Global Climate Station Monitoring Data for Temperature and Pressure

GCOS Surface Network Monitoring Centre products provide operational monitoring of temperature and pressure data from approximately 2500 WMO-designated climatological stations. The data is collected via CLIMAT messages on the WMO Global Telecommunication System. The monitoring program is managed by the GSNMC, with data hosted by NASA's Earthdata platform.

Use Cases

• Monitor the availability and timeliness of CLIMAT messages for specific stations to assess network performance.
• Perform quality control on temperature and pressure time-series data from GSN stations.
• Analyze the completeness of climatological data submissions from the global network of 2500 stations.

Strengths

• Data originates from approximately 2500 WMO-designated climatological stations.
• Operational monitoring focuses on availability, timeliness, and completeness of core climate variables.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column names, and temporal coverage are not provided.
• The dataset's size, file formats, and update frequency are unknown.

Provenance

Source

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Global Telecommunication System (GTS) and designated CLIMAT stations.

Collection Method

Data collected via CLIMAT code messages from land surface observing stations and monitored by the GSNMC.

Geography

Global coverage from a network of land-based stations.