The latest steering committee minutes are available along with a first version of their terms of reference . Forthcoming soon will be an Im...

A very initial version of the envisaged global surface databank is available from http://www.gosic.org/GLOBAL_SURFACE_DATABANK/GBD.html . It...

There are two new more working level blogs that have been set up recently. These are more technical discussion areas than this blog. Both al...

There is a data provenance and versioning task team for the databank effort - details are available from http://www.surfacetemperatures.org/...

Further details can be found here . For anyone wondering how they can help to improve the data holdings right now, you might want to take a ...

Notes are posted here . Comments welcome.

Notes are posted here . This provides an update of initial steps undertaken thus far.

The databank working group recently held their first teleconference. Notes arising from this are available here . Comments welcome, but ther...

A couple of additional perspectives have recently been published that more formally outline outcomes of the meeting. These still fall short ...

Several active bloggers were at the meeting and posts relating to their views are linked here. This list will be updated if and when I am al...

I am in the process of uploading all presentations to the surfacetemperatures.org site at http://www.surfacetemperatures.org/exeterworkshop...

Thanks on behalf of the entire organising committee to all those who have taken the time and effort to comment constructively upon the white...

The solicitation of input from the community at large including non-climate fields and discussion of web presence white paper is now availa...

The interactions with other activities white paper is now available for discussion. When making posts please remember to follow the house r...

The dataset algorithm performance assessment based upon all efforts white paper is now available for discussion. When making posts please r...

The spatial and temporal interpolation of environmental data white paper is now available for discussion. When making posts please remember...

The governance white paper is now available for discussion. When making posts please remember to follow the house rules . Please also take ...

The data provenance, version control and configuration management white paper is now available for discussion. When making posts please rem...

The near real-time updates white paper is now available for discussion. When making posts please remember to follow the house rules . Pleas...

The Retrieval of historical data white paper is now available for discussion. When making posts please remember to follow the house rules ....