Datasets | Areal Coverage | Grid Size | Time Step | Time Coverage | Levels |
CMAP Precipitation
|
Global | 2.5°x2.5° |
Monthly,Pentad | 1979- | None |
CPC .25x.25 Daily US Unified Precipitation
|
U.S. | .25°x.25° | Daily | 1948-1998 | None |
CPC Hourly Precipitation
|
U.S. | 2.0°x2.5° | Hourly | 1948-2002 | None |
CPC Soil Moisture
|
Global | 2.5°x2.5° |
Monthly | 1948-present | None |
CRU Air Temperature and Combined Air Temperature/Marine Anomalies
|
Global | 5.0°x5.0° |
Monthly | 1851-present | None |
CRU Air Temperature and Combined Air Temperature/Marine Anomalies V3
|
Global | 5.0°x5.0° |
Monthly | 1850-present | None |
Dai Palmer Drought Severity Index
|
Global: 58S-76N | 2.5°x2.5° |
Monthly | 1870-2003 | None |
ECMWF Reanalysis-15
|
Global | 2.5°x2.5° |
4X Daily, Daily, Monthly | 1979-2003 | 17 Pressure |
GISS Surface Temperature Analysis
|
Global | 1.0°x1.0° |
Monthly | Jan 1871-Dec 2005 | None |
Global Preciptiation Climatology Centre (GPCC)
|
Global | 1.0°x1.0°, 2.5°x2.5° |
Monthly | 1951-present | None |
GPCP V2 Precipitation
|
Global | 2.5°x2.5° |
Monthly | 1979-2005 | None |
Hadley Sea Ice SST
|
Global | 1.0°x1.0° |
Monthly | Jan 1871-Dec 2005 | None |
ICOADS
|
Global | 2.0°x2.0°,1.0°x1.0° |
Monthly | 1800-2005 | None |
Interpolated OLR
|
Global | 2.5°x2.5° |
Daily,Monthly | 1979-2005 | None |
Kaplan SST
|
Global | 5.0°x5.0° |
Monthly | 1856-present | None |
MSU
|
Global | 2.5°x2.5° |
Daily, Monthly | 1979-1996 | None |
North American Regional Renalaysis (NARR)
|
Northern Hemisphere | 32km grids |
8X Daily, Daily, Monthly | 1979-2004 | 28 Pressure |
NCEP Operational Analysis
|
Global | 2.5°x2.5° |
Daily | 1979-2005 | None |
NCEP Marine
|
Global | 2.0°x2.0° |
Monthly | 1991-present | None |
NOAA Extended Reconstructed SST
|
Global | 1.0°x1.0° |
Monthly | 1854-2006 | None |
NOAA Merged Air and Sea Surface Temperature
|
Global | 5.0°x5.0° |
Monthly | 1880-present | None |
NOAA Optimum Interpolation (OI) SST V2
|
Global | 1.0°x1.0° |
Monthly,Weekly | 1981-present | None |
NCEP Pacific Ocean Analysis
|
Global | 1.0°x1.5° |
Weekly, Monthly | 1992-present | None |
NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis
|
Global | 2.5°x2.5°, T42 Gaussian, T62 spectral |
4X Daily, Daily, Monthly | 1948-present | 17 pressure levels, 28 spectral |
PSD Derived NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Products
|
Global | 2.5°x2.5°, T62 Gaussian |
Daily, Monthly | 1948-present | 17 pressure levels, 28 spectral |
NCEP/DOE Reanalysis II
|
Global | 2.5°x2.5° |
4X Daily, Daily, Monthly | 1979-2004 | 17 Pressure levels |
NOAA Highly Reflective Clouds
|
Tropics | 1.0°x1.0° |
Daily, Monthly | 1971-1988 | None |
NODC (Levitus) World Ocean Atlas 1994
|
Global | 1.0°x1.0° |
Monthly,Annual | Climo | None |
NODC (Levitus) World Ocean Atlas 1998
|
Global | 1.0°x1.0° |
Monthly,Annual | Climo | None |
Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent
|
Northern Hemisphere | 1.0°x1.0° |
Monthly | 1971-1995 | None |
Uninterpolated OLR
|
Global | 2.5°x2.5° |
Daily | 1991-present | None |
U. of Delaware Precipitation and Air Temperature
|
Global Land | 0.5°x0.5° |
Monthly | 1950-1999 | None |