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NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies; Met Office Hadley Centre US Government work + OGL v3.0 Allowed 1
NASA Langley Research Center US Government work Allowed 1
NOAA GML US Government work Allowed 1
NOAA GML US Government work Allowed 1
NOAA NCEI US Government work Allowed 1
NOAA NCEI US Government work Allowed 1

NASA GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (GISTEMP v4) and Met Office Hadley Centre/CRU HadCRUT5

Source
NASA GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (GISTEMP v4) and Met Office Hadley Centre/CRU HadCRUT5
Publisher
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies; Met Office Hadley Centre
License
US Government work (public domain in the United States) and Open Government Licence v3.0 (LicenseRef-US-Government-Work AND OGL-UK-3.0)
Commercial use
Allowed

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GISTEMP Team, 2026: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (GISTEMP), version 4. NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Dataset accessed on the retrieved_at date of this dataset version at https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/. Lenssen, N., G.A. Schmidt, M. Hendrickson, P. Jacobs, M. Menne, and R. Ruedy, 2024: A GISTEMPv4 observational uncertainty ensemble. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 129, no. 17, e2023JD040179, doi:10.1029/2023JD040179. HadCRUT.5.2.0.0 data were obtained from http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcrut5 on the retrieved_at date of this dataset version and are © British Crown Copyright, Met Office 2020, provided under an Open Government License, http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Used by: Global surface temperature

NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, Monthly and Annual API; capitals from Natural Earth

Source
NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project, Monthly and Annual API; capitals from Natural Earth
Publisher
NASA Langley Research Center
License
US Government work (public domain in the United States) (LicenseRef-US-Government-Work)
Commercial use
Allowed

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The data was obtained from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division. The data was obtained from the POWER Project's Monthly and Annual API v2.10.0 on the retrieved_at date of this dataset version. Capital locations: Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com.

Used by: World capitals climate

NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Source
NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
Publisher
NOAA GML
License
US Government work (public domain in the United States) (LicenseRef-US-Government-Work)
Commercial use
Allowed

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Lan, X., Tans, P. and K.W. Thoning: Trends in globally-averaged CO2 determined from NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory measurements. NOAA GML (https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/). Mauna Loa data from March 1958 to April 1974 obtained by C. David Keeling, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Used by: Monthly atmospheric CO2

NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Trends in Atmospheric Methane and Nitrous Oxide

Source
NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Trends in Atmospheric Methane and Nitrous Oxide
Publisher
NOAA GML
License
US Government work (public domain in the United States) (LicenseRef-US-Government-Work)
Commercial use
Allowed

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Lan, X., K.W. Thoning, and E.J. Dlugokencky: Trends in globally-averaged CH4, N2O, and SF6 determined from NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory measurements. Version of the retrieved_at month of this dataset version, https://doi.org/10.15138/P8XG-AA10

Used by: Global methane and nitrous oxide

NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), county files

Source
NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), county files
Publisher
NOAA NCEI
License
US Government work (public domain in the United States) (LicenseRef-US-Government-Work)
Commercial use
Allowed

Credit the source with this exact text:

Vose, Russell S.; Applequist, Scott; Squires, Mike; Durre, Imke; Menne, Matthew J.; Williams, Claude N., Jr.; Fenimore, Chris; Gleason, Karin; Arndt, Derek (2014): NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (NClimDiv). County average, maximum and minimum temperature and precipitation (climdiv-tmpccy, -tmaxcy, -tmincy, -pcpncy) and the county 1991-2020 normals (climdiv-norm-*cy). NOAA National Climatic Data Center. doi:10.7289/V5M32STR. Accessed on the retrieved_at date of this dataset version.

Used by: County climate report card

NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), statewide and national files

Source
NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), statewide and national files
Publisher
NOAA NCEI
License
US Government work (public domain in the United States) (LicenseRef-US-Government-Work)
Commercial use
Allowed

Credit the source with this exact text:

Vose, Russell S.; Applequist, Scott; Squires, Mike; Durre, Imke; Menne, Matthew J.; Williams, Claude N., Jr.; Fenimore, Chris; Gleason, Karin; Arndt, Derek (2014): NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (NClimDiv). Statewide and national average, maximum and minimum temperature and precipitation (climdiv-tmpcst, -tmaxcst, -tmincst, -pcpnst) and their 1991-2020 normals (climdiv-norm-*st). NOAA National Climatic Data Center. doi:10.7289/V5M32STR. Accessed on the retrieved_at date of this dataset version.

Used by: State and national climate

Place names and codes

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