The Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) is a database of temperature
Temperature
In physics, temperature is a physical property of a Physical system that underlies the common notions of hot and cold; something that feels hotter generally has the greater temperature.... , precipitation
Precipitation (meteorology)
File:MeanMonthlyP.gifIn meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of Atmosphere water vapor that is deposited on the earth's surface.... and pressure
Pressure
Pressure is the force per unit area applied to an object in a direction surface normal to the surface. Gauge pressure is the pressure relative to the local atmospheric or ambient pressure.... records managed by the National Climatic Data Center
National Climatic Data Center
The United States National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, North Carolina is the world's largest active archive of weather data.The Center has more than 150 years of data on hand with 224 gigabytes of new information added each day.... , Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is the largest public university research university in the United States under a single administration, with total student enrollment of 67,082 as of fall 2008.... and the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
The Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center is an organization within the United States Department of Energy that has the primary responsibility for providing the US government and research community with global warming data and analysis as it pertains to energy issues.... .
The aggregate data are collected from many continuously reporting fixed stations at the Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System in diameter, mass and density. It is also referred to as the World and Wiktionary:Terra.Note that by International Astronomical Union convention, the term "Terra" is used for naming extensive land masses, rather... 's surface and represent the input of approximately:
This work is often used as a foundation for reconstructing past global temperatures
Instrumental temperature record
See also temperature record.The instrumental temperature record shows the fluctuations of the temperature of the atmosphere and the oceans as measured by temperature sensors.... , such as NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies.... 's .
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The Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) is a database of temperature
Temperature
In physics, temperature is a physical property of a Physical system that underlies the common notions of hot and cold; something that feels hotter generally has the greater temperature.... , precipitation
Precipitation (meteorology)
File:MeanMonthlyP.gifIn meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of Atmosphere water vapor that is deposited on the earth's surface.... and pressure
Pressure
Pressure is the force per unit area applied to an object in a direction surface normal to the surface. Gauge pressure is the pressure relative to the local atmospheric or ambient pressure.... records managed by the National Climatic Data Center
National Climatic Data Center
The United States National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, North Carolina is the world's largest active archive of weather data.The Center has more than 150 years of data on hand with 224 gigabytes of new information added each day.... , Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is the largest public university research university in the United States under a single administration, with total student enrollment of 67,082 as of fall 2008.... and the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
The Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center is an organization within the United States Department of Energy that has the primary responsibility for providing the US government and research community with global warming data and analysis as it pertains to energy issues.... .
The aggregate data are collected from many continuously reporting fixed stations at the Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System in diameter, mass and density. It is also referred to as the World and Wiktionary:Terra.Note that by International Astronomical Union convention, the term "Terra" is used for naming extensive land masses, rather... 's surface and represent the input of approximately:
6000 temperature stations
7500 precipitation stations
2000 pressure stations
This work is often used as a foundation for reconstructing past global temperatures
Instrumental temperature record
See also temperature record.The instrumental temperature record shows the fluctuations of the temperature of the atmosphere and the oceans as measured by temperature sensors.... , such as NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies.... 's . The average temperature record is 60 years long with ~1650 records greater than 100 years and ~220 greater than 150 years (based on GHCN v2 in 2006). The earliest data included in the database was collected in 1697.
