This catalogue entry provides access to a continuous series of near-surface climate observations collected in-situ at
United States Climate Reference Network (USCRN) stations.
There are over 130 USCRN stations over the conterminous United States (U.S.), Alaska, and Hawaii.
The USCRN stations are managed and maintained by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The USCRN observations include air temperature, humidity, wind speed, precipitation, solar radiation,
as well as surface skin temperature, soil temperature, and soil moisture.
This dataset provides reference observations, with confidence, for
the monitoring of climate change and variability or the validation of satellite observations or models.
The confidence is provided in the form of detailed uncertainties, due to environmental variability and measurement limitations.
The Product User Guide, accessible in the documentation, explains the origins of these uncertainties and how
they were quantified. The documentation presents also the source data and metadata.
The USCRN stations collect data at a high temporal resolution, with some variables recorded as frequently as every two seconds and others on an hourly or daily basis.
This temporal resolution offers a granular insight into changing weather patterns and climate variability.
Data are accumulated to provide daily and monthly readings, making it easier to discern long-term trends and patterns.
Several variables are also available at hourly and sub-hourly (5-minute) resolutions.
The USCRN dataset is also made available through the USCRN data portal,
provided by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
More information about this dataset can be found in the Tables below and in the documentation provided under the Documentation tab.
The dataset can be downloaded as NetCDF files (CDM-Obs-Core, see documentation) or as comma-separated values (CSV) files.
United States Climate Reference Network (USCRN) stations.
There are over 130 USCRN stations over the conterminous United States (U.S.), Alaska, and Hawaii.
The USCRN stations are managed and maintained by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The USCRN observations include air temperature, humidity, wind speed, precipitation, solar radiation,
as well as surface skin temperature, soil temperature, and soil moisture.
This dataset provides reference observations, with confidence, for
the monitoring of climate change and variability or the validation of satellite observations or models.
The confidence is provided in the form of detailed uncertainties, due to environmental variability and measurement limitations.
The Product User Guide, accessible in the documentation, explains the origins of these uncertainties and how
they were quantified. The documentation presents also the source data and metadata.
The USCRN stations collect data at a high temporal resolution, with some variables recorded as frequently as every two seconds and others on an hourly or daily basis.
This temporal resolution offers a granular insight into changing weather patterns and climate variability.
Data are accumulated to provide daily and monthly readings, making it easier to discern long-term trends and patterns.
Several variables are also available at hourly and sub-hourly (5-minute) resolutions.
The USCRN dataset is also made available through the USCRN data portal,
provided by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
More information about this dataset can be found in the Tables below and in the documentation provided under the Documentation tab.
The dataset can be downloaded as NetCDF files (CDM-Obs-Core, see documentation) or as comma-separated values (CSV) files.
Interval
DOI
10.24381/cds.d1f4864d
Portal
Climate Data Store
Product Family
Data
Product Type
In-situ observations
Spatial Coverage
Global
Temporal Coverage
Past
Variable Domain
Atmosphere (surface)