Climate Database Modernization Program (CDMP)
Data Collections Being Keyed that Contain
Surface Pressure
Joe Elms
Program Manager
NOAA’s Climate Database Modernization Program (CDMP)
Primary Goal: Digitize and preserve historical climate and environmental data and make them easily accessible via the Internet
National Climatic Data Center - 21 National Oceanographic Data Center - 4National Geophysical Data Center - 6National Ocean Service - 7Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research - 3National Marine Fisheries Service - 5National Weather Service - 5
50 NOAA tasks supported by CDMP FY 2005 funding
Task Selection based on an Annual Proposal Process
Records being Keyed Under CDMP
•Surface Airways Observations (SAO); 1928 -1948
235 stations keyed
•City Office 1001 forms ;1893-to beginning of SAO
166 stations keyed
•Forts (Army Signal Service) ;1820 -1893
70 stations keyed
•SAO; 1965-1981
136 stations keyed
’28 – ’48 Complete " + 1001 " + 1001, ’65 –’81 1001 / ’65 –’81 only Remaining Priority
Overall PICS StatusOverall PICS Status(current as of 30 Sep 2005)
New Orleans June 4, 1810
April, 1843
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