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Information about the Global Databank
- Website: http://www.surfacetemperatures.org/
Official Definition of Stages
- STAGE 0: Digital image and hard copy
- STAGE 1: Keyed in native format
- STAGE 2: Converted into common format
- STAGE 3: Consolidated master database
- STAGE 4: Quality controlled derived products
- STAGE 5: Homogenized products
More Information about Stages
- Stage 1 is the original format given to us by the institution "as is". We do no alteration to stage1
- Stage 2 data is common formatted, and much like GHCN-M there is a data file and the inventory file. Format is as follows:
- Because we are only looking for certain parameters in Stage 2, there may be information lost, however the data provenance flags will help the user go back into the previous stages and grab other necessary information if it is needed
- Stage 3 data will have the same common format as Stage 2, however these stations will be unique.
- Stage 4 data will be Quality Controlled, however may or may not have the same format as Stage 2/3
- ie, The operational GHCN-D is considered Stage 4
What sources are in the Databank already?
LAST UPDATED 10/03/2011
Daily
- Spain
- US_Forts
- Vietnam
- Mexico
- Pitcairn Island
- Japan
- eca_knmi
- ISPD
- Uruguay_INIA
- Brazil
- Australia
- saca_knmi
- Ecuador
Stage1 Source: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/globaldatabank/daily/stage1/
Stage2 Source: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/globaldatabank/daily/stage2/
Day2Month
- The above Daily Stage2 data has also been converted to Monthly Stage2. The following WMO criteria has been used:
- No more than 5 missing days in a given month
- No more than 3 consecutive missing days in a given month
Source: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/globaldatabank/monthly/stage2/day2month/
Monthly
- Antarctica_SP
- Japan
- East Africa
- Colonial-era archive
- KNMI
- WWR
- ukmet_HADCRU3
- Australia
- Canada
- Arctic
- ukmet_HIST
- HISTALP
- Central_Asia
- ghcnmv2 clone
- Antarctica_SCAR_Reader
- Russ max/min data
Stage1 Source: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/globaldatabank/monthly/stage1/
Stage2 Source: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/globaldatabank/monthly/stage2/
What sources are in the queue to be added to the Databank by Jared R?
LAST UPDATED 10/03/2011
Daily
- GHCN-D sources
- 20 original sources into Stage1/2
- GHCN-D w/o QC flags into Stage3 , then converted to monthlies and put in stage2
- GHCN-D operational into Stage4, then converted to monthlies and put in stage2
Monthly
- GHCN-M sources
- MCDW (published)
- UKMET CLIMAT
- MCDW (published)
- CLIMAT
- USHCN v2
