Digital Spatial Data

Climate

Overview

The AGS Library currently has various climatic data of the world. Followings are a part of our climatic data collection that the AGS Library owns. Most data come from the NOAA's National Climatic Data Center and much data is available from this website.

Climate Atlas of the Contiguous United States 2000

The AGS Library has both Version 1.0 (published in 2000) and Version 2.0 (published in 2002). These CD-ROMs contain the Climate Atlas of the United States, which features climate maps of all 50 states. The version 2.0 CD-ROM replaces a popular paper Atlas last published in 1968. The new CD contains 737 color maps of climatic elements, such as temperature, precipitation, snow, wind, pressure, of the contiguous US.  Most of the data is from 1961-1990. Extensive documentation and help is available directly from the CD's interface and from the NCDC's Atlas Documentation and Help page. More information about the CD is available from the National Climatic Data Center website.

Spatial coverage: U.S.
Temporal coverage: 1961-1990s
Scale: N/A 
Format: JPEG
Coordinate System: Non-geographic, NAD 1983
Access Constraints: None

Climatology Interdisciplinary Data Collection (CIDC)

Climatology Interdisciplinary Data Collection contains over 70 multi-year, monthly mean global climate parameters from 25 climate data sets dealing with land, ocean, sun, cryosphere, biosphere, atmosphere and interdisciplinary sciences.  The CD-ROM data was provided by the Goddard Earth Sciences division of NASA and contains monthly mean data from the atmospheric, oceanic, and land use sciences that have been placed on a common global map grid and made accessible by FTP. The CD's data is grouped, based on data source, into seven categories:

• Atmospheric dynamics & atmospheric sounding products
• Radiation and clouds
• Biosphere data
• Variable atmospheric constituents
• Surface temperature and pressure
• Hydrology data
• Remote sensing science 

For more information on this CD visit the Climatology Interdisciplinary Data Collection website.

Spatial coverage: World
Temporal coverage: ?
Scale: N/A 
Format:?
Coordinate System: N/A
Access Constraints: None

 

NOAA Cooperative Summary of the Day 

NCDC (National Climatic Data Center) Cooperative Summary of the Day data provides daily climatological observations or weather patterns for the entire nation. The data spans a time period from the 1850s - 1997 and was collected from thousands of weather stations across the United States. The climatic data variables available in this collection are:

• Daily Evaporation
• Daily Minimum and Maximum Temperature of Water in Evaporation Pan
• Daily Precipitation
• Daily Snowfall
• Snow Depth at Observation Time
• Daily Maximum and Minimum Temperature
• Temperature at Observation Time
• 24-Hour Wind Movement
• Water Equivalent of Snow Depth
• Daily Maximum and Minimum Soil Temperature
• Different Types of Weather Occurring That Day
• Smoke or Haze
• Fog
• Drizzle
• Ice Pellets
• Glaze
• Thunder
• Hail
• Dust or Sand Storm
• Blowing Snow
• High Wind
• Tornado
• Rain
• Snow   

More information on this dataset can be found at the National Climatic Data Center website.

Spatial coverage: U.S. (see below.)
Temporal coverage: 1850s - 1997
Scale: N/A
Format: ?
Coordinate System: N/A
Access Constraints: None

TD3200 - Period of record through 1993 -  Released June 1995

• Volume 1 - Oregon, Washington
• Volume 2 - California
• Volume 3 - Idaho, Montana
• Volume 4 - Arizona, Nevada
• Volume 5 - Colorado, Wyoming
• Volume 6 - New Mexico, Utah
• Volume 7 - North Dakota, South Dakota
• Volume 8 - Kansas, Nebraska
• Volume 9 - Texas
• Volume 10 - Oklahoma, Texas
• Volume 11 - Iowa, Minnesota
• Volume 12 - Michigan, Wisconsin
• Volume 13 - Illinois, Missouri
• Volume 14 - Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi
• Volume 15 - Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio
• Volume 16 - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
• Volume 17 - New York, Pennsylvania
• Volume 18 - Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia
• Volume 19 - North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
• Volume 20 - Alabama, Florida, Georgia
• Volume 21 - Alaska, Hawaii, Pacific Islands, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

TD3200 - 1994 - 1996 Data - Released September 1997 

• Includes: United States, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Pacific Islands

TD3200 - 1997 Data - Released November 1998

• Includes: United States, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Pacific Islands

EarthInfo - GHCN Global Climate

Produced by EarthInfo, Inc., this climatic data includes the years from 1697-2001 and covers 30,457 weather stations from all seven continents across the globe.  The dataset variables available are:

• Mean Temperature
• Mean Maximum Temperature
• Mean Minimum Temperature
• Total Precipitation
• Mean Sea Level Pressure

More information on this dataset can be found at the GHCNGlobal Climate section of the EarthInfo website.

Spatial coverage: World
Temporal coverage: 1697-2001
Scale: N/A
Format: Custom (requires accompanied software)
Coordinate System: N/A
Access Constraints: Available to students, faculty, and staff of the UW-Milwaukee for educational purposes

 

EarthInfo - NCDC First Order Summary of the Day

Produced by EarthInfo, Inc., this climatic data includes the years from 1881-2002 and covers numerous weather stations in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin.  The dataset variables available are:

• Max, Min and Mean Temperature
• Departure From normal Temperature
• Average Dew Point Temperature
• Average Wet Bulb Temperature
• Heating and Cooling Degree Days
• Maximum and Minimum Relative Humidity
• Precipitation, Snowfall and Snow Depth
• Average Station and Sea Level Pressure
• Total and Percent of Possible Sunshine
• Occurrence of Weather
• Average Cloudiness and Average Sky Cover
• Wind Direction and Speed

More information on this dataset can be found at the NCDC First Order Summary of the Day section of the EarthInfo website.

Spatial coverage: IL, IO, MN, MS, WI
Temporal coverage: 1881-2002
Scale: N/A
Format:Custom (requires accompanied software)
Coordinate System: Non-geographic, NAD 1983
Access Constraints: Available to students, faculty, and staff of the UW-Milwaukee for educational purposes

 

EarthInfo - NCDC Summary of the Day

Produced by EarthInfo, Inc., this climatic data includes the years from 1867-2002 and covers 19,676 weather stations across all 50 states in the US.  The dataset variables available are:

• Maximum Temperature
• Minimum Temperature
• Precipitation
• Snowfall
• Evaporation

The data available for all 50 states is divided into a four CD collection:

• West 1: AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, UT, WY
• West 2: AK, HI, ID, KS, MT, ND, NE, OK, OR, PI, SD, TX, WA
• Central: AL, AR, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, OH, TN, WI, WV
• East: CT, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, PR, RI, SC, VA, VI, VT

More information on this dataset can be found at the NCDC Summary of the Day section of the EarthInfo website.

Spatial coverage: U.S.
Temporal coverage: 1867-2002
Scale: N/A
Format: Custom (requires accompanied software)
Coordinate System: N/A
Access Constraints: Available to students, faculty, and staff of the UW-Milwaukee for educational purposes

 

EarthInfo - USGS Daily Values

Produced by EarthInfo, Inc., this collection of data covers the years from 1854-2002 and was collected from 20,929 stations in the United States. The data variable available in this dataset is:

• Mean Streamflow

The four CDs in this collection are divided up into regions as follows.

• West 1: AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, UT, WY
• West 2: AK, HI, ID, KS, MT, ND, NE, OK, OR, SD,TX, WA
• Central: AL, AR, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, OH, TN, WI, WV
• East: CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, PR, RI, SC, VA, VI, VT

More information on this dataset can be found at the USGS Daily Values section of the EarthInfo website.

Spatial coverage: U.S.
Temporal coverage: 1854-2002
Scale: N/A 
Format: Custom (requires accompanied software)
Coordinate System: N/A
Access Constraints: Available to students, faculty, and staff of the UW-Milwaukee for educational purposes

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