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CDIAC U.S. Historical Sunshine Observations, 1891-1984

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| DOI: 10.5065/3H9N-T509
 
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Abstract:

This dataset contains sunshine data for 240 U.S. stations (including Puerto Rico and nine Pacific islands) for the years from 1891 to 1984. The periods of record for individual stations varies widely with only 49 (20%) stations having periods of at least 90 years. However, 192 stations (80%) have periods of at least 30 years.

In addition to the total monthly and annual measurements of sunshine duration, total monthly and annual maximum possible sunshine duration and monthly and annual percentages of possible sunshine duration are also provided.

Temporal Range:
1891-01 to 1987-12
Variables:
Sunshine
Vertical Levels:
Ground or water surface
Data Types:
Platform Observation
Data Contributors:
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
 |  DOE/ORNL/ESD/CDIAC
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy
Publications:
Steurer, P.M. and T.R. Karl, 1991: Historical Sunshine and Cloud Data in the United States. ORNL/CDIAC-43, Carbon Dioxide Research Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 99 pp.

Total Volume:
6.12 MB
Data Formats:
ASCII (see dataset documentation)
Metadata Record:
Data License:
Data LicenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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