05/2007
Data Set Name
Investigators
Location / Domain
Period of Record
Historic isotopic temperature record from the Vostok ice core
J.R. Petit et al.
Vostok Station, Antarctica
420,000 years BP - present
Deuterium Record in an Ice Core from Dome C, Antarctica
J. Jouzel
Dome C, Antarctica
740,000 years BP - present
Global and hemispheric temperature anomalies -
land and marine instrumental recordsP.D. Jones et al.
Globe, N. Hemisphere, S. Hemisphere
1856 - 2005
NASA GISS Surface Temperature (GISTEMP) Analysis
J.E. Hansen et al.
Globe, N. Hemisphere, S. Hemisphere,
N. Extratropics, Tropics, and S. Extratropics1880 - 2005
Radiosonde Temperature Anomalies
in the Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere
for the Globe, Hemispheres, and Latitude ZonesA.M. Sterin
Globe, N. Extratropics,
Tropics, and S. Extratropics1958 - 2005
Monthly surface air temperature time series
area-averaged over the 30-degree latitudinal belts
of the globeK.M. Lugina et al.
Globe, N. Hemisphere, S. Hemisphere,
and six 30-degree latitude belts1881 - 2005
Global, hemispheric, and zonal temperature
deviations derived from radiosonde recordsJ.K. Angell
Globe, N. Hemisphere, S. Hemisphere,
and 7 zonally-averaged latitude bands1958 - 2005
HadAT: globally gridded radiosonde
temperature anomalies
(Note: the above link takes you to the U.K. Met. Office website.)P.W. Thorne et al.
Globe, Tropics, 5° latitude by 10° longitude grid boxes,
and 5° zonally-averaged latitude bands