Data · collection
Reference Climatological Stations
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
The Reference Climatological Stations (RCS) network represents the first effort by NOAA to create and maintain a nationwide network of stations located only in areas where no changes in the surroundings are foreseen.
Description
Efforts to establish the network began in 1954 by the National Weather Service. The network became operational in 1966 with the selection of fifteen stations from a list of 28 candidate sites; six more were added as the network expanded.
Most stations were located at university agricultural experiment stations. Core data elements include temperature, rainfall, and wind speed & direction. Some stations also measured evaporation and soil temperature.
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Observations were taken daily by volunteer observers, and were a subset of the extensive NWS Cooperative Observations network. Stations were assigned Cooperative Station IDs, but were provided with special forms on which to record wind speed and direction, elements not recorded at other Coop stations.
Links
Get the data
- data.nodc.noaa.gov /cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.ncdc%3AC01300 ↗
Dataset landing page with general information and access links for the dataset.
download · from NASA CMR
- ncei.noaa.gov /contact ↗
Data in this archival information package are not currently available for public download from NCEI. Please contact NCEI Information Services directly for access to these data.
download · from NASA CMR
- www1.ncdc.noaa.gov /pub/data/metadata/documents/C01300_DSI-3230.pdf ↗
More information about the RCS and its resulting dataset.
download · from NASA CMR
Documentation and papers
- Map of RCS stations www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/images/C01300_dsi3230.jpg ↗
preview image · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2107093893-NOAA_NCEI.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2107093893-NOAA_NCEI.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Maximum/Minimum Temperature · Not provided · Precipitation · Wind Direction · Wind Speed
- Inferred from text
- Climate change science 75%
Provenance · 1 source records, 12 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2107093893-NOAA_NCEI | 14 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3702 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.1.0 | title+keywords+description (75%) |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-pressure/surface-temperature/maximum-minimum-temperature | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-winds/surface-winds/wind-direction | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-winds/surface-winds/wind-speed | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/precipitation | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:not-provided | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |