Here is a selection of previously-asked questions about finding data in the Data Library. There is a section in the Data Library Tutorial that demonstrates methods of finding data that you may find useful as well.
Atmospheric Data - Precipitation
Q&A: Where
are snowfall data for the southwestern United States and Mexico located?
Q&A: I
need monthly 2002 precipitation data for Argentina. Where should I look?
Q&A: I
need the annual precipitation in four cities in South Africa for the past
5 years. Where should I start?
Q&A: Where
is the best place to look for monthly temperature and precipitation data
for Hurghada and Qosseir (Kosseir) and the area between these two stations?
Atmospheric Data - Temperature
Atmospheric Data - Wind
Atmospheric Data - Misc
Q&A: How
can I find historical daily minimum temperatures with associated atmospheric
pressure for airport reporting stations?
Q&A: Where
is the best place to look for monthly temperature and precipitation data
for Hurghada and Qosseir (Kosseir) and the area between these two stations?
Q&A: Where
do you suggest I look for a global map of surface air temperature?
Q&A: Can
you help me obtain historical wind data for three french locations for
the past 30 years?
Q&A: Where
can I find wind velocity data for U.S. stations?
Q&A: Where
can I find climatic data for the Republic of Korea?
Q&A: Where
in the Data Library can I find hourly meteorological data for South Korea?
Q&A: I
am looking for information about hurricanes that passed along the southern
coast of Mexico in 1971-1973. Where should I start?
Q&A: Where
are the monthly NAO data in columnar table format?
Q&A: I
am trying to find sea level pressure data from any stations in -20 to -90
latitude for any dates. Can you direct me to these data?
Q&A: Can
you help me locate recent PDO data?
Q&A:Does the Data Library contain heating
and cooling degree day information?
Q&A: Where
can I find humidity data for the United States?
Oceanic Data - SST
Q&A: Where
can I find ENSO forecasts?
Q&A: What
dataset has global 1 deg. by 1 deg. sea temperature data?
Q&A: Where
are monthly SST data as well as the associated climatological data?
Q&A: Where
can I find the June and July subset of the monthly Levitus dataset?
Q&A: I
need a century-mean of monthly SST and salinity data. Are these data availble
in the Data Library?
Q&A: Can
you help me find monthly SST data from the Reanalysis dataset?
Oceanic Data - Misc
Q&A: Where
can I find salinity data for the Arabian Sea?
Q&A: Where
are air-sea solar short wave radiation and net heat flux data located in
the Data Library?
Q&A: Are
there ocean current data for the Atlantic Ocean in the Data Library?
Q&A: I
am looking for data from buoys to find water temp and salinity. Do you
know if it's contained in any of the databases?
Q&A: Does
the Data Library contain the hydrographical and nutrient data from WEPOLEX-8?
Q&A: Where
in the Data Library can I find nautical charts of Chesapeake Bay?
Q&A: I
am looking for the published radiolarian percentage data from the surface
sediments from the world ocean by Jim Hays & his colleagues at the
LDEO. Is it in the Data Library?
Misc
Q&A: Where can I find
data regarding the Earth's albedo?
Q&A: I
want to find data for stations at the same elevation. How do I do that?
Q&A: Can
you assist me in finding bioclimatic or land use data for Mozambique?
Q&A: I
am looking for data containing the average amount of sunny days in particular
cities. Can you help?
Q&A: Where
can I find a map of temperate rain forests and other vegetation types?