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  • International Surface Temperature Initiative (ISTI) Global Land Surface Temperature Databank - Stage 2 Monthly

    Metadata Updated: May 31, 2016

    The global land surface temperature databank contains monthly timescale mean, max, and min temperature for approximately 40,000 stations globally. It was developed as part of the International Surface Temperature Initiative. This is the global repository for all monthly timescale land surface observations from the 1800s to present and uses data deriving from sub-daily, daily, and monthly observations. It brings together data from more than 45 sources and is used in the creation of various integrated global temperature resources, most notably Global Historical Climatology Network Monthly (GHCN-M) v4. Stage 2 Data are processed into a standard format from Stage 2 Daily and Stage 1 Monthly files. Stage 2 data are not homogenized or processed beyond flagging for data provenance and data quality. Stage 2 daily data undergo some basic processes to convert observations into monthly data. See documentation for more information.

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    Metadata Date May 5, 2016
    Metadata Created Date September 27, 2015
    Metadata Updated Date May 31, 2016
    Reference Date(s) May 1, 2013 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update monthly

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NOAA CSW Harvest Source

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date May 5, 2016
    Metadata Created Date September 27, 2015
    Metadata Updated Date May 31, 2016
    Reference Date(s) May 1, 2013 (publication)
    Responsible Party DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Access Constraints None
    Bbox East Long 180.0
    Bbox North Lat 90.0
    Bbox South Lat -90.0
    Bbox West Long -180.0
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update monthly
    Guid gov.noaa.ncdc:C00848
    Harvest Object Id f0fe7ba5-679c-4230-bc5c-5d0951b43d46
    Harvest Source Id 2aed8e29-fc5b-4cde-aa66-fb1118fd705e
    Harvest Source Title NOAA CSW Harvest Source
    Licence
    Metadata Language
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress onGoing
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1800-01-01

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