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

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Data Contributors EISCHEID, JON K. Parameters ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION > 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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Jon K. Eischeid. 1996. NOAA/CMDL World Climate Data, Global Historical Climatology Network for Alaska. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

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