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ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
World Weather Records
WWR
2017-05-31
publication
doi:10.7289/V5222RT1
NCEI DSI 9644_01
NCEI Physical Archive Collection: WWR
gov.noaa.ncdc:C00160
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Smithsonian Institution
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Smithsonian Institution
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UN/WMO > World Meteorological Organization, United Nations
World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme
wcdmp@wmo.int
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UN/WMO > World Meteorological Organization, United Nations
World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme
wcdmp@wmo.int
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World Data Centre for Meteorology, National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) in Asheville, USA
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World Data Centre for Meteorology, National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) in Asheville, USA
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DOC/NOAA/NWS > National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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DOC/NOAA/NWS > National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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World Weather Records (WWR) is an archived publication and digital data set. WWR is meteorological data from locations around the world. Through most of its history, WWR has been a publication, first published in 1927. Data includes monthly mean values of pressure, temperature, precipitation, and where available, station metadata notes documenting observation practices and station configurations. In recent years, data were supplied by National Meteorological Services of various countries, many of which became members of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The First Issue included data from earliest records available at that time up to 1920. Data have been collected for periods 1921-30 (2nd Series), 1931-40 (3rd Series), 1941-50 (4th Series), 1951-60 (5th Series), 1961-70 (6th Series), 1971-80 (7th Series), 1981-90 (8th Series), 1991-2000 (9th Series), and 2001-2011 (10th Series). The most recent Series 11 continues, insofar as possible, the record of monthly mean values of station pressure, sea-level pressure, temperature, and monthly total precipitation for stations listed in previous volumes. In addition to these parameters, mean monthly maximum and minimum temperatures have been collected for many stations and are archived in digital files by NCEI. New stations have also been included. In contrast to previous series, the 11th Series is available for the partial decade, so as to limit waiting period for new records. It begins in 2010 and is updated yearly, extending into the entire decade.
Data will be used by government, education and private industry users internationally, particularly in member countries, for climate and other studies.
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Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Altitude > Geopotential Height
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Altitude > Station Height
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Atmospheric Pressure Measurements
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Sea Level Pressure
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Surface Pressure
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Temperature > Maximum/Minimum Temperature
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Temperature
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Amount
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
2018
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Version 8.6
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Atmospheric - Surface - Air Pressure
Atmospheric - Surface - Air Temperature
Atmospheric - Surface - Precipitation
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Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Essential Climate Variables (ECVs)
2017
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Release 2017
World Meteorological Organization, United Nations
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Overview of the GCOS Essential Climate Variables.
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Continent > Africa
Continent > North America > Central America
Continent > North America
Continent > South America
Continent > Europe
Continent > Asia
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Continent > Antarctica
Geographic Region > Oceania
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
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Version 8.6
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords
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Vertical Location > Land Surface
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
2018
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords
The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords.
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Meteorological Stations
platform
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
2018
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Version 8.6
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords
The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords.
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
dataCentre
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
2018
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Version 8.6
Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords
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Data are collected by WMO member countries, using only minimal quality control.
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Cite as: Smithsonian Institute; National Weather Service; NOAA National Climatic Data Center; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information; World Meteorological Organization. (1927) World Weather Records [indicate series]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. DOI:10.7289/V5222RT1 [Access Date]
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Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives.
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Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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WMO World Weather Records page
Overview and details off WMO's WWR program
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World Weather Records (WWR) Clearinghouse
Access to WWR data (past and present series), site list and assorted documentation
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NCEI TD-Doc for DSI 9644 - World Weather Records
The NCEI TD-Doc includes information about previous version of the World Weather Records.
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Since the 1920s, the United States has collected and publicly released World Weather Records from around the world. Although initially begun by the Smithsonian, it is now an activity with WMO sponsorship that is performed by the Archive.
In response to a 1923 recommendation from the International Meteorological Conference Committee (IMCC), the Smithsonian Institution of the United States sponsored the first series of WWR, edited by H. Helm Clayton, covering the period 1800-1920, and published in a single volume of 1196 pages in 1927. The publication included, as IMCC recommended, a full period of record through 1920 of monthly means of temperature, pressure (station and sea level) and precipitation for selected global stations. This was reprinted by the Smithsonian ("Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 79") in 1944.
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The Second Series of WWR was published by the Smithsonian ("Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 90") as a single volume, 646 pages, in 1934. This series covered the period 1921- 30. In this series the precedent to include data back to the beginning of record for stations not previously published in WWR was established.
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The Third Series of WWR was published the Smithsonian ("Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 105") as a single volume, 616 pages, in 1947. This series covered the period 1931-40.
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In the Fourth Series of WWR, publication responsibility passed from the Smithsonian Institution to the US Weather Bureau (predecessor agency of the National Weather Service). Maintaining previous publication formats and elements, the Weather Bureau published a single 1361-page volume ("World Weather Records, 1941-50") in 1959.
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In the Fifth Series of WWR, publication responsibility passed to the old National Weather Records Center (NWRC), one of NCDC's predecessor agencies. This series marked the start of digital data archived of WWR. In addition, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) became involved, offering its sponsored collection of data included in the Weather Bureau's "Monthly Climatic Data for the World" (archived at NCDC as DSI-3500) as a source for the WWR 1951-60 series. WMO sponsorship of WWR was formalized in 1963. In 1960, the WMO Commission for Climatology recommended that WWR data be published in six separate volumes. This recommendation was adopted, and the six volumes were published between 1965 and 1968. Upon completion, the entire 1951-60 series was archived as the initial input into DSI-9644. In the data set, the six volumes are in one file.
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The Sixth Series of WWR was published by the National Climatic Center (NCC), another of NCDC's predecessor agencies, in six separate volumes. With this series, one nation in each of the WMO Regional Associations was designated as a Regional Collector. The Regional Collector was responsible for collecting monthly pressure, temperature and precipitation data from nations within its region specifically for inclusion in WWR. This arrangement was agreed upon in 1973 by the WMO Commission for Special Applications of Meteorology and Climatology (CoSAMC). Upon completion, the entire 1961-70 series was added to DSI-9644 as one new file.
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The Seventh Series of WWR was published by the NCDC in six separate volumes. Upon completion, the entire 1971-80 series was added to DSI-9644 as one new file. Parameters from 1951-70 include monthly means of pressure (station and sea level) and temperature, as well as monthly amounts of precipitation.
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The Eighth Series of WWR was published by the NCDC in six separate volumes. Upon completion, the entire 1981-1990 series was added to DSI-9644 as one new file. Beginning with the 1981-90 series, values of mean maximum and minimum monthly temperatures are included in DSI-9644. These temperature parameters were not published in the 1981-90 volume series, but their availability in DSI-9644 is indicated in each volume's index. Beginning with the 1951-60 series, WWR has been published by NCDC (and its predecessors) in a six- volume set: Volume 1 North America Volume 2 Europe Volume 3 West Indies, Central and South America Volume 4 Asia Volume 5 Africa Volume 6 Islands of the World.
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The Ninth Series of the WWR was published in the mid 2000s with an updated structure. Given the WMO sponsorship of World Weather Records, and in light of other WMO publications (e.g., Climatological Normals for the Period 1961-90) that are organized by Regional Association, the sequence and geographic groupings of World Weather Records was been changed for the ninth series. With the exception of the inclusion of Antarctic stations with the South-West Pacific, WWR volumes will precisely match Regional Associations beginning with the ninth series (1991-2000). The reconfigured series will contain the following volumes: 1 North America Africa 2 Europe Asia 3 South America South America 4 Asia North America 5 Africa South-West Pacific & Antarctica 6 Islands of the World Europe. Monthly values are published as submitted by country. Means were recomputed and compared to country submitted values. When discrepancies occurred, the recomputed monthly values were used. Some station notes specify how the data were observed.
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The Tenth Series was released in June of 2017. Its structure follows that of its predecessor (the Ninth Series). The data was archived with the rest of the World Weather Records to date.
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The Eleventh Series was released in June of 2017. Although the available data and records remained the same as in previous Series releases, the WMO released new guidelines to update the World Records on a yearly basis instead of decadal basis. The Eleventh Series still begins in 2010, but appends new data every year, with a year's lag between releases (to allow for stations to send the previous year's records to the Archive).
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NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
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