Hidden Code, Data, Raw Data
Global warming denialists claim ‘the data is hidden’ and ‘scientists won’t show the code so no one can verify what they are doing. This page has links to all the hidden data and code that has been available the entire time denialists have been claiming it is hidden.
NASA (National Aeronautics & Space Administration), GISS (Goddard Institute of Space Studies), EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), EO (Earth Observatory), Scientific Visualization, NSIDC (National Snow & Ice Data Center), NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration), JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research), UCAR (University Center for Atmospheric Research), NHC (National Hurricane Center), NCDC (National Climate Data Center), NAS (National Academy of Science), USGS (US Geological Survey), FS (Forestry Service)
Here is all the super secret hidden data that has been available mostly for decades as data was collected, even while some claimed that critical data and code was hidden:
Data Sources
This page is a catalogue that will be kept up to date pointing to selected sources of code and data related to climate science. Please keep us informed of any things we might have missed, or any updates to the links that are needed.
- Climate data (raw)
- Climate data (processed)
- Paleo-data
- Auxiliary data
- Paleo Reconstructions (including code)
- Large-scale model (Reanalysis) output
- Large-scale model (GCM) output
- Model codes (GCMs)
- Model codes (other)
- Data Visualisation and Analysis
- Master Repositories of climate and other Earth Science data
Climate data (raw)
- GHCN v.2 (Global Historical Climate Network: weather station records from around the world, temperature and precipitation)
- USHCN US. Historical Climate Network (v.1 and v.2)
- World Monthly Surface Station Climatology UCAR
- Antarctic weather stations
- European weather stations (ECA)
- Italian Meterological Society IMS
- Satellite feeds (AMSU, SORCE (Solar irradiance), NASA A-train, Ocean Color)
- Tide Gauges (Proudman Oceanographic Lab)
- World Glacier Monitoring Service
- Argo float data
- International Comprehensive Ocean/Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) (Oceanic in situ observations)
- AERONET Aerosol information
- Arctic data from the Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Service (CADIS)
Climate data (processed)
- Surface temperature anomalies (GISTEMP (see also Clear Climate Code), HadCRU(alternate site), NOAA NCDC, JMA, Berkeley Earth)
- Satellite temperatures (MSU) (UAH, RSS, Zou et al)
- Sea surface temperatures (Reynolds et al, OI)
- Stratospheric temperature
- Sea ice (Cryosphere Today, NSIDC, JAXA, Bremen, Arctic-Roos, DMI)
- Radiosondes (RAOBCORE, HadAT, U. Wyoming, RATPAC, IUK, Sterin (CDIAC), Angell (CDIAC) )
- Cloud and radiation products (ISCCP, CERES-ERBE)
- Sea level (U. Colorado, NOAA)
- Aerosols (AEROCOM, GACP)
- Greenhouse Gases (AGGI at NOAA, CO2 Mauna Loa, World Data Center for Greenhouse Gases, AIRS CO2 data (2003+))
- AHVRR data as used in Steig et al (2009)
- Snow Cover (Rutgers)
- GLIMS glacier database
- Ocean Heat Content: NODC, PMEL
- Ocean CO2 (CDIAC)
- GCOS Essential Climate Variables Index
- NOAA Climate Indicators State of the Climate 2009
Paleo-data
- NOAA Paleoclimate
- Pangaea
- GRIP/NGRIP Ice cores (Denmark)
- GISP2 (note that the age model has been updated)
- National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
- Insolation (i.e. Milankovitch cycles): Lasker (2004), Berger and Loutre (1991), Huybers (2006)
Auxiliary data
- Solar System Calculations (JPL Horizons)
Paleo Reconstructions (including code)
- Reconstructions index and data (NOAA)
- Mann et al (2008) (also here, Mann et al (2009))
- Kaufmann et al (2009)
- Wahl and Ammann (2006)
- Mann et al (1998/1999)
Large-scale model (Reanalysis) output
These are weather models which have the real world observations assimilated into the solution to provide a ‘best guess’ of the evolution of weather over time (although pre-satellite era estimates (before 1979) are less accurate).
- ERA40 (1957-2001, from ECMWF)
- ERA-Interim (1989 – present, ECMWF’s latest project)
- NCEP (1948-present, NOAA), NCEP-2
- MERRA NASA GSFC
- JRA-25 (1979-2004, Japanese Met. Agency)
- North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR)
- 20th Century Reanalysis (1871-2008)
Large-scale model (GCM) output
These is output from the large scale global models used to assess climate change in the past, and make projections for the future. Some of this output is also available via the Data Visualisation tools linked below.
- CMIP3 output (~20 models, as used by IPCC AR4) at PCMDI
- GISS ModelE output (includes AR4 output as well as more specific experiments)
- GFDL Model output
Model codes (GCMs)
Downloadable codes for some of the GCMs.
- GISS ModelE (AR4 version, current snapshot)
- NCAR CCSM(Version 3.0, CCM3 (older vintage))
- EdGCM Windows based version of an older GISS model.
- Uni. Hamburg (SAM, PUMA and PLASIM)
- NEMO Ocean Model
- GFDL Models
- MIT GCM
Model codes (other)
This category include links to analysis tools, simpler models or models focussed on more specific issues.
- Radiative Transfer models (AER RRTM)
- Rahmstorf (2007) Sea Level Rise Code
- Vermeer & Rahmstorf (2009) Sea Level Rise Code and Data
- ModTran (atmospheric radiation calculations and visualisations)
- Various climate-related online models (David Archer)
- Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) (FUND, FAIR, DICE, RICE)
- CliMT a Python-based software component toolkit
- Pyclimate Python tools for climate analysis
- CDAT Tools for analysing climate data in netcdf format (PCMDI)
- RegEM (Tapio Schneider)
- Time series analysis (MTM-SVD, SSA-MTM toolkit, Mann and Lees (1996))
- MAGICC
Data Visualisation and Analysis
These sites include some of the above data (as well as other sources) in an easier to handle form.
- ClimateExplorer (KNMI)
- Dapper (PMEL, NOAA)
- Ingrid (IRI/LDEO Climate data library)
- Giovanni (GSFC)
- Wood for Trees: Interactive graphics (temperatures)
- IPCC Data Visualisations
- Regional IPCC model output
- Climate Wizard
Master Repositories of Climate Data
Much bigger indexes of data sources:
- Global Change Master Directory (GSFC)
- PAGES data portal
- NCDC (National Climate Data Center)
- IPCC Data
- NCAR’s ClimateDataGuide
- Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Lab: Atmospheric trace gas concentrations, historical carbon emissions, and more
- CRU Data holdings
- Hadley Centre Observational holdings
- UCAR Climate Data Guide
International Climate Science Web Sites
The Discovery of Global Warming
Possibly the single best overview of the history of understanding climate science is by Spencer Weart, a noted historian specializing in the history of modern physics and geophysics. Until his retirement in 2009 he was Director of the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) in College Park, Maryland, USA, and he continues to be affiliated with the Center.
- https://www.aip.org/history/climate/index.html
- https://www.aip.org/history/climate/summary.htm
- https://www.aip.org/history/climate/index.html#contents
Evidence & Science Discussion Sites
Real Climate
- https://www.realclimate.org
- Data Sources: https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/data-sources/
- Start Here: https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/05/start-here/
- About: https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004/12/about/
- Index: https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004/12/index/
- Wiki: https://www.realclimate.org/wiki/index.php?title=RC_Wiki
- Archive: https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004/12/archives/
Additional sites that provide reasonable perspective and context:
Climate Articles & Current Events
Collection of Climate Data Links
- https://tamino.wordpress.com/climate-data-links/
- https://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/global_warming/
Government & Institutional
Global Warming & Climate Change Web Sites
NASA
NASA Goddard Institute of Space Studies
- https://data.giss.nasa.gov/
- https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/
- https://data.giss.nasa.gov/csci/
- https://data.giss.nasa.gov/modelforce/
- https://data.giss.nasa.gov/modelforce/solar.irradiance/
- https://data.giss.nasa.gov/modelforce/H2O/
- https://data.giss.nasa.gov/modelforce/trop.aer/
- https://data.giss.nasa.gov/modelforce/strataer/
NASA Earth Observatory
- https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
- https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/
- https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/GlobalWarming/
- https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/GlobalWarmingQandA/
- https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/
- https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/GlobalMaps/
- https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/
National Aeronautics & Space Administration
NASA/GSFC Scientific Visualization Studio
National Snow and Ice Data Center
National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration
- https://www.noaa.gov
- https://www.noaa.gov/climate.html
- ESRL https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/research/themes/forcing/
NASA/JPL
- https://globalclimatechange.jpl.nasa.gov/
- https://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/
- https://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/keyIndicators/
- https://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/evidence/
- https://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/causes/
- https://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/effects/
- https://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/uncertainties/
- https://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/solutions/
- https://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/keyWebsites/
National Center for Atmospheric Research
- https://www.cgd.ucar.edu/
- https://www.ncar.ucar.edu/research/climate/
- https://www.ncar.ucar.edu/research/climate/now.php
University Center for Atmospheric Research
The UK Met Office
- https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climatechange/guide/bigpicture/
- https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/myths/index.html
Environmental Protection Agency
- https://www.epa.gov
- https://www.epa.gov/climatechange/index.html
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Past Climate Change
- Recent Climate Change
- Future Climate Change
- State of Knowledge
National Hurricane Center
National Climate Data Center
- https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/
- https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html
- https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/gases.html
- https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/monitoring.html
- https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/severeweather/extremes.html
- https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/hazards/index.php
- https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/climateextremes.html
- https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/globalwarming/home.html
NAS (National Academy of Science)
US Climate Change Science Program
US Geological Survey
ESRL https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/research/themes/forcing/
Project Sites Atmospheric
- Atmospheric Infrared Sounder NASA/JPL/Cal-Tech: https://airs.jpl.nasa.gov/
- Paleoclimatology NASA/NOAA: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/paleo.html
- Earth System Research Laboratory Annual Greenhouse Gas Index: https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/aggi/
- IGAC – International Global Atmospheric Chemistry: https://www.igac.noaa.gov/
Seasonal Shift
- Climate Time Machine: https://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/ClimateTimeMachine/climateTimeMachine.cfm
Hurricanes/Tropical Cyclones
- US Global Change Research Program: https://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/links/hurricanes.htm
- U.S. Study Links Global Warming, Hurricane Intensity
Fire
Snow Cover
- Snow Cover, Canada: https://www.socc.ca/snow/variability/index.cfm
Droughts
- https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=hazards
- https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/severeweather/temperatures.html
- https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climate-monitoring/index.php#drought
Floods
Temperature Change
- Extreme Temperature Change, NASA Study: https://www.scribd.com/doc/7807827/Extreme-Temperature-Change-NASA-Study
Seasonal Climate Variations
- Virtual Rain, Electronic Storms: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/climate/index.html
- Seasonal Landcover change 2004 Easter Asia
Policy Sites
Office of the Attorney General, California
Skeptic/Denialist Sites
- https://www.climateaudit.org/
- https://wattsupwiththat.com/
- https://www.icecap.us/
- https://www.demanddebate.com/
- https://www.globalwarmingheartland.org/
- https://www.heartland.org/suites/environment/index.html
Glossary of Climate Terms
NWS Climate Prediction Center: https://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/outreach/glossary.shtml
NOAA Paleoclimatology: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/ctl/glossary.html
Climate of the Interior West, Climate Glossaries and Weather Tools: https://www.cdc.noaa.gov/climateinfo/tools.html
Australian Government Glossary of Terms: https://www.bom.gov.au/climate/glossary/
Australia, Climate Change – Glossary of key terms: https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/climate-change/glossary.asp
EPA – Glossary of Climate Change Terms: https://www.epa.gov/climatechange/glossary.html
Climate and Weather Terms Glossary: https://www.wrcc.dri.edu/ams/glossary.html
Bureaucratic Terms: https://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/glossary.htm
UNFCC: https://unfccc.int/essential_background/glossary/items/3666.php
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