Earth's Environmental Systems

Climate - Solid Earth - Life

Columbia University
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Data Catalog: Datasets by Category

Categories

Atmospheric Data
Oceanographic Data
River Data
Solar Radiation Data
Paleoclimate Data
Geographical Data
Geological Data
Miscellaneous Data

Atmospheric Data

Atmospheric Measurements

OBERHUBER latent heat flux (January)
COADS Monthly Average Air Temperature (December 1980)
COADS Monthly Average Specific Humidity (December 1980)
COADS Meridional Wind Velocity (January 1981)
COADS Zonal Wind Velocity (January 1981)
COADS Wind Vectors (January 1981)
COADS Wind Speed (January 1981)
HANSEN Global Surface Temperature (for the last century)
Keeling Mauna Loa CO2 (Carbon Dioxide)
LEGWIL Precipitation (January)
OORT Humidity (January)
OORT Temperature (January)
OORT Meridional Wind Speed (January)
OORT Zonal Wind Speed (January)

Oklahoma Weather Station Radiosonde Data
Weather Information Centers
- National Huricane Center Coastal Watches and Warnings
- Space Sciences and Engineering Center (U. Wisconsin)
- WXP Weather Processor (Purdue)

Oceanographic data

Annual
- LEVITUS Oxygen (0 meters depth)
- LEVITUS Phosphate (0 meters depth)
- LEVITUS Salinity (0 meters depth)
- LEVITUS Temperature (0 meters depth)
Monthly
- LEVITUS Salinity (0 meters depth)
- LEVITUS Temperature (0 meters depth)
- COADS Average Sea Surface Temperature (December 1980)
- COADS Atmospheric Presssure at Sea Level (December 1980)
- GOSTA Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly (March 1979)
- IGOSS Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly (January 1982)
- IGOSS Sea Surface Height (February 1995)
Seasonal
- LEVITUS Oxygen (0 meters depth)
- LEVITUS Salinity (0 meters depth)
- LEVITUS Temperature (0 meters depth)
El Nino
- El Nino NINO3 Index Function
Web Sites of Interest
- El Nino Theme Page (NOAA)

River Data

Australian River Discharge
River Chemistry Table (tab-separated values)
Web Sites of Interest
- Surface Water Data Retrieval Service (USGS)

Solar Radiation Data

Absorbed Solar Radiation (January and July)
Emitted Thermal Radiation (January and July)
Net Radiation (January and July)

Paleoclimate Data

VOSTOK Ice Core

Geographical Data

Tiger Map Browser (US Census)

Geological Data

ETOPO5 World Topography and Bathymetry
Earthquakes of the World
Earthquakes of the World, depth
Lithosphere Earthquake [ lon , lat , depth ] 1
Lithosphere Earthquake [ lon , lat , depth ] 2
Lithosphere Earthquake [ lon , lat , depth ] 3
Indian Ocean Seismic Profiles
Ocean Sediment Thickness
Volcanos of the World
Web Sites of Interest
- Mid-Ocean Ridge Multibeam Synthesis Project (LDEO)
- Current Earthquake Information (USGS/NEIC)
- Historic Earthquake Data (USGS/NEIC)
- Volcano World

Miscellaneous Data

Radionuclides Chart

Updated March 8, 2006
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