Climatic Data Bank for Northern Hemisphere Land Areas, 1851-1980

摘要

A new compilation of long-term temperature and precipitation station data is described. Over 700 temperature and 1200 precipitation records extending back into the 19th century have been incorporated into the data bank. Problems which contribute to potential inhomogeneities in the records are discussed (particularly changes in methods of computing mean daily temperature). The station temperature data have been used in producing a gridded data set of departures from a reference period (1946-1960). Problems associated with changes in spatial data coverage are discussed with reference to the computation of hemispheric average temperature through time. 31 references, 13 figures, 5 tables. (ERA citation 10:016966)