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NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network- Hourly (GHCN-H)

The Global Historical Climatology Network hourly (GHCNh) is a next generation hourly/synoptic dataset that replaces the Integrated Surface Dataset (ISD). GHCNh consists of hourly and synoptic surface weather observations from fixed, land-based stations. This dataset is compiled from numerous data sources maintained by NOAA, the U.S. Air Force, and many other meteorological agencies (Met Services) around the world. These sources have been reformatted into a common data format and then harmonized into a set of unique period-of-record station files, which are then provided as GHCNh. GHCNh was developed as part of a collaboration...

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The Global Historical Climatology Network hourly (GHCNh) is a next generation hourly/synoptic dataset that replaces the Integrated Surface Dataset (ISD). GHCNh consists of hourly and synoptic surface weather observations from fixed, land-based stations. This dataset is compiled from numerous data sources maintained by NOAA, the U.S. Air Force, and many other meteorological agencies (Met Services) around the world. These sources have been reformatted into a common data format and then harmonized into a set of unique period-of-record station files, which are then provided as GHCNh. GHCNh was developed as part of a collaboration with the Copernicus Programme and partners at Maynooth University with the aim to make historical land and marine surface weather data more easily accessible worldwide. At NCEI, GHCNh was developed to be vertically aligned with its GHCN daily counterpart (GHCNd).

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