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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- Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
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- Begin date
- 1973-01-01T00:00:00
- End date
- 2015-12-31T00:00:00
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These data are provided in NetCDF and ASCII format, descriptors of the file formats are included in Docs
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These data are provided in NetCDF and ASCII format, descriptors of the file formats are included in Docs
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HadISDH 2014 reference paper
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HadISDH 2013 reference paper
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HadISDH blog
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Met Office HadOBS twitter feed
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Integrated surface database reference paper
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HadISDH Homepage
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HadISDH update doc for v2.1.0.2015p
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HadISDH process diagram
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HadISDH data format v1
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HadISDH 2014 reference paper
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HadISDH blog
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Met Office HadOBS twitter feed
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Integrated surface database reference paper
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HadISDH Homepage
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HadISDH update doc for v2.1.0.2015p
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HadISDH process diagram
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HadISDH data format v1
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- 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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