Get your climate change data here: A big list of climate change data sources & repositories [Confessions of a Science Librarian]

(Before It's News)

We have a Steacie Library Hackfest coming up and our there this year is Making a Difference with Data. And what better area to make a difference in than the environment and climate change?

I am far from an expert on this topic, so suggestions for additions (and deletions if I’ve added anything inappropriate) are welcome. In particular, deeper and more complete data sources for Canada would be nice to have. I would also very much like to improve coverage beyond the North American focus with a wider variety of targeted regional and national data sources.

This set of lists is not meant to be complete or comprehensive.

Directories of Data Sources & Repositories

• OpenDOAR: Directory of Open Access Repositories
• DataCite Find a Dataset search (About DataCite)
• Re3Data.org — Registry of Research Data Repositories (Browse by subject)
• Data Sources / RealClimate.org
• Data repositories / Open Access Directory
• Climate Data Guide / National Center for Atmospheric Research
• African Climate Data / Trans-African HydroMeteorological Observatory

Data Sources — Canada

• Open Government / formerly data.gc.ca
• Climate and Historical Weather / Environment Canada
• Historical Climate Data / Environment Canada
• Canadian Historical Weather Radar / Environment Canada
• Canadian Climate Normals / Environment Canada
• Engineering Climate Datasets / Environment Canada
• Monthly Climate Summaries / Environment Canada
• Canadian Climate Data and Scenarios / Environment Canada
• Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis / Environment Canada
• Air Quality Health Index Forecast
• Meteorological Observations
• Climate change in Canada / Statistics Canada
• CANSIM / Statistics Canada (socio-economic data, including on energy industry)
• Climate Change Data / Natural Resources Canada
• Climate Change Maps / Natural Resources Canada
• Climate Change Connection: GHG Emissions Canada (Manitoba)
• Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptation Resources (OCCIAR): Climate Data Links
• Ontario Climate Change Data Portal
• Quebec: Données climatiques
• Quebec: Air and Climate Change portal
• Current and Historical Alberta Weather Station Data Viewer
• Alberta Environment and Parks Information Centre
• DataBC
• Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium Data Portal
• Canadian Polar Data Network
• Gateway to Research Data / National Research Council
• DataCite Canada

Data Sources — USA

• Climate.gov / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• Data.gov Climate
• National Snow and Ice Data Centre
• Carbon Dioxide Information and Analysis Center Department of Energy
• Data Access / National Centers for Environmental Information
• Paleoclimatology Datasets / NOAA
• Marine/Ocean Data / NOAA
• Ocean Acidification Data Stewardship (OADS) Project / NOAA
• Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center / NASA
• Goddard Institute for Space Studies Datasets and Images / NASA
• Northwest Climate and Related Data Resources / Northwest Climate Science Cente
• ARM Data Archive / Atmospheric Radiation Measurement, Department of Energy
• Accessing Data at BCO-DMO / Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office
• Research Data Archive / National Center for Atmospheric Research
• Climate Change Scenarios / NCAR GISProgram
• U.S. Energy Information Administration (Info on energy sources such as petroleum, natural gas, electricity, coal, renewable & alternative fuels, nuclear as well as total energy use and consumptions and efficiency)
• Space Science and Engineering Data Center

Data Sources — International

• Data Distribution Centre / Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data / United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• GHG data from UNFCCC / United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles / United Nations Development Program via School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
• Policies and Measures Databases / International Energy Agency
• CO2 emissions statistics / International Energy Agency
• Key world energy statistics / International Energy Agency
• Statistics / International Energy Agency
• Climate Change Knowledge Portal / World Bank
• Global Health Observatory data repository: Climate Change Data by Region / World Health Organization
• Climate Change: OECD DAC External Development Finance Statistics / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• Climate Change eXplorer / OECD
• Climate Fund Inventory Database / OECD
• OECD Statistics on External Development Finance Targeting Environmental Objectives Including the Rio Conventions
• CCAFS GCM Data Portal / Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
• Data Library / International Research Institute for Climate and Society
• Global Weather Data for SWAT
• Climate Wizard / The Nature Conservancy
• Data / British Antarctic Survey
• Data and Information / Centre for International Earth Science Information Network
• Data / GlobalChange.gov US Global Change Research Program

Data Sources — Various Individual Countries/Regions

• Climate System Analysis Group at the University of Cape Town: Climate Information Platform, Seasonal forecast
• Data Access Services / Namibia National Oceanographic Data Centre
• Climate Change Projections Data Explorer / Climate Change in Australia
• Greenhouse gas measurement / Australian Government, Department of the Environment
• Climate Data Online / Australian Government, Bureau of Meteorology
• Observed Australian climate change / NSW Environment & Heritage
• Climate change and variability / Australian Government, Bureau of Meteorology
• Asia-Pacific Data Research Center
• Climate Change Data and Statistics / India Environment Portal
• Climate Asia Data Portal
• European Environment Agency Data Centre
• British Atmospheric Data Centre / Natural Environment Research Council
• Centre for Ecology and Hydrology / Natural Environment Research Council

General Data Repositories

• DataHub (“climate” search)
• Amazon Web Services Public Data Sets (climate)
• Dryad (climate)
• Zenodo (climate)
• Academic Torrents (weather)
• Figshare (climate + dataset)
• Quandl (energy)

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