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NCAR UCAR Climate Data Guide
The NCAR Climate Data Guide provides expert information on climate datasets, including their strengths and limitations.
About NCAR UCAR Climate Data Guide
The Climate Data Guide is an expert knowledge portal about climate datasets used to measure and predict the Earth system. It publishes data summaries with access links, intercomparisons, and commentaries on the strengths, limitations, and suitability of data for different climate science questions.
Coverage includes atmospheric, ocean, land, and cryosphere variables, as well as climate indices, reanalysis products that combine observations with forecast models, and paleoclimate records such as tree rings, ice cores, corals, and ocean sediments.
Key features
- Data summaries with access links for climate datasets
- Expert commentaries on strengths and limitations of datasets
- Dataset intercomparisons for climate science questions
- Browse datasets by Atmosphere, Ocean, Land, Cryosphere categories
- Climate indices covering ENSO, drought, variability and extremes
- Paleoclimate records from tree rings, ice cores, corals and sediments
Best for: People studying or working in climate science who need to compare and select datasets.
Good for
- Explains strengths and limitations of datasets
- Provides access links alongside summaries and comparisons
- Covers instrumental, reanalysis, and paleoclimate data
NCAR UCAR Climate Data Guide at a glance
- Official website
- climatedataguide.ucar.edu
- Category
- Research & Data › Climate & Environmental Data
- Type
- Dataset
- Platforms
- Web
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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