Data Set Overview
| Data set | Global Monthly Climatology for the Twentieth Century (New et al.) |
| DOI | 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/551 |
| Release date | 2000-09-18 |
| Project | Climate Collections |
| Time Period | 1900-01-01 to 1998-12-31 |
Description
A 0.5 degree lat/lon data set of monthly surface climate over global land areas, excluding Antarctica. Primary variables are interpolated directly from station time-series: precipitation, mean temperature and diurnal temperature range.
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Citation
New, M., M. Hulme, and P.D. Jones. 2000. Global Monthly Climatology for the Twentieth Century (New et al.). ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. http://dx.doi.org/
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Project
Climate Collections: The ORNL DAAC compiles, archives, and distributes data on temperature, precipitation, humidity, radiation, wind velocity, and cloud cover. These data are either station or gridded data.
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- readme_gis.txt
- eastanglia_1901_1995.pdf
- cru05.htm
- cru05_doc.pdf
- readme.txt
- dataquality.txt
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