Temperature Measurement Stations
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- Visualizations by:
- Mark SubbaRao
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- Produced by:
- Kathryn Mersmann
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The weather stations used in the GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (v4). In this analysis only stations with reasonably long, consistently measured time records are used. 20,924 stations are shown in this visualization. For more information on the station data, please visit https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/station_data_v4_globe/.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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Visualizers
- Mark SubbaRao (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Andrew J Christensen (SSAI)
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Producer
- Kathryn Mersmann (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Technical support
- Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Datasets used in this visualization
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GISTEMP
ID: 585
Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details, nor the data sets themselves on our site.
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