NASA GISS Surface Temperature (GISTEMP) Analysis

• Main Authors: J. E. Hansen, R. Ruedy, M. Sato, K. Lo
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: ESS-DIVE: Deep Insight for Earth Science Data 2009
• Subjects: NASA; GISS; Surface Temperature; (GISTEMP); meteorological stations; trends; global surface temperature; month; Antarctic; Antarc*; SCAR; Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/ess-dive-34ce8dfac9090cb-20180622T160803951

The NASA GISS Surface Temperature (GISTEMP) analysis provides a measure of the changing global surface temperature with monthly resolution for the period since 1880, when a reasonably global distribution of meteorological stations was established. The input data that the GISTEMP Team use for the analysis, collected by many national meteorological services around the world, are the adjusted data of the Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) Vs. 3 (this represents a change from prior use of unadjusted Vs. 2 data) (Peterson and Vose, 1997 and 1998), United States Historical Climatology Network (USHCN) data, and SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) data from Antarctic stations. Documentation of the basic analysis method is provided by Hansen et al. (1999), with several modifications described by Hansen et al. (2001). The GISS analysis is updated monthly, however CDIAC's presentation of the data here is updated annually. For access to the data files, click this link to the CDIAC data transition website: http://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/trends/temp/hansen/hansen.html