Tuesday, December 18, 2012

So what changed between beta1 and beta2?

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Even though we documented changes from the beta1 release to beta2 , did we actually change the overall results of the databank? Well, there...
Monday, December 10, 2012

Where do differences between the databank and GHCNv3 arise?

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If you were paying attention in an earlier post on characterizing the first version beta release you will have noted that the databank time...
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Thursday, December 6, 2012

Databank Release: Beta #2

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Today, we have released our second beta version of the global land surface databank. This update includes some changes that were made in res...
Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Taking the temperature of the Earth: Temperature Variability and Change across all Domains of Earth's Surface

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There is a session of the same title as this blog post being organized by collaegues in the Earthtemp initiative www.earthtemp.net at next...
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Friday, October 26, 2012

Databank poster at Global Framework for Climate Services User Conference

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There is a meeting happening this week in Geneva in preparation for an Extraordinary Meeting of the World Meteorological Organization Congr...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

How do you decide if a station is to be merged, added as unique or withheld?

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The above flowchart is a simple visualization on how the merge program works. As you can see there are a number of different options the ...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

How do I work out where a station series in the merged product originates?

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The above image is an example station from Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. There were three different sources t...
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Where is the databank merge code? How can I make it work?

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The merge code was written in FORTRAN 95 and is located within each variants directory. For example, if one were to find the code for the re...
Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Why are there several variants of the databank merge?

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Historically the storage, sharing and rescue of land meteorological data holdings has been incredibly fractured in nature. Different groups...
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Friday, October 5, 2012

Is it too late to submit data for inclusion in the databank?

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Short answer: No Slightly longer answer: We are still accepting data submissions for inclusion in the first versio...
Thursday, October 4, 2012

What known issues remain to be addressed with the databank during beta release?

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      First and foremost, this beta release affords the opportunity for broader community input to the databank pro...

Beta release of first version of global land surface databank

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Today marks the release of the first beta version of the global land surface databank constructed under the auspices ...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

On the importance of metadata ...

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If you are reading this then you undoubtedly will know that much contention arises over the siting of stations, particularly over the Unite...
Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Do you want to help with data discovery?

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As was alluded to in an earlier posting here , NOAA's National Climatic Data Center has recently endeavored on an effort to discover an...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

A new homogenised daily temperature data set for Australia

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The ACORN-SAT station at Butlers Gorge in central Tasmania   A new homogenised daily temperature set, the AustralianClimate O...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Request for help: Identifying, prioritizing and digitizing International hard copy holdings held at NOAA NCDC

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Update 4/26: The googledocs share spreadsheet linked below has been updated and simplified which will hopefully make this easier for peop...