Data Sources – C-TRĒS

CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS FROM E. WISE AND C-TRĒS

North Pacific storm track reconstruction:

https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo-search/study/22198

Tree-ring chronologies developed for this study are sites WA136-WA142 in the International Tree-Ring Databank.

Original citation: E.K. Wise and M.P. Dannenberg. 2017. Reconstructed storm tracks reveal three centuries of changing moisture delivery to North America. Science Advances, 3 (6), e1602263, doi:10.1126/sciadv.1602263.

Oct-Mar Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) gridded reconstruction:

https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/20062

Original citation: Wise, E.K. 2016. Five centuries of U.S. West Coast drought: Occurrence, spatial distribution, and associated atmospheric circulation patterns. Geophysical Research Letters, 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL068487.

500hPa geopotential height gridded reconstructions:

https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/19103

Original citation: Wise, E.K. and M.P. Dannenberg. 2014. Persistence of pressure patterns over North America and the North Pacific since AD 1500. Nature Communications, 5:4912, doi: 10.1038/ncomms5912

Snake River streamflow reconstructions:

http://www.treeflow.info/pacific-northwest (recommended — provides more context and background)

also available from: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/9890

Original citation: Wise, E.K. 2010. Tree ring record of streamflow and drought in the upper Snake River. Water Resources Research 46 (W11529): doi:10.1029/2010WR009282.

I compiled the list below primarily for use with research- and lab-based classes I teach. Feel free to email me if you have suggestions for useful climate data sources that are not listed here! I try to update these once a year, but some links may be invalid.

CLIMATE AND CLIMATE-RELATED DATA SOURCES

General climate data (historical temperature, precipitation, etc.)

NCDC: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
NWS ASOS program: http://www.weather.gov/asos/
US Climate Reference Network: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/
The United States Historical Climatology Network (USHCN): http://cdiac.ornl.gov/epubs/ndp/ushcn/ushcn.html
Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) Climate Explorer: http://climexp.knmi.nl/
Atmospheric River Archive (ARA version 2.0): http://www.meteo.unican.es/en/atmospheric-rivers
PRISM Climate Group (USA gridded & point data): http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/
JISAO links to climate data: http://jisao.washington.edu/data/
Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN)
- Monthly data: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ghcnm/
- Daily data: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/ghcn-daily/

Climate-related GIS and Google Earth data

NCAR: http://www.gisclimatechange.org/
NCAR GIS-based Climate Change Scenario tools: http://gisclimatechange.ucar.edu/
Google Earth interface for CRUTEM4 land temperature data: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/crutem/ge/
NWS (also has KML files for GoogleEarth): http://www.nws.noaa.gov/gis/
Permafrost Zonation Index and map for Google Earth and ArcGIS: http://www.geo.uzh.ch/microsite/cryodata/pf_global/
CPC: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/GIS/GIS_DATA/

Hydrology / water-related data

USGS: http://water.usgs.gov/data/
USBR: http://www.usbr.gov/gp/hydromet/
NRCS water and snow data: (http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/)

Paleoclimate data

NOAA (paleoclimate proxy data): http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/data.html
Paleoclimate model data: http://www2.cesm.ucar.edu/models/experiments/LME

Teleconnection data

Teleconnection time series (SOI, PDO, AMO, etc.): http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/climateindices/list/
JISAO PDO: http://margaret.atmos.washington.edu/pdo/

Emissions / greenhouse gas data

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (http://cdiac.ornl.gov/)
Aerosols: http://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Snow and ice data

NRCS water and snow data: (http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/)
Climate Data for the Arctic http://aoncadis.ucar.edu/home.htm and Antarctic http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/READER/
Snowcover: http://climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/index.php
Glacier data: http://glims.colorado.edu/glacierdata/; http://www.geo.uzh.ch/microsite/wgms/
Permafrost Zonation Index and map for Google Earth and ArcGIS: http://www.geo.uzh.ch/microsite/cryodata/pf_global/

Ocean data

Sea level: http://sealevel.colorado.edu/
Ocean data: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/3M_HEAT_CONTENT/; http://icoads.noaa.gov/

Drought data

US Drought Portal: http://www.drought.gov/drought/
PDSI: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/monitoring_and_data/drought.shtml
US Drought Monitor: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/MapsAndData.aspx

Multiple types of climate change-related data

NASA data: http://data.giss.nasa.gov/
The U.S. Climate Service: http://www.climate.gov/#dataServices
IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library: http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/
National Geophysical Data Center: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ngdcinfo/onlineaccess.html
World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal: http://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal/
Historical and future climate data for western North America: http://climatewna.com/

Climate change impact data / Miscellaneous

Agricultural productivity: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/agricultural-productivity-in-the-us.aspx ; http://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/
Biodiversity data: http://www.gbif.org/
Climate Vulnerability Monitor http://daraint.org/climate-vulnerability-monitor/climate-vulnerability-monitor-2012/data/
Hurricanes / Tropical cyclones: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastall.shtml
Data.gov – climate impact data: https://www.data.gov/climate/

Climate Model Projection Visualization Tools

CMIP5 Statistically Downscaled for Coterminous USA http://maca.northwestknowledge.net/
NCAR Climate Inspector and other GIS-based Climate Change Scenario tools: http://gisclimatechange.ucar.edu/
Both regional and global models: http://regclim.coas.oregonstate.edu/visualization/
CMIP5 model output, downscaled climate & hydrology (visualizations & download csv time series files) http://regclim.coas.oregonstate.edu/visualization/gccv/cmip5-global-climate-change-viewer/index.html and http://www.usgs.gov/climate_landuse/clu_rd/nccv.asp

Climate Model Projection Data

Statistically downscaled data for the continental USA; NetCDF or ASCII format: http://maca.northwestknowledge.net/
IPCC AR5 CMIP5 model output data data; NetCDF format: http://www.ipcc-data.org/sim/gcm_monthly/AR5/index.html
Gridded climate model data for the US and Canada: http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/projects/3?lang=en_CA
Global and regional model data available, plus dynamical or statistical downscaling — ASCII and ESRI formats http://www.ccafs-climate.org/
Climate model data: http://www.worldclim.org/download
Downscaled climate data for ecological modeling and GIS; GeoTiff format http://www.worldclim.org/cmip5
Western US & hydrology statistically downscaled data; NetCDF or ASCII format: http://gdo-dcp.ucllnl.org/downscaled_cmip_projections/
MATLAB scripts to produce downscaled monthly precipitation and temperature data: http://globalclimatedata.org/ & associated paper

Miscellaneous Gridded Climate Data

Standardized Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index (gridded drought index data): http://sac.csic.es/spei/
International Surface Pressure Databank (ISPDv2) (back to the 1700s!): http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds132.0/
Satellite and non-satellite data for atmosphere, ocean, and land: http://gosic.org/ios/MATRICES/ECV/ecv-matrix.htm
Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC): http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.gpcc.html
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (includes Climate Research Unit (CRU) data; requires (free) user account set-up): http://www.ceda.ac.uk/
Gridded climate data for spatial analyses: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/
PRISM Climate Group http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/
NCEP North American Regional Reanalysis: NARR http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.narr.html
NOAA Reanalysis data (pressure, wind, etc.): http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.20thC_ReanV2.html
U Delaware gridded temp and precip: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.UDel_AirT_Precip.html