HadISDH: gridded global monthly land surface humidity data version 2.1.0.2015p

This is the 2.1.0.2015p version of the HadISDH land data. The data are provided by the Met Office Hadley Centre. This version spans 1/1/1973 to 31/12/2015.

This version extends the 2.0.1.2014p version to the end of 2015 and includes some minor updates users are advised to read the update document in the docs section for full details.

The data are monthly gridded (5 degree by 5 degree) and station products are available for temperature and six humidity variables: specific humidity (q), relative humidity (RH), dew point temperature (Td), wet bulb temperature (Tw), vapour pressure (e), dew point depression (DPD). Data are provided in either NetCDF or ASCII format.

Uncertainty estimates are provided at the station and gridbox level covering station uncertainty (climatological, homogenisation and measurement uncertainty), gridbox spatial and temporal sampling uncertainty and combined station and sampling uncertainty.

To keep up to date with 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 HadISDH blog: http://hadisdh.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) :

Willett, K. M., Dunn, R. J. H., Thorne, P. W., Bell, S., de Podesta, M., Parker, D. E., Jones, P. D., and Williams Jr., C. N.: HadISDH land surface multi-variable humidity and temperature record for climate monitoring, Clim. Past, 10, 1983-2006, doi:10.5194/cp-10-1983-2014, 2014.

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

We strongly recommend that you read these papers before making use of the data, more detail on the dataset can be found in an earlier publication:

Willett, K. M., Williams Jr., C. N., Dunn, R. J. H., Thorne, P. W., Bell, S., de Podesta, M., Jones, P. D., and Parker D. E., 2013: HadISDH: An updated land surface specific humidity product for climate monitoring. Climate of the Past, 9, 657-677, doi:10.5194/cp-9-657-2013.

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Metadata Language: English (en)

Dataset Reference Date (): 2016-07-28T12:11:09

Dataset Reference Date (): 2016-07-28T12:11:09

Identifier: http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/844b55466c9044b5a8cb35037992790b

Identifier: Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 844b55466c9044b5a8cb35037992790b

Met Office Hadley Centre (MOHC) - author

FitzRoy Road , Exeter , EX1 3PB , UK

Department of Geography, Maynooth University - author

Maynooth , Co Kildare , Ireland

National Centers for Environmental Information - NOAA (NCEI-NOAA) - author

National Centers for Environmental Information Federal Building , 151 Patton Avenue , Asheville , NC 28801-5 , USA

National Physical Laboratory (NPL) - author

Hampton Road , Teddington , Middlesex , TW11 0LW , UK

+44 20 8977 3222

University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit (CRU) - author

University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences , Faculty of Science, Norwich Research Park , Norwich , NR4 7TJ , United Kingdom

+44 (0) 1603 592542

Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - custodian

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom

01235446432

Met Office Hadley Centre (MOHC) - data_owner

FitzRoy Road , Exeter , EX1 3PB , UK

Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - distributor

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom

01235446432

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Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - publisher

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom

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Maintenance and update frequency: notPlanned

Update scope: dataset

Keywords

HadISDH

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

Begin date: 1973-01-01T00:00:00

End date: 2015-12-31T00:00:00

Code: WGS 84

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These data are provided in NetCDF and ASCII format, descriptors of the file formats are included in Docs ()

Resource Locator: CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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Dataset Reference Date (): 2010-12-08

Statement: HadISDH, a global land surface humidity dataset is produced by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with Maynooth University, NOAA NCEI, NPL and CRU. It is based on the quality controlled sub-daily HadISD from the Met Office Hadley Centre which is in turn based on the ISD dataset from NOAA's NCEI. It is passed to the BADC for archiving and distribution.

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File identifier: 844b55466c9044b5a8cb35037992790b XML

Metadata Language: English (en)

Character set: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646

Parent identifier: HadISDH: global surface humidity data 251474c7b09449d8b9e7aeaf1461858f

Resource type: dataset

Metadata Date: 2023-11-28T01:06:38

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom

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