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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