surface humidity variable datasets
Summary of observation-based historical datasets with specific and/or relative humidity available
Report table: 3.7
Count: 19
| Name | Source | Data type | Spatial domain | Spatial resolution | Temporal coverage | Time step | Data format | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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MSC Observations
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MSC/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | Variable (1940 to present) | Hourly; Daily; Monthly | CSV; GeoJSON | details |
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Hydro-Québec Station data
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Hydro-Québec | Station data | Northern Québec at hydroelectric stations | Point Data | Variable,1990 to present | Variable ( sub-daily to daily) | n.a. | details |
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CRU CL v. 2.0
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CRU/University of East Anglia | Gridded observations | Global (land surface) | 10 arcminutes (0.1666667 degree) | 1961-1990 | Climatological means | ASCII | details |
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HadISDH
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Met Office/Hadley Centre | Gridded observations; Station data | Global | 5° x 5° for gridded data and point for stations | 1973 - 2020 | Monthly | ASCII; NetCDF | details |
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ERA5
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ECMWF | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.25° x 0.25° | 1950 - present | Hourly; Daily; Monthly | GRIB; NetCDF | details |
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CFSR
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NCEP | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.5° x 0.5° | 1979/01 to 2017/11 | Sub-daily; Monthly | GRIB | details |
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MERRA-2
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NASA | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | ½° latitude x ⅝° longitude | 1980/01 to present | Hourly; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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JRA-55
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JMA | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.6258ᵒ x 0.6258ᵒ | 1957/12 to 2021/05 | 3h; 6h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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ASRv2
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Byrd Polar Research Center/The Ohio State University; UCAR/NCAR | Regional reanalysis | Arctic | 15 km x 15 km | 2000/01 to 2016/12 | 3h; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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NARR
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NCEP | Regional reanalysis | North America | 32 km x 32 km | 1979/01 to 2021/04 | Sub-daily; Monthly | GRIB | details |
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RDRSv2
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CCMEP/ECCC | Regional reanalysis | North America | 10 km x 10 km | 2000 -2017,(1980 - 1999 pending) | Hourly | RPN | details |
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20CRv3
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CIRES; NOAA; DOE | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | T254 (approximately 75 km at the equator) | 20CRv3.SI is available for years 1836-1980 and 20CRv3.MO is available for years 1981-2015 | 3h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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ERA5-Land
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ECMWF | Land surface reanalysis/model | Global (land only) | 0.1° x 0.1° (9 km) | 1950 - present | Hourly; Monthly | GRIB; NetCDF | details |
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AgERA
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ECMWF | Re-gridded reanalysis | Global (land only) | 0.1° x 0.1° | 1979- present | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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AgCFSR
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NASA | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25° × 0.25° | 1980-2010 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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AgMERRA
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NASA | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25° × 0.25° | 1980-2010 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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GMFD
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Princeton University | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25° × 0.25° | 1948-2016 | 3h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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CRU JRA v2.1
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CRU/University of East Anglia | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.5° × 0.5° | Jan.1901 - Dec. 2020 | 6h | NetCDF | details |
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S14FD
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DIAS | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global | 0.5° x 0.5° | 1958-2013 | Daily | NetCDF | details |