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Global Data Archive: Time Series
This page provides access to time series data sets documenting spatial and temporal variability in various climate parameters:
- Precipitation
- Surface temperature
- Sea-level pressure (SLP)
- Surface winds
- Atmospheric indices
- Miscellaneous
Precipitation
| Name | Range of Years | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Equatorial Pacific MSU Index | 1979-92 | |
| Global EOFs | 1900-88 | |
| Tropical Pacific and non-Pacific indices from gauge data | 1892-1996, 1850-96 | |
| Walker and Bliss Southern Oscillation index | 1875-1933 | |
| South America | ||
| northeast Brazil | 1849-2002 | |
| Piura Perú rainfall and river runoff | 1932-97, 1925-96 | Africa |
| Gulf of Guinea (Univ. Washington) | 1899-June2001 | |
| Sahel (Univ. Washington) | 1900-Oct2010 | |
| Sahel, Soudan, Guinea Coast (Nicholson) | 1901-94 | India (All-India and subdivisions) |
| Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology |
1871-2003 | The only source of India data. |
| Paolino | monsoondata.org | IRI | various | easy-to-read formats |
| Two earlier compilations: Sontakke et al. Parthasarathy et al. |
1844-1992 1870-1997 |
U.S. Pacific Northwest |
| Digital values for numerous stations (WMSSC) | climatology | |
| Northeastern Washington State | 1931-96 | |
| Puget Sound Lowland (Washington State) | 1931-2009 | |
Surface Temperature
Sea-Level Pressure (SLP)
| Name | Range of Years | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Darwin Australia (UEA, NCEP, NCAR) | 1866-present | |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 1841-1999 | |
| Tahiti (UEA, NCEP, NCAR) | 1855-present | Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) |
| ICOADS-based | 1890-2008 | |
| NCAR | 1882-present | |
| NCEP | 1866-present | |
| University of East Anglia | 1866-present | |
| Walker and Bliss | 1875-1933 | North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) |
| Hurrell |
1864-present | |
| NCEP | 1950-present | observed and forecasted |
| Stephenson compilation | ||
| University of East Anglia | 1821-2000 | Northern Annular Mode (NAM), Arctic Oscillation (AO) |
| Colorado State University |
1899-2002 | |
| NCEP | 1950-present (monthly),1979-present (daily) | observed and forecasted |
| University of Washington |
1948-Mar2010 | Southern Annular Mode (SAM), Antarctic Oscillation (AAO) |
| NCEP | 1979-present | monthly and daily, observations and forecasts |
| British Antarctic Survey | 1957-present | |
| University of Washington 850 hPa Z SLP |
1948-2002 1948-May2011 |
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| Leibniz Institut für Meereswissenschaften | 1860-2005 |
Surface or 10-m Vector Wind & Surface Vector Stress
| Name | Range of Years | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Eq. Pacific meridional wind | 1850-Jun2005 | |
| Eq. Pacific zonal wind | 1850-Jun2005 |
Miscellaneous
| Name | Range of Years | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| CO2: Mauna Loa and many other stations | various | Flask samples and ice cores. Plots: Mauna Loa through last year PDF Mauna Loa and South Pole: PS | JPEG | PNG | GIF |
| Tropical cyclone positions and number | 1886 - present | |
| Sea ice extent and areas | 1978 - present |
