NOAA Integrated Surface Database (ISD)
Provided by: NOAA , part of the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative
Provided by: NOAA , part of the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative
NOAA Integrated Surface Database (ISD)
Provided by: NOAA , part of the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative
Provided by: NOAA , part of the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative
This product is part of the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative and contains data sets that are publicly available for anyone to access and use. No subscription is required. Unless specifically stated in the applicable data set documentation, data sets available through the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative are not provided and maintained by AWS.
Description
The Integrated Surface Database (ISD) consists of global hourly and synoptic observations compiled from numerous sources into a gzipped fixed width format. ISD was developed as a joint activity within Asheville's Federal Climate Complex. The database includes over 35,000 stations worldwide, with some having data as far back as 1901, though the data show a substantial increase in volume in the 1940s and again in the early 1970s. Currently, there are over 14,000 "active" stations updated daily in the database. The total uncompressed data volume is around 600 gigabytes; however, it continues to grow as more data are added. ISD includes numerous parameters such as wind speed and direction, wind gust, temperature, dew point, cloud data, sea level pressure, altimeter setting, station pressure, present weather, visibility, precipitation amounts for various time periods, snow depth, and various other elements as observed by each station.
License
NOAA data disseminated through NODD is made available under the [Creative Commons 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0-1.0) license](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=chooser-v1\ ), which is well-known and internationally recognized. There are no restrictions on the use of the data. The data are open to the public and can be used as desired. NOAA has adopted the Creative Commons license to ensure maximum use of our data, to spur and encourage exploration and innovation throughout the industry. This license is applicable to each of the NOAA datasets made available by NODD. NOAA requests attribution for the use or dissemination of unaltered NOAA data. However, it is not permissible to state or imply endorsement by or affiliation with NOAA. If you modify NOAA data, you may not state or imply that it is original, unaltered NOAA data.
How to cite
NOAA Integrated Surface Database (ISD) was accessed on DATE from https://registry.opendata.aws/noaa-isd .
Update frequency
Daily
Support information
Managed by: NOAA
Contact: For questions regarding data content or quality, visit the NOAA ISD site . For any questions regarding data delivery or any general questions regarding the NOAA Open Data Dissemination (NODD) Program, email the NODD Team at nodd@noaa.gov. We also seek to identify case studies on how NOAA data is being used and will be featuring those stories in joint publications and in upcoming events. If you are interested in seeing your story highlighted, please share it with the NODD team by emailing nodd@noaa.gov
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Resources on AWS
Description
ISD in original format
Resource type
S3 Bucket
Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:s3:::noaa-isd-pdsAWS Region
us-east-1AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)
aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://noaa-isd-pds/Explore
Description
ISD in CSV format
Resource type
S3 Bucket
Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:s3:::noaa-global-hourly-pdsAWS Region
us-east-1AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)
aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://noaa-global-hourly-pds/Explore
Usage examples
Tutorials
- NOAA Integrated Surface Database (ISD) Example Notebook by Zac Flamig