World Monthly Surface Station Climatology

This world monthly surface station climatology has data for over 4700 different stations (2600 in more recent years). Data for some stations goes as far back as the mid-1700s. See decadal coverage [http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds570.0/#!docs/decadal.html] for more detail. Most of the data was obtained directly from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), Asheville, North Carolina. However, much of the data prior to 1951 came from John Wolbach of Harvard College Observatory, who contracted to have this data key entered at NCDC. The first six months of 1961 were key entered at NCAR. Sharon Nicholson, Florida State University, provided African precipitation data to extend the records of over 250 stations. Dennis Shea, NCAR/CGD, has been a valuable source for data obtained directly from various countries.

本世界月度地表站气候学数据集涵盖了超过4700个不同站点（其中2600个为近年数据），部分站点数据可追溯至18世纪中叶。详见十年覆盖范围[http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds570.0/#!docs/decadal.html]以获取更详细信息。大部分数据直接来源于美国北卡罗来纳州阿什维尔的国家气候数据中心（NCDC）。然而，1951年之前的大部分数据则来自哈佛大学学院天文台的John Wolbach，他曾与NCDC签订合同，以输入这些数据的关键信息。1961年上半年的数据则是在国家大气研究中心（NCAR）输入的。佛罗里达州立大学的Sharon Nicholson提供了非洲降水量数据，以扩展超过250个站点的记录。NCAR/CGD的Dennis Shea作为直接从各国获取数据的重要来源，发挥了重要作用。