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  <title>Climate Data Record (CDR)</title>
  <link rel="self" href="https://calvalportal.ceos.org/web/guest/cal/val-wiki/-/wiki/668236" />
  <subtitle>Climate Data Record (CDR)</subtitle>
  <id>https://calvalportal.ceos.org/web/guest/cal/val-wiki/-/wiki/668236</id>
  <updated>2026-04-17T02:19:01Z</updated>
  <dc:date>2026-04-17T02:19:01Z</dc:date>
  <entry>
    <title>Climate Data Record (CDR) 1.2</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://calvalportal.ceos.org/web/guest/cal/val-wiki/-/wiki/668236/Climate Data Record (CDR)?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=1.2" />
    <author>
      <name>Emma Woolliams</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://calvalportal.ceos.org/web/guest/cal/val-wiki/-/wiki/668236/Climate Data Record (CDR)?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=1.2</id>
    <updated>2021-11-22T13:56:58Z</updated>
    <published>2020-01-16T14:02:35Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;p id="aui_3_4_0_1_722"&gt; &lt;strong id="aui_3_4_0_1_721"&gt;Definition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt; [1]&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="first-diff" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="added-diff-0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-0" previous="first-diff" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="added-diff-0"&gt;a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-0" previous="removed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-0" next="added-diff-1"&gt;  A &lt;/span&gt;time series of measurements of sufficient length, consistency and  continuity to determine climate variability and change&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="added-diff-2"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-1" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="added-diff-2"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; [2]&lt;span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-2" previous="added-diff-1" changeId="added-diff-2" next="changed-diff-0"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;An climate data record consists of a long, stabilised record of uncertainty-quantified retrieved values of a geophysical variable relevant to Earth’s climate, together with all ancillary data used in retrieval and uncertainty estimation. The CDR is linked to (an) underlying fundamental climate data record(s)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Source&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt; [1] NOAA [&lt;a href="https://www.nap.edu/read/10944/chapter/1"&gt;RD16&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; [2] Definition under discussion by WG Climate&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-changed" changes="Moved to a &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;division&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;." previous="added-diff-2" changeId="changed-diff-0" next="added-diff-3"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-0" changes="Moved to a &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;division&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;." previous="added-diff-2" changeId="changed-diff-0" next="added-diff-3"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="624"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width:533px;height:26px;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-3" next="added-diff-4"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://ceos.org/document_management/Working_Groups/WGISS/Interest_Groups/Data_Stewardship/White_Papers/EO-DataStewardshipGlossary.pdf"&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-3" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-3" next="added-diff-4"&gt;CEOS EO Data Stewardship Glossary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-3" next="added-diff-4"&gt;&lt;!----&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-3" next="added-diff-4"&gt; NESDIS Data Management Lexicon and Related Terms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-3" next="added-diff-4"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-3" next="added-diff-4"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Suggestions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;Chris Merchant shared this with me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;[RD16]: NOAA - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;Climate Data Records from Environmental Satellites: Interim Report,  Committee on Climate Data Records from NOAA Operational Satellites;  Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate; Division on Earth and Life  Studies; National Research Council (2004), DOI: 10.17226/10944&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-3" changeId="added-diff-4" next="last-diff"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-4" previous="added-diff-3" changeId="added-diff-4" next="last-diff"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-3" changeId="added-diff-4" next="last-diff"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-3" changeId="added-diff-4" next="last-diff"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-3" changeId="added-diff-4" next="last-diff"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-3" changeId="added-diff-4" next="last-diff"&gt;Category&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-3" changeId="added-diff-4" next="last-diff"&gt;&lt;!----&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-3" changeId="added-diff-4" next="last-diff"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcalvalportal.ceos.org%2Ft-d_wiki%3Fp_p_id%3D54_INSTANCE_Wg3ti1194i20%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-2%26p_p_col_count%3D1%26_54_INSTANCE_Wg3ti1194i20_struts_action%3D%252Fwiki_display%252Fview%26_54_INSTANCE_Wg3ti1194i20_nodeName%3DCEOS_Terms_and_Definitions%26_54_INSTANCE_Wg3ti1194i20_title%3D1.%2BEarth%2BObservation%2Bsystem%2Bwords&amp;amp;data=04%7C01%7Cfaye.lai%40npl.co.uk%7C71d207afa14d469389d808d988e92c16%7C601e5460b1bf49c0bd2de76ffc186a8d%7C1%7C0%7C637691357310842913%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;amp;sdata=MFNAfQnNfO%2FSg73NKEVZ4eUMLWqKqZn9Es5VcxyDP%2FQ%3D&amp;amp;reserved=0" style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-3" changeId="added-diff-4" next="last-diff"&gt;1. Earth Observation system words&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-3" changeId="added-diff-4" next="last-diff"&gt;&lt;!----&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
    <dc:creator>Emma Woolliams</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2020-01-16T14:02:35Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Climate Data Record (CDR) 1.3</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://calvalportal.ceos.org/web/guest/cal/val-wiki/-/wiki/668236/Climate Data Record (CDR)?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=1.3" />
    <author>
      <name>Emma Woolliams</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://calvalportal.ceos.org/web/guest/cal/val-wiki/-/wiki/668236/Climate Data Record (CDR)?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=1.3</id>
    <updated>2021-11-22T13:59:34Z</updated>
    <published>2020-01-16T14:02:35Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;p id="aui_3_4_0_1_722"&gt; &lt;strong id="aui_3_4_0_1_721"&gt;Definition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt; [1]  A time series of measurements of sufficient length, consistency and  continuity to determine climate variability and change&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; [2]  An climate data record consists of a long, stabilised record of uncertainty-quantified retrieved values of a geophysical variable relevant to Earth’s climate, together with all ancillary data used in retrieval and uncertainty estimation. The CDR is linked to (an) underlying fundamental climate data record(s)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Source&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt; [1] NOAA [&lt;a href="https://www.nap.edu/read/10944/chapter/1"&gt;RD16&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; [2] Definition under discussion by WG Climate&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="624"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width:533px;height:26px;"&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;a href="https://ceos.org/document_management/Working_Groups/WGISS/Interest_Groups/Data_Stewardship/White_Papers/EO-DataStewardshipGlossary.pdf"&gt;CEOS EO Data Stewardship Glossary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; NESDIS Data Management Lexicon and Related Terms&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Suggestions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;Chris Merchant shared this with me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;[RD16]: NOAA - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;Climate Data Records from Environmental Satellites: Interim Report,  Committee on Climate Data Records from NOAA Operational Satellites;  Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate; Division on Earth and Life  Studies; National Research Council (2004), DOI: 10.17226/10944&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;strong style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;Category&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcalvalportal.ceos.org%2Ft-d_wiki%3Fp_p_id%3D54_INSTANCE_Wg3ti1194i20%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-2%26p_p_col_count%3D1%26_54_INSTANCE_Wg3ti1194i20_struts_action%3D%252Fwiki_display%252Fview%26_54_INSTANCE_Wg3ti1194i20_nodeName%3DCEOS_Terms_and_Definitions%26_54_INSTANCE_Wg3ti1194i20_title%3D1.%2BEarth%2BObservation%2Bsystem%2Bwords&amp;amp;data=04%7C01%7Cfaye.lai%40npl.co.uk%7C71d207afa14d469389d808d988e92c16%7C601e5460b1bf49c0bd2de76ffc186a8d%7C1%7C0%7C637691357310842913%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;amp;sdata=MFNAfQnNfO%2FSg73NKEVZ4eUMLWqKqZn9Es5VcxyDP%2FQ%3D&amp;amp;reserved=0" style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;1. Earth Observation system words&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
    <dc:creator>Emma Woolliams</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2020-01-16T14:02:35Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Climate Data Record (CDR) 1.1</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://calvalportal.ceos.org/web/guest/cal/val-wiki/-/wiki/668236/Climate Data Record (CDR)?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=1.1" />
    <author>
      <name>Emma Woolliams</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://calvalportal.ceos.org/web/guest/cal/val-wiki/-/wiki/668236/Climate Data Record (CDR)?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=1.1</id>
    <updated>2021-10-07T17:13:17Z</updated>
    <published>2020-01-16T14:02:35Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;p id="aui_3_4_0_1_722"&gt; &lt;strong id="aui_3_4_0_1_721"&gt;Definition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt; [1]  A time series of measurements of sufficient length, consistency and  continuity to determine climate variability and change&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; [2]  An climate data record consists of a long, stabilised record of uncertainty-quantified retrieved values of a geophysical variable relevant to Earth’s climate, together with all ancillary data used in retrieval and uncertainty estimation. The CDR is linked to (an) underlying fundamental climate data record(s)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Source&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt; [1] NOAA [&lt;a href="https://www.nap.edu/read/10944/chapter/1"&gt;RD16&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; [2] Definition under discussion by WG Climate&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-changed" changes="Moved out of a &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;division&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;." previous="first-diff" changeId="changed-diff-0" next="removed-diff-0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-0" changes="Moved out of a &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;division&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;." previous="first-diff" changeId="changed-diff-0" next="removed-diff-0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="624"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width:533px;height:26px;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="last-diff"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://ceos.org/document_management/Working_Groups/WGISS/Interest_Groups/Data_Stewardship/White_Papers/EO-DataStewardshipGlossary.pdf"&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-0" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="last-diff"&gt;CEOS EO Data Stewardship Glossary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="last-diff"&gt;&lt;!----&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="last-diff"&gt; NESDIS Data Management Lexicon and Related Terms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="last-diff"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="last-diff"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Suggestions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;Chris Merchant shared this with me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;[RD16]: NOAA - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;Climate Data Records from Environmental Satellites: Interim Report,  Committee on Climate Data Records from NOAA Operational Satellites;  Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate; Division on Earth and Life  Studies; National Research Council (2004), DOI: 10.17226/10944&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;strong style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;Category&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcalvalportal.ceos.org%2Ft-d_wiki%3Fp_p_id%3D54_INSTANCE_Wg3ti1194i20%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-2%26p_p_col_count%3D1%26_54_INSTANCE_Wg3ti1194i20_struts_action%3D%252Fwiki_display%252Fview%26_54_INSTANCE_Wg3ti1194i20_nodeName%3DCEOS_Terms_and_Definitions%26_54_INSTANCE_Wg3ti1194i20_title%3D1.%2BEarth%2BObservation%2Bsystem%2Bwords&amp;amp;data=04%7C01%7Cfaye.lai%40npl.co.uk%7C71d207afa14d469389d808d988e92c16%7C601e5460b1bf49c0bd2de76ffc186a8d%7C1%7C0%7C637691357310842913%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;amp;sdata=MFNAfQnNfO%2FSg73NKEVZ4eUMLWqKqZn9Es5VcxyDP%2FQ%3D&amp;amp;reserved=0" style="font-size: 8pt;"&gt;1. Earth Observation system words&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
    <dc:creator>Emma Woolliams</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2020-01-16T14:02:35Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
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