Climate Data Records
Encyclopedia
A Climate Data Record is a specific definition of a climate
data series, developed by the Committee on Climate Data Records from NOAA Operational Satellites of the National Research Council
at the request of NOAA in the context of satellite records. It is defined as "a time series
of measurements of sufficient length, consistency, and continuity to determine climate
variability and change
." .
Such measurements provide an objective basis for the understanding and prediction of climate and its variability, such as global warming
.
Climate
Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological elemental measurements in a given region over long periods...
data series, developed by the Committee on Climate Data Records from NOAA Operational Satellites of the National Research Council
United States National Research Council
The National Research Council of the USA is the working arm of the United States National Academies, carrying out most of the studies done in their names.The National Academies include:* National Academy of Sciences...
at the request of NOAA in the context of satellite records. It is defined as "a time series
Time series
In statistics, signal processing, econometrics and mathematical finance, a time series is a sequence of data points, measured typically at successive times spaced at uniform time intervals. Examples of time series are the daily closing value of the Dow Jones index or the annual flow volume of the...
of measurements of sufficient length, consistency, and continuity to determine climate
Climate
Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological elemental measurements in a given region over long periods...
variability and change
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
." .
Such measurements provide an objective basis for the understanding and prediction of climate and its variability, such as global warming
Global warming
Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
.
Examples of CDRs
- [ftp://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/documents/dataset_docs/avhrr_pathfinder_sst_v5.html AVHRR Pathfinder Sea Surface Temperature]
- GHRSST-PP Reanalysis Project, on the website for Ghrsst-ppGhrsst-ppThe Group for High Resolution SST is a follow on activity form the Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment high-resolution sea surface temperature pilot project provides a new generation of global high-resolution The Group for High Resolution SST (GHRSST) is a follow on activity form the...
- Snow and Ice