Sciences and Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Ocean temperature analysis and heat content estimate from Institute of Atmospheric Physics

Cook, Edward

Ed Cook (contributed by E. Cook)

Dr. Edward Cook at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Drought atlases from tree rings

Cowtan, Kevin

Dr. Kevin Cowtan at the University of York

Global surface temperatures: BEST: Berkeley Earth Surface Temperatures

Cullather, Richard

Dr. Richard Cullather at NASA Goddard

NASA's MERRA2 reanalysis

Dai, Aiguo

Dr. Aiguo Dai

Dr. Aiguo Dai at University at Albany

Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI)

Daly, Christopher

Dr. Christopher Daly at Oregon State University

PRISM High-Resolution Spatial Climate Data for the United States: Max/min temp, dewpoint, precipitation

Dee, Dick

Dick Dee (provided by D. Dee)

Dr. Dick Dee at Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation

Atmospheric Reanalysis: Overview & Comparison Tables

ERA-Interim

ERA5 atmospheric reanalysis

Deser, Clara

photo of Clara Deser

Dr. Clara Deser at NCAR

ICOADS Surface Marine Weather Observations

Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO): Definition and Indices

Evaluation of interannual-to-decadal climate variability in Earth System Models

Dirmeyer, Paul

Paul Dirmeyer at George Mason University

Soil Moisture Data Sets: Overview & Comparison Tables

Estilow, Thomas W.

Snow Cover Extent (Northern Hemisphere) Climate Data Record, by Rutgers

Fasullo, John

photo of John Fasullo

Dr. John Fasullo at NCAR.

Atmospheric Reanalysis: Overview & Comparison Tables

Gehne, Maria

Dr. Maria Gehne at CIRES/NOAA

PERSIANN-CDR: Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial Neural Networks - Climate Data Record

Gleason, Karin

Karin Gleason at NOAA

U.S. Climate Extremes Index (CEI)

Gruber, Stephan

Global Permafrost Zonation Index Map

Haigh, Joanna

Dr Joanna Haigh

Dr. Joanna Haigh at the Imperial College London

Total Solar Irradiance (TSI) datasets: An overview

Hamlington, Benjamin

Ben Hamlington (provided by Ben Hamlington)

Dr. Benjamin Hamlington at Old Dominion University

Tide gauge sea level data

Hassler, Birgit

Birgit Hassler; courtesy B. Hassler

Dr. Birgit Hassler at Bodeker Scientific

Stratospheric Ozone: Vertically Resolved, zonal mean based on BDBP

Hausfather, Zeke

Zeke Hausfather at Carbon Brief

 

SST Data: NOAA Extended Reconstruction SSTs Version 5 (ERSSTv5)

Global land-ocean surface temperature data: HadCRUT5

Hosking, Scott

Scott Hosking (contributed by S. Hosking)

Dr. Scott Hosking, British Antarctic Survey

Amundsen Sea Low indices

Huang, Boyin

Dr. Boyin Huang at NOAA NCDC. Courtesy Boyin Huang.

Dr. Boyin Huang at NOAA NCDC.

SST data: NOAA Extended Reconstruction SSTs, version 3 (ERSSTv3 & 3b)

SST data: NOAA Extended Reconstruction SSTs, Version 4

Huffman, George J.

Dr. George Huffman at NASA, GFSC

TRMM: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

Hurrell, James

James Hurrell. credit: Carlye Calvin, UCAR.

Dr. James Hurrell at Colorado State University.

NCAR Sea Level Pressure

Hurrell North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) Index (station-based)

North Pacific (NP) Index by Trenberth and Hurrell; monthly and winter

Kaplan, Alexy

Kaplan Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies

Karger, Dirk

Dr. Dirk N. Karger at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL

CHELSA high-resolution land surface temperature and precipitation

Kay, Jennifer

photo of Jen Kay

Dr. Jennifer Kay at University of Colorado

COSP: Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) Observation Simulator Package

Combined CloudSat spaceborne radar and CALIPSO spaceborne lidar cloud fraction dataset

Kennedy, John

John Kennedy at the Met Office Hadley Centre

SST data: HadSST3

SST data: HadSST4

Kent, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Kent

Dr. Elizabeth Kent at National Oceanography Centre

Surface Flux and Meteorological Dataset: National Oceanography Centre (NOC) V2.0

Keyantash, John

Dr. John Keyantash, courtesy J. Keyantash

Dr. John Keyantash at California State University

Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI)

Killick, Rachel

Rachel Killick at UK Met Office

EN4 subsurface temperature and salinity for the global oceans

Kimball, John

Photo of John Kimball courtesy John Kimball

Dr. John S. Kimball at University of Montana

Landscape surface freeze/thaw status based on passive microwave remote sensing

Kobayashi, Chiaki

Chiaki Kobayashi at MRI and JMA

JRA-55C (reanalysis using conventional observations)

Kobayashi, Shinya

Shinya Kobayashi at Japan Meteorological Agency

JRA-55

Labe, Zachary

Zachary Labe

Zachary Labe at the University of California, Irvine

Sea Ice Thickness Data Sets: Overview & Comparison Table

Laloyaux, Patrick

Patrick Laloyaux (contributed by P. Laloyaux)

Dr. Patrick Laloyaux at ECMWF.

CERA-20C: ECMWF's Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Reanalysis of the 20th Century

Lenssen, Nathan

Mr. Nathan Lenssen at Columbia University

Global surface temperature data: GISTEMP: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) Surface Temperature Analysis

Livermore, Jay

SST data: NOAA Extended Reconstruction SSTs, version 3 (ERSSTv3 & 3b)

Livneh, Ben

Ben Livneh at University of Colorado

Livneh gridded precipitation and other meteorological variables for continental US, Mexico and southern Canada

Loeb, Norman

CERES EBAF: Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy Systems (CERES) Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF)

Maeda, Mio

Ms Mio Maeda at Hirosaki University

APHRODITE: Asian Precipitation - Highly-Resolved Observational Data Integration Towards Evaluation of Water Resources

Marshall, Gareth

Dr. Gareth Marshall at British Antarctic Survey

Marshall Southern Annular Mode (SAM) Index (Station-based)

Matsuura, Kenji

Kenji Matsuura

Kenji Matsuura at the University of Delaware

Global (land) precipitation and temperature: Willmott & Matsuura, University of Delaware

Mazloff, Matthew

Matthew Mazloff at Scripps Instition of Oceanography

Southern Ocean State Estimate (SOSE)

McKinnon, Karen

Dr. Karen McKinnon at UCLA

GHCN-D: Global Historical climatology Network daily temperatures

Mears, Carl

Carl Mears photo

Dr. Carl Mears at Remote Sensing Systems

MSU/AMSU Atmospheric Temperature Climate Data Record, Remote Sensing Systems (RSS)

Meier, Walter

Walt Meier, courtesy Walt Meier/NASA

Dr. Walt Meier at National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Sea Ice Concentration: NOAA/NSIDC Climate Data Record

NSIDC Sea Ice Index

Meiyappan, Prasanth

Pransanth Meiyappan

Prasanth Meiyappan at University of Illinois

Historical land-cover changes and land-use conversions global data set by Meiyappan and Jain

Carbon Emissions from Historical Land-Use and Land-Use Change

Mishonov, Alexey

Alexey Mishonov sailing (provided by A. Mishonov)

Dr. Alexey Mishonov at ESSIC/CICS-MD, University of Maryland & Ocean Climate Lab / National Centers for Environmental Information

World Ocean Atlas 2013 (WOA13)

Nerem, R.S.

Dr. R.S. Nerem at the University of Colorado

Global Mean Sea Level from TOPEX & Jason Altimetry

Norris, Joel

Dr Joel Norris (courtesy Joel Norris)

Dr Joel Norris at Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Extended Edited Synoptic Cloud Reports Archive (EECRA) from Ships and Land Stations Over the Globe

Gridded Climatology of Clouds from Surface Observations Worldwide (1971-2008)

Pendergrass, Angeline

Angeline Pendergrass (contributed by A. Pendergrass)

Dr. Angeline Pendergrass at NCAR.

GPCP (Monthly): Global Precipitation Climatology Project

TRMM: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

GPCP (Daily): Global Precipitation Climatology Project

Radiative kernels from climate models

Phillips, Adam

Adam Phillips at the National Center for Atmospheric Research

Evaluation of interannual-to-decadal climate variability in Earth System Models

Pincus, Robert

Photo of Robert Pincus courtesy Robert Pincus

Dr. Robert Pincus at University of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL.

ISCCP: International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project

Cloud observations from MODIS

Poli, Paul

Dr. Paul Poli at Météo-France

ERA-20C: ECMWF's atmospheric reanalysis of the 20th century (and comparisons with NOAA's 20CR)

Randel, Bill

Bill Randel; courtsey Bill Randel

Dr. Bill Randel at NCAR

Stratospheric Ozone: Randel & Wu 2007

Reynolds, Richard

SST data: NOAA Optimal Interpolation (OI) SST Analysis, version 2 (OISSTv2) 1x1

SST data: NOAA High-resolution (0.25x0.25) Blended Analysis of Daily SST and Ice, OISSTv2

Ricciardulli, Lucrezia

Photo of Lucrezia Ricciardulli

Dr. Lucrezia Ricciardulli, Scientist at Remote Sensing Systems

QuikSCAT: near sea-surface wind speed and direction

CCMP: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform wind vector analysis

Risi, Camille

Water Isotopes from Satellites

Robinson, David

photo of David Robinson courtesy David Robinson

Dr. David Robinson at Rutgers University

Snow Cover Extent (Northern Hemisphere) Climate Data Record, by Rutgers

Santoso, Agus

Agus Santoso (contributed by A. Santoso)

Dr. Agus Santoso at University of New South Wales

Asymmetry and Diversity in the pattern, amplitude and duration of El Niño and La Niña

Schreck, Carl

IBTrACS: Tropical cyclone best track data

Shea, Dennis

Overview: Climate Data Processing

Atmospheric Reanalysis: Overview & Comparison Tables

Statistical & Diagnostic Methods Overview

ERA-15

Web Based Visualization and Processing for Climate and Weather

Smith, Tom

SST data: NOAA Extended Reconstruction SSTs, version 3 (ERSSTv3 & 3b)

Stengel, Martin

CLARA-A1: Cloud properties, surface albedo and surface radiation products based on AVHRR

Storto, Andrea

Dr. Andrea Storto at CMCC.

CMCC Global Ocean Reanalysis System (C-GLORS)

Stubenrauch, Claudia

Dr. Claudia Steubenrauch at CNRS, LMD

Cloud Dataset Overview

Swenson, Sean

GRACE: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment: Surface mass, total water storage, and derived variables

Thompson, Phil

Dr. Phil Thompson

Dr. Phil Thompson at the University of Hawaii

 

Tide gauge sea level data

Tian, Baijun

Photo of Baijun Tian courtesy Baijun Tian

Dr. Baijun Tian at Jet Propulsion Laboratory and CalTech.

AIRS and AMSU: Tropospheric air temperature and specific humidity

Tokinaga, Hiroki

WASWind: Wave and Anemometer-based Sea Surface Wind

Trenberth, Kevin

Dr. Kevin Trenberth at NCAR

NCAR Sea Level Pressure

Southern Oscillation Indices: Signal, Noise and Tahiti/Darwin SLP (SOI)

Nino SST Indices (Nino 1+2, 3, 3.4, 4; ONI and TNI)

Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation (AMO)

Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO): Definition and Indices

Trentmann, Jörg

Surface Solar Radiation for Europe, Africa and the Atlantic based on MVIRI visible channnels

van der Schrier, Gerard

van der Schrier, Gerard

Dr. Gerard van der Schrier at Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute KNMI

E-OBS: High-resolution gridded mean/max/min temperature, precipitation and sea level pressure for Europe & Northern Africa

Vicente-Serrano, Sergio M.

Dr. Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Spanish National Research Council

Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI)

von Schuckmann, Karina

courtesy Karina von Schuckmann

Dr. Karina von Schuckmann at the Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), France.

Ocean heat content for 10-1500m depth based on Argo

Walsh, John

Atmospheric Reanalysis: Overview & Comparison Tables

Wang, Jian-Jian

Jian-JIan Wang

Dr. Jian-Jian Wang at University of Maryland

GPCP (Monthly): Global Precipitation Climatology Project

Willis, Josh

Josh Willis, courtesy J Willis

Dr. Josh Willis at NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Argo Ocean Temperature and Salinity Profiles

Xie, PIngping

CMAP: CPC Merged Analysis of Precipitation

Yasutomi, Natsuko

Dr. Natsuko Yasutomi at Kyoto University

APHRODITE: Asian Precipitation - Highly-Resolved Observational Data Integration Towards Evaluation of Water Resources

Yatagai, Akiyo

Akiyo Yatagai (contributed by A. Yatagai)

Dr. Akiyo Yatagai at Hirosaki University

APHRODITE: Asian Precipitation - Highly-Resolved Observational Data Integration Towards Evaluation of Water Resources

Yeager, Stephen

Dr Steve Yeager

Dr. Stephen Yeager at NCAR

COREv2 Air-Sea Surface Fluxes

Zhang, Rong

Rong Zhang (provided by Rong Zhang)

Dr. Rong Zhang at NOAA/GFDL

Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation (AMO)