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CPC Global Daily Temperature
Brief Description:
Temporal Coverage:
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Levels:
- N/A
Update Schedule:
- Updated daily
Download/Plot Data: (Download Issues)
Variable | Statistic | Level | Download File | Create Plot/Subset |
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Maximum Temperature | Daily | Surface | tmax.yyyy.nc | ![]() |
Daily Maximum Temperature | Daily Long Term Mean | Surface | tmax.day.ltm.nc | ![]() |
Daily Minimum Temperature | Daily Total | Surface | tmin.yyyy.nc | ![]() |
Daily Minimum Temperature | Daily Long Term Mean | Surface | tmin.day.ltm.nc | ![]() |
Usage Restrictions:
- None
Detailed Description:
- This data set is used for verification by NOAA/CPC. The data is global GTS data and is gridded using the Shepard Algorithm. The values are the max/min for 6Z-6Z.
Caveats:
- Real-time values change change before N days.
Related File Naming & Structure Information:
File Names:
- [tmax,tmin].yyyy.nc for daily (In directory: /Datasets/cpc_global_temp/)
- [tmax,tmin].time.statistic.nc for daily long term means (In directory: /Datasets/cpc_global_temp/)
Dataset Format and Size:
- PSL standard NetCDF about 89 Mbyte netCDF4 file for each yearly file.
Missing Data:
- -9.96921e+36
Citation:
- Please note: If you acquire CPC Global Temperature data products from PSL, we ask that you acknowledge us in your use of the data. This may be done by including text such as CPC Global Temperature data provided by the NOAA/OAR/ESRL PSL, Boulder, Colorado, USA, from their Web site at / in any documents or publications using these data. We would also appreciate receiving a copy of the relevant publications. This will help PSL to justify keeping the CPC Global Temperature data set freely available online in the future. Thank you!
References:
- Description of Dataset from CPC
- Contact CPC (e-mail address in description link above)
Original Source:
- NCEP/Climate Prediction Center
- From CPC's FTP directories.
Contact:
-
Physical Sciences Laboratory: Data Management
NOAA/ESRL/PSL
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305-3328
psl.data@noaa.gov
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