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HadISD: Global sub-daily, surface meteorological station data, 1931-2021, v3.2.0.2021f

This is version v3.2.0.2021f of Met Office Hadley Centre's Integrated Surface Database, HadISD. These data are global sub-daily surface meteorological data.

The quality controlled variables in this dataset are: temperature, dewpoint temperature, sea-level pressure, wind speed and direction, cloud data (total, low, mid and high level). Past significant weather and precipitation data are also included, but have not been quality controlled, so their quality and completeness cannot be guaranteed. Quality control flags and data values which have been removed during the quality control process are provided in the qc_flags and flagged_values fields, and ancillary data files show the station listing with a station listing with IDs, names and location information.

The data are provided as one NetCDF file per station. Files in the station_data folder station data files have the format "station_code"_HadISD_HadOBS_19310101-20220101_v3.2.1.2021f.nc. The station codes can be found under the docs tab. The station codes file has five columns as follows: 1) station code, 2) station name 3) station latitude 4) station longitude 5) station height.

To keep informed about updates, news and announcements follow the HadOBS team on twitter @metofficeHadOBS.

For more detailed information e.g bug fixes, routine updates and other exploratory analysis, see the HadISD blog: http://hadisd.blogspot.co.uk/

References:

When using the dataset in a paper you must cite the following papers (see Docs for link to the publications) and this dataset (using the "citable as" reference) :

Dunn, R. J. H., (2019), HadISD version 3: monthly updates, Hadley Centre Technical Note.

Dunn, R. J. H., Willett, K. M., Parker, D. E., and Mitchell, L.: Expanding HadISD: quality-controlled, sub-daily station data from 1931, Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 5, 473-491, doi:10.5194/gi-5-473-2016, 2016.

Dunn, R. J. H., et al. (2012), HadISD: A Quality Controlled global synoptic report database for selected variables at long-term stations from 1973-2011, Clim. Past, 8, 1649-1679, 2012, doi:10.5194/cp-8-1649-2012

Smith, A., N. Lott, and R. Vose, 2011: The Integrated Surface Database: Recent Developments and Partnerships. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92, 704–708, doi:10.1175/2011BAMS3015.1

For a homogeneity assessment of HadISD please see this following reference

Dunn, R. J. H., K. M. Willett, C. P. Morice, and D. E. Parker. "Pairwise homogeneity assessment of HadISD." Climate of the Past 10, no. 4 (2014): 1501-1522. doi:10.5194/cp-10-1501-2014, 2014.

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Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2022-01-26T14:37:33
Dataset Reference Date ()
2022-01-26T14:37:33
Identifier
http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/5fb94c8e37f64c95b671278b0e55cdd4
Identifier
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis / 5fb94c8e37f64c95b671278b0e55cdd4
  Met Office Hadley Centre (MOHC) - author
FitzRoy Road , Exeter , EX1 3PB , UK
  National Centers for Environmental Information - NOAA (NCEI-NOAA) - author
National Centers for Environmental Information Federal Building , 151 Patton Avenue , Asheville , NC 28801-5 , USA
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - custodian
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
  Met Office Hadley Centre (MOHC) - data_owner
FitzRoy Road , Exeter , EX1 3PB , UK
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - distributor
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - point_of_contact
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
  Unavailable - Dunn, Robert J. H. ( point_of_contact )
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - publisher
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned
Update scope
dataset
Keywords
  • HadISD
  • temperature
  • dewpoint
  • pressure
  • wind
  • speed
  • direction
  • cloud
  • precipitation
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
  • atmospheric conditions
Limitations on Public Access
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use constraints
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/non-commercial-government-licence/version/2/ . When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Spatial representation type
grid
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
1931-01-01T00:00:00
End date
2021-12-31T23:59:59
 
Code
WGS 84

Distribution Information

Data format
  • Data are NetCDF formatted. ()

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CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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DOWNLOAD

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HadISD blog

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Integrated surface database reference paper

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Dunn, R. J. H. et al., HadISD: a quality-controlled global synoptic report database for selected variables at long-term stations from 1973-2011, Climate of the Past, 8, 2012, 5, 1649-1679, DOI:10.5194/cp-8-1649-2012

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HadISD v311 station ID codes

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Dunn, R. J. H., (2019), HadISD version 3: monthly updates, Hadley Centre Technical Note

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Met Office HadOBS twitter feed

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HadISD File formats description

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HadISD v2 reference paper: Dunn, R. J. H., Willett, K. M., Parker, D. E., and Mitchell, L.: Expanding HadISD: quality-controlled, sub-daily station data from 1931, Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 5, 473-491, doi:10.5194/gi-5-473-2016, 2016.

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HadISD homepage

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CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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DOWNLOAD

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HadISD blog

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Integrated surface database reference paper

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Dunn, R. J. H. et al., HadISD: a quality-controlled global synoptic report database for selected variables at long-term stations from 1973-2011, Climate of the Past, 8, 2012, 5, 1649-1679, DOI:10.5194/cp-8-1649-2012

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HadISD v311 station ID codes

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Dunn, R. J. H., (2019), HadISD version 3: monthly updates, Hadley Centre Technical Note

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Met Office HadOBS twitter feed

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HadISD File formats description

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HadISD v2 reference paper: Dunn, R. J. H., Willett, K. M., Parker, D. E., and Mitchell, L.: Expanding HadISD: quality-controlled, sub-daily station data from 1931, Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 5, 473-491, doi:10.5194/gi-5-473-2016, 2016.

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HadISD homepage

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Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Statement
HadISD the global sub-daily station dataset was produced by the Met Office Hadley Centre. It was derived from the Integrated Surface Dataset (ISD) from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). HadISD has been passed to the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) for archiving and distribution.

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File identifier
5fb94c8e37f64c95b671278b0e55cdd4 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Parent identifier
HadISD: global sub-daily station data for climate extremes f579035b3c954475922e4b13705a7669
Resource type
dataset
Metadata Date
2023-12-01T00:33:21
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
 
 

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