NOAA/CMDL World Climate Data, Global Historical Climatology Network for Alaska

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Data Contributors EISCHEID, JON K. Parameters AIR TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION AMOUNT Instruments RAIN GAUGES THERMISTORS THERMOMETERS

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This data set contains mean monthly temperatures and total monthly precipitation for stations in Alaska from the mid-1800s to 1990. The values are a subset of the Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN), archived at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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Data Citation

Eischeid, J.K. 1996. NOAA/CMDL world climate data, Global Historical Climatology Network for Alaska. Boulder, CO: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.

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See Also

• The Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) at CDIAC
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