An updated global grid point surface air temperature anomaly data set: 1851--1990

• Main Authors: Sepanski, R. J., Boden, T. A., Daniels, R. C.
• Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (U.S.) 1991
• Subjects: Basic Studies; Monthly Variations; Temperature Distribution; Historical Aspects; Ambient Temperature; Meteorology; Compiled Data; Spatial Distribution; 54 Environmental Sciences; Grids 540110; Time-Series Analysis; Global Aspects; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/10109594; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1271862/

This document presents land-based monthly surface air temperature anomalies (departures from a 1951--1970 reference period mean) on a 5{degree} latitude by 10{degree} longitude global grid. Monthly surface air temperature anomalies (departures from a 1957--1975 reference period mean) for the Antarctic (grid points from 65{degree}S to 85{degree}S) are presented in a similar way as a separate data set. The data were derived primarily from the World Weather Records and the archives of the United Kingdom Meteorological Office. This long-term record of temperature anomalies may be used in studies addressing possible greenhouse-gas-induced climate changes. To date, the data have been employed in generating regional, hemispheric, and global time series for determining whether recent (i.e., post-1900) warming trends have taken place. This document also presents the monthly mean temperature records for the individual stations that were used to generate the set of gridded anomalies. The periods of record vary by station. Northern Hemisphere station data have been corrected for inhomogeneities, while Southern Hemisphere data are presented in uncorrected form. 14 refs., 11 figs., 10 tabs.