A Climate Data Record (CDR) is a specific definition of a
climate data series, developed by the Committee on Climate Data Records from NOAA Operational Satellites of the
National Research Council at the request of
NOAA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA ) is an United States scientific and regulatory agency within the United States Department of Commerce that forecasts weather, monitors oceanic and atmospheric conditio ...
in the context of satellite records. It is defined as "a
time series of measurements of sufficient length, consistency, and continuity to determine
climate variability and
climate change.".
[http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10944 NRC (National Research Council) 2004. Climate Data Records from Environmental Satellites. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press.I SBN-10: 0-309-09168-3, ]
Such measurements provide an objective basis for the understanding and prediction of climate and
its variability, such as
global warming.
Interim Climate Data Record (ICDR)
An Interim Climate Data Record (ICDR) is a dataset that has been forward processed, using the baselined CDR algorithm and processing environment but whose consistency and continuity have not been verified. Eventually it will be necessary to perform a new reprocessing of the CDR and ICDR parts together to guarantee consistency, and the new reprocessed data record will replace the old CDR.
Fundamental Climate Data Record (FCDR)
A Fundamental Climate Data Record is a long-term data record of calibrated and quality-controlled data designed to allow the generation of homogeneous products that are accurate and stable enough for climate monitoring.
Examples of CDRs
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tp://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/documents/dataset_docs/avhrr_pathfinder_sst_v5.html AVHRR Pathfinder Sea Surface TemperatureGHRSST-PP Reanalysis Project on the website for
Ghrsst-pp The Group for High Resolution SST (GHRSST) is a follow on activity form the Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) high-resolution sea surface temperature pilot project. It provides a global high-resolution (<10 km) data products to ...
Snow and IceNOAA's Climate Data Records homepage
See also
* Temperature record
References
Approach to Providing Climate Data Records (CDRs) in Coordination with other US Agency Activities
Jeffrey L. Privette, John Bates, Thomas Karl, Bruce Barkstrom, Ed Kearns, and David Markham. 2009 AMS Conference Proceedings
Climate Data Records From Environmental Satellites
Drobot et al.
Creating Climate Data Records from NOAA Operational Satellites
a NOAA White Paper
The Future of Climate Data Records
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