Daily Surface Pressure Archive for Northern Hemisphere

RIHMI-WDC created this dataset in 1983, containing gridded daily surface pressure data for the Northern Hemisphere. The data originates from the Russian State Fund of environmental data. It was originally stored on magnetic tape at 800 bits per inch.

Use Cases

• Analyze daily pressure anomalies across the Northern Hemisphere using the gridded data fields.
• Study seasonal and interannual pressure variability over the dataset's temporal coverage.
• Validate or calibrate climate model outputs for surface pressure against this historical archive.
• Investigate large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns like the Arctic Oscillation using hemispheric pressure grids.

Strengths

• Data covers the entire Northern Hemisphere with gridded spatial resolution.
• Dataset has a long historical record, created and maintained since 1983.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with the last platform update recorded as the end of 1979.
• Original storage on legacy magnetic tape (800 bit/inch) may pose data retrieval and format challenges.
• Specific row count, column details, and precise spatial resolution are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Russian State Fund of data, processed by RIHMI-WDC.

Collection Method

Hydrometeorological data collection from environmental monitoring.

Time Range

Data created in 1983, with coverage likely preceding that date; last platform update was 1979-12-31.

Geography

Northern Hemisphere.