Climate and Atmospheric Science

UC Berkeley

• GeoData@UC Berkeley is the UC Berkeley Libraries' geoportal where users can search, preview, display, map, and download geospatial data in a variety of formats.

U.S. Government Sources

• Data.gov is a comprehensive collection of datasets gathered by the United States Government.
• NOAA Climate.gov is a collection of climate services from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including data from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC).

• Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)
  The U.S. Department of Energy's primary center for climate-change data and information analysis. Contains data and information products. See the sidebar on the right to search for publications and data by subject area.
• Climate Prediction Center
  Features research reports, annual summaries, predictions, and data from the National Weather Service.
• Earth Observing System
  Includes images and text documenting aspects of global climate change including land use, greenhouse effect, changes in the polar ice cap, ozone depletion, deforestation and other topics. From the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); includes a glossary of terms and links to NASA Fact Sheets.
• Energy Information Administration (EIA)
  • Carbon Dioxide Emissions Data
  • Environment contains energy-related emissions data and environmental analysis.
• EPA Climate Change
  Provides links to a variety of resources on climate change from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
• Global Change Research Program
  Contains reports and assessments, including annual reports to Congress. The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) coordinates and integrates federal research on changes in the global environment and their implications for society.
• Hydrometeorological Prediction Center
  National Weather Service data site with access to real-time weather information, including fronts, winds, station and satellite data
• NASA JPL Earth Imagery
  Daily updated high-resolution satellite imagery of Earth terrain.
• National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
  Contains up-to-date information and data sets concerning the state of Earth's cryosphere.
• Real Time Weather at UCAR
  State of the art weather data site run by the University Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado. Access to weather maps, forecast models, satellite imagery.

International Sources

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• United Kingdom
  • Met Office - Climate
    Information about climate and climate change from the Met Office (UK National Weather Service), including data from the National Climate Information Centre.
  • Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA): Climate Change
    Discusses what the UK is doing to combat climate change.
• United Nations (UN)
  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
    Includes emissions data, official documents, information on the treaty ratification status and actions taken to reduce emissions by individual countries, national statements on the treaty and information about the Kyoto Protocol.
• World Meteorological Organization
  This group is focused on creating longer-term forecasts for regions across the world.
  • World Climate Application and Services Programme (WCASP)
  • World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme (WCDMP)
    Provides access to global and national climate data sets.