Research Links
Kansas City, Missouri 2021 Urban Heat
Mapping Campaign
Campaign Report
Raster Data (GIS Shapefile)
Traverses Data (GIS Shapefile)
Los Angeles Climate Change Series Report
C-CHANGE.LA
White paper I: Surface Air Temperature (LA Times report)
White paper II: Snowfall (LA Times report)
White paper III: Precipitation (LA Times report)
Climate Data
Reanalysis (Global), Reanalysis (Regional),
US Climate, California Climate,
Precipitation (Global, US regional)
Snow
Climate Models
WRF, CAM, CCSM, ROMS, VIC, CMIP5
Weather Forecast
Global & US Regional
Other Data Links
NOAA|NCDC, geometocea
What Is Climate Change
EPA
Cool Sites
Wind, Perpetual Ocean, Color Schemes for Climate Data Graphics, Cool Wallpapers
Climate Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of World Climatology
Reanalysis (Global)
Summary of Atmospheric Reanalysis products (NCAR/UCAR)
3rd generation reanalysis
European Reanalysis Interim (ERA-Interim)
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
1979-present
0.75°x0.75° global grid with 60 vertical levels
Modern Era Retrospective Reanalysis for Research and Applications (MERRA)
NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office
1979-present
0.5°x0.667° global grid with 72 vertical levels
Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR)
NOAA National Climatic Data Center
1979-2011/03
0.5°x0.5° global grid with 64 vertical levels
Includes coupled ocean and sea ice models
*CFSR has been extended by NCEP's Climate Forecast System Version 2 (CFSV2) operational model. The operational CFSv2 analysis continues the dataset from 2011/04 to present.
Janpanes 55-year Reanalysis (JRA-55)
Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
1958-2014
0.5625°x0.5625° global grid with 60 vertical levels
2nd generation reanalysis
European Reanalysis 40-year (ERA-40)
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
1957/09-2002/08
1.125°x1.125° global grid with 60 vertical levels
NCEP/DOE Reanalysis Version 2 (R2)
NOAA Climate Prediction Center
1979-present
2.5°x2.5° global grid with 28 vertical levels.
1st generation reanalysis
NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Version 1 (NCEP/NCAR V1)
NOAA Climate Prediction Center
1948-present
2.5°x2.5° global grid with 28 vertical levels
Janpanes 55-year Reanalysis (JRA-55)
Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
1979-2004
1.125°x1.125° global grid with 60 vertical levels
Reanalysis (Regional)
North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR)
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
1979-present
32km reigonal grid with 45 vertical levels
US Climate
Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model (PRISM)
PRISM Climate Group (precipitation, max./min./mean temperatures)
1895-present
4km (2.5 arcmin, monthly, daily) and 800m (30 arcsec, climatology) US grid
National Weather Service (NWS) Cooperative Observer Program (COOP)
in-situ station data, data availabilty varies.
California Climate
California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS)
California Data Exchange Center (CDEC)
Precipiation
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)
NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
2014/02-present
0.1°x0.1° covering 60S°-60°N
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)
NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
1997/11-2015/04
0.25°x0.25° covering 50S°-50°N
Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP)
1979-present
2.5°x2.5° global grid
CPC Merged Analysis of Precipitation (CMAP)
1979-present
2.5°x2.5° (1°x1° variant) global grid
CPC US UNIFIED Precipitation
1948-present
0.25°x0.25° US grid
Snow
SNOTEL
California Data Exchange Center (CDEC)
Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF)
Community Atmosphere Model (CAM)
Community Climate System Model (CCSM)
Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS)
Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) Macroscale Hydrologic Model
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5)
Used in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5)
Weather Forecast (Global & US regional)
Global Forecast System (GFS)
National Weather Service
National Doppler Radar Sites
National Weather Service|Satellite Images
North American Mesoscale Forecast System (NAM)
Other Data Links
National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
geometocea
What Is Climate Change
EPA
Cool Sites
Wind Map
Perpetual Ocean
Color Schemes for Climate Data Graphics
Cool Wallpapers
Climate Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of World Climatology