Other Sources of Climate Research Data

There are many locations that archive and make available climate and weather data. Some of these datasets can be used directly through openDAP while for others, one must download data.

Meta Data Collections

• Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)
• NOAA's Data centers
  • National Center for Environmental Data (NCEI)
  • National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS)
  • National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Climate

• NCAR Computation and Information System's Laboratory Data (CISL)
• NCAR Climate Analysis Section (CAS)
• NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
• NOAA's Global Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)
• NOAA's International Research Institute (IRI)
• NOAA's Pacific Marine Laboratories (PMEL)
• NASA

Satellite

• National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS)
• Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center
• NASA
• UCAR's Real-time weather data (RAP)

Marine

• National Buoy Data Center
• COAPS Data Products

Ground Observations

• National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
• National Climatic Data Center (NCEI)

Weather Forecast

• NOAA's National Weather Service
• NCEP's Environmental Modeling Center

Water and Snow Resources

• USGS Water Resources
• Snotel

General Public

• PSL Climate Data FAQ