Six and Three-Hourly Meteorological Observations From 223 Former U.S.S.R. Stations (NPD-048)

This database contains 6- and 3-hourly meteorological observations from a 223-station network of the former Soviet Union. These data have been made available through cooperation between the two principal climate data centers of the United States and Russia: the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), in Asheville, North Carolina, and the All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information-World Data Centre (RIHMI-WDC) in Obninsk, Russia. The first version of this database extended through the mid-1980s (ending year dependent upon station) and was made available in 1995 by the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) as NDP-048. A second version of the database extended the data records through 1990. This third, and current version of the database includes data through 2000 for over half of the stations (mainly for Russia), whereas the remainder of the stations have records extending through various years of the 1990s. Because of the break up of the Soviet Union in 1991, and since RIHMI-WDC is a Russian institution, only Russain stations are generally available through 2000. The non-Russian station records in this database typically extend through 1991. Station records consist of 6- and 3-hourly observations of some 24 meteorological variables including temperature, past and present weather type, precipitation amount, cloud amount and type, sea level pressure, relative humidity, and wind direction and speed. The 6-hourly observations extend from 1936 through 1965; the 3-hourly observations extend from 1966 through 2000 (or through the latest year available). These data have undergone extensive quality assurance checks by RIHMI-WDC, NCDC, and CDIAC. The database represents a wealth of meteorological information for a large and climatologically important portion of the earth's land area, and should prove extremely useful for a wide variety of regional climate change studies. For access to the data files, click this link to the CDIAC data transition website: http://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/epubs/ndp/ndp048/ndp048.html#princ本数据集包含原苏联223个气象站网的逐6小时与逐3小时气象观测记录。本数据集由美国与俄罗斯两家核心气候数据中心合作共享：分别是位于北卡罗来纳州阿什维尔的美国国家气候数据中心（National Climatic Data Center, NCDC），以及位于俄罗斯奥布宁斯克的全俄气象水文信息研究所-世界数据中心（All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information-World Data Centre, RIHMI-WDC）。 本数据集的首个版本数据截止至20世纪80年代中期（各站点终止年份不一），由二氧化碳信息分析中心（Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, CDIAC）于1995年以NDP-048编号发布。数据集的第二版将记录时序延伸至1990年。当前的第三版（即最新版）数据集内，超半数站点（主要为俄罗斯境内站点）的数据覆盖至2000年，其余站点的记录则延伸至20世纪90年代的不同年份。 由于1991年苏联解体，且RIHMI-WDC为俄罗斯本土机构，因此截至2000年，通常仅能获取俄罗斯境内站点的观测数据。本数据集内的非俄罗斯站点记录通常仅覆盖至1991年。 各站点的观测记录包含约24项气象要素的逐6小时与逐3小时观测数据，涵盖气温、天气实况与历史天气类型、降水量、云量与云状、海平面气压、相对湿度以及风向与风速。逐6小时观测数据的时序为1936年至1965年，逐3小时观测数据则为1966年至2000年（或至该站点可获取的最新年份）。 本数据集已由RIHMI-WDC、NCDC与CDIAC完成多轮严格的质量控制核验。 本数据集涵盖了地球陆域中面积广袤且气候学意义重要的大片区域的丰富气象资料，可广泛应用于各类区域气候变化研究，具备极高的科研价值。 如需获取数据文件，请点击以下链接跳转至CDIAC数据转换网站：http://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/epubs/ndp/ndp048/ndp048.html#princ