Data Sources for Upper-air Temperature
This list provides sources for openly accessible data sets with worldwide coverage for which metadata is available. It is curated by the respective GCOS ECV Steward(s). The list does not claim to be complete. Anyone with a suitable dataset who wishes it to be added to this list should contact the GCOS Secretariat.
Gridded In Situ:
- RAOBCORE/RICH
http://www.univie.ac.at/theoret-met/research/raobcore/
- IUK Radiosonde Analysis Project
http://web.science.unsw.edu.au/~stevensherwood/radproj/index.html
In Situ:
- Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive (IGRA)
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/weather-balloon/integrated-global…
- GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network (GRUAN)
- Radiosonde Atmospheric Temperature Products for Assessing Climate (RATPAC) 2
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/weather-balloon/radiosonde-atmosp…
Reanalysis:
- REANALYSES.ORG (Inventory for Reanalysis)
Satellite:
- Satellite ECV Inventory by the CEOS/CGMS Working Group on Climate (WGClimate)
