ISLSCP II: Near Surface Meteorology Parameters at 1 degree spatial resolution (1986-1995)

The International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project, Initiative II (ISLSCP II) is a follow on project from The International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP). ISLSCP II had the lead role in addressing land-atmosphere interactions - process modelling, data retrieval algorithms, field experiment design and execution, and the development of global data sets. The ISLSCP II dataset contains comprehensive data over the 10 year period from 1986 to 1995, from the International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP).



This dataset contains:

*precipitation

*temperature

*diurnal temperature range

*wet-day frequency

*vapour pressure

*cloud cover

*ground frost frequency



The data are mapped to consistent grids (0.5 x 0.5 degrees for topography, 1 x 1 degrees for meteorological parameters). Some data have a grid size of 0.25 x 0.25 degrees. The temporal resolution for most data sets is monthly (however a few are at finer resolution - 3 hourly). This dataset is public.

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Date (Publication)
2003-12-10T10:25:34
Date (Creation)
2003-12-10T10:25:34
Citation identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/9cfbdce7945247a6877e0b7e0dd76865
Citation identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 9cfbdce7945247a6877e0b7e0dd76865
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

Custodian

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)

unknown

 		Owner

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

Distributor

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

pointofContact

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

Publisher
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
Update scope
Dataset
Keywords

  • ISLSCP

  • NASA

  • Near Surface Meteorology

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • atmospheric conditions
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any 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.
Spatial representation type
Grid
Language
English
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
1986-01-01T00:00:00
End date
1995-12-31T23:59:59
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
Distribution format
Name Version

Data are ASCII formatted.
Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/9cfbdce7945247a6877e0b7e0dd76865

CEDA Data Catalogue Page
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/islscp2/data/near-surface_met

DOWNLOAD
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/islscp2/data/near-surface_met/cru_monthly_climate_xdeg/0_cru_readme.txt

CRU05 Mean Monthly Climatology (1961-1990) and Monthly Climate Time
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/islscp2/data/near-surface_met/cru_monthly_climate_xdeg/1_cru_monthly_climate_doc.pdf

ISLSCP 2: CRU05 Mean Monthly Climatology (1961-1990) and Monthly Climate Time
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/islscp2/data/near-surface_met/ecmwf_met_1deg/1_ecmwf_met_doc.pdf

ECMWF Subset of Near Surface Meteorology Parameters from the ECWMF Re-Analysis (ERA40).
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/islscp2/data/near-surface_met/ncep_met_1deg/0_ncep_met_readme.txt

COLA Version of NCEP/DOE AMIP II Re-Analysis
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/islscp2/data/near-surface_met/ncep_met_1deg/1_ncep_met_doc.pdf

The Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) Version of the National Centers for Environmental Predictions (NCEP)/Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP)-II Reanalysis.

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement

Data obtained over a 10 year period from 1986 to 1995, collated by the International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) II. A copy of these data was obtained by the BADC to assist the UK research community.

Metadata

File identifier
9cfbdce7945247a6877e0b7e0dd76865 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Parent identifier
International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project, Initiative II (ISLSCP II) Dataset

9759525d6ef164940e54bddeb7001dca
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-06-16T02:05:46
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

Point of contact
 
 

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions


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