An Informed  Guide to Climate Data Sets

List of Available Cryospheric Data Sets
(Please click on the data set name for detailed information.)

Name Variable(s) Period of Record Coverage Comments
HadISST Sea surface temperature
Sea ice concentration
1870-Current Ocean
Monthly
1o x 1o
SST/Sea ice concentration data sets containing in situ sea surface observations and satellite derived estimates at the sea surface.
Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover (Rutgers) Snow Cover 11/1966-Current Land
Weekly/Monthly
Timeseries
Tabular databases containing calculated extent of snow coverage values for various Northern Hemispheric Regions
Walsh and Chapman Northern Hemisphere Sea Ice Data Set Sea Ice Concentration 1870-1998 Ocean
Monthly
1o x 1o (Northern Hemispere Only)
Mid-month values of sea ice concentration for the Arctic are digitized on a standard 1-degree grid.

Updated: 10/16/03
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