GHCN_CAMS Gridded 2m Temperature (Land)
Brief Description:
- GHCN CAMS is a high resolution (0.5x0.5) analyzed global land surface temperatures from 1948 to near present.
Temporal Coverage:
Spatial Coverage:
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Levels:
- Surface
Update Schedule:
- Monthly
Download/Plot Data: (Download Issues)
Archive parameters: File names are composed of variable abbreviations and statistic name:(variable).(time).(statistic).nc
Variable | Statistic | Level | Download File | Create Plot/Subset |
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Temperature | Mean | Surface | air.mon.mean.nc | ![]() |
Temperature | Long Term Mean | Surface | air.mon.1981-2010.ltm.nc | ![]() |
Usage Restrictions:
- None.
Detailed Description:
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See the NCDC's GHCN_CAMS ftp page. According to the journal article on the dataset: A global monthly land surface temperature analysis for 1948-present. "This data set is different from some existing surface airtemperature data sets in: (1) using a combination of two large individual data sets of station observations collected from the Global Historical Climatology Network version 2 and the Climate Anomaly Monitoring System (GHCN + CAMS), so it can be regularly updated in near real time with plenty of stations and (2) some unique interpolation methods, such as the anomaly interpolation approach with spatially-temporally varying temperature lapse rates derived from the observation-based Reanalysis for topographic adjustment.".
Also see the webpage http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/gl_Temperature-Monthly.sh for plots (total, monthly, percentile) and links to related datasets. - Related Datasets at PSL
Caveats:
- None.
Related File Naming & Structure Information:
File Names: (get via ftp at ftp.cdc.noaa.gov)
- air.mon.mean.nc (In directory: /Datasets/ghcncams/)
- air.mon.1981-2010.ltm.nc (In directory: /Datasets/ghcncams/Derived)
Dataset Format and Size:
Missing Data:
- -9.96921e+36f
Citation:
- Please note: If you acquire GHCN Gridded V2 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 GHCN Gridded V2 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 GHCN Gridded V2 data set freely available online in the future. Thank you!
- Fan, Y., and H. van den Dool (2008), A global monthly land surface air temperature analysis for 1948-present, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D01103, doi:10.1029/2007JD008470.
References:
FGDC metadata:
Original Source:
- NOAA/NCEP CPC Webpage: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/gl_Temperature-Monthly.sh for plots, links to related data.
- NOAA/NCEP CPC: ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wd51yf/GHCN_CAMS/ (grib).
Contact:
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