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Climatology Interdisciplinary Data Collection (CIDC): Ensemble of Global Marine and Land-Surface Monthly Mean Climate Parameters

In Autumn 1995, the Goddard Distributed Active Archive Center (GDAAC) compiled the Climatology Interdisciplinary Data Collection (CIDC) to facilitate interdisciplinary studies related to climate and global change. This data collection has been produced in collaboration with the Center for Earth Observing and Space Research (CEOSR), Institute for Computational Sciences and Informatics (CSI), and George Mason University. It was designed for the study of global change, seasonal to interannual climate change, and other phenomena that require from one to dozens of interacting parameters.

A few of the possible study areas are the depletion of stratospheric ozone, the weather changes associated with the periodic El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events, periodic droughts, and global warming. Short background information scenarios are given on the CD for the Monsoon, El Niño, and global warming phenomena.

The CD set also contains read software and the Gridded Analysis and Display System (GrADS).

Data from the scientific disciplines dealing with meteorology and atmospheric sciences, land surface, ocean, cryosphere, biosphere, the Sun, and remote sensing science have been gathered into one place and, where feasible, presented in a common format (monthly means with a 1° x 1° world grid, or commensurable resolution and IEEE 32-bit floating point numbers). Over 70 physical parameters from some 25 separate datasets are represented. The Data Collection Overview document on the CDs lists alphabetically all the physical parameters along with the dataset(s) in which they can be found. It also contains a separate listing of each dataset, its origin, and the parameters included. Each dataset is also accompanied by a detailed user's guide.

The Climatology Interdisciplinary Data Collection (CIDC) has been subdivided into seven categories. The grouping is influenced by the types of physical parameters involved and partially by the way that they are processed. Because of this the same physical parameter may appear in several datasets and in more than one category. When this occurs different algorithms have normally been used to produce the parameter. The included datasets included below.

Atmospheric dynamics & atmospheric sounding products

Radiation and clouds

Biosphere data

Measured variable atmospheric constituents

Measured surface temperature and pressure

Hydrological data

Remote sensing science

The data on the CD set was collected in a variety of ways, using remote sensing, direct measurements, and model output. The individual datasets were provided in a variety of forms. In some cases this required the data publication team to regrid and reformat datasets and in others to produce monthly averages from finer resolution data. The specific handling for each dataset is detailed in the documentation. The regridded, reformatted, integrated, and peer reviewed datasets are published on this four-volume CD collection.

The data are held online at the BADC are public and are made available for browsing purposes.

Volume 1: Biosphere, Hydrology, Surface Temperature, Ozone, Greenhouse Gases

Volume 2: Atmospheric Dynamics

Volume 3: Radiation and Clouds

Volume 4: Atmospheric Surroundings

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Date (Publication)
1997-12-10T02:30:40
Date (Creation)
1997-12-10T02:30:40
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/952240c4d03cfcfdef1590a4bad64ffb
Identifier
Goddard Space Flight Center Distributed Active Archive Center (GSFC DAAC) / 952240c4d03cfcfdef1590a4bad64ffb
Author
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - author
USA
Author
  Unavailable - Kyle, H.L. ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - McManus, J.M. ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Ahmad, S. ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Hrubiak, P.L. ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Kafatos, M. ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Yang, R. ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Li, Z. ( author )
Custodian
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - custodian
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Distributor
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - distributor
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
pointofContact
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - point_of_contact
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Publisher
  Goddard Space Flight Center Distributed Active Archive Center (GSFC DAAC) - publisher
USA
Maintenance and update frequency
unknown Unknown
Update scope
series Series
Keywords
  • CIDC
  • atmosphere
  • land surface
  • ocean
  • cryosphere
  • biosphere
  • remote sensing
  • sun
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Please contact the data centre for assistance on accessing data from this dataset collection.
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/missing_licence.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under unstated use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
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Metadata language
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Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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1980-02-01T00:00:00
End date
1994-08-30T23:00:00
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Distributor
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - Data Center Contact
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
OnLine resource
CEDA Data Catalogue Page

Detail and access information for the resource

OnLine resource
BADC Doc: CIDC List of references

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OnLine resource
CIDC Documentation

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series Series

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.
File identifier
952240c4d03cfcfdef1590a4bad64ffb XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
Hierarchy level
series Series
Hierarchy level name
series
Date stamp
2025-11-15T03:26:23
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
 
 

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