About
Our Mission
Climate Explorer is dedicated to making essential climate data accessible and understandable for everyone. We believe that open access to quality climate information empowers individuals, researchers, and decision-makers to better understand our planet’s changing climate system.
About the Project
This project visualizes historical and current climate observations from three authoritative sources:
- NOAA GHCNh – Global Historical Climatology Network Hourly data enabling analysis of sub-daily climate variability
- NOAA GHCNm – Global Historical Climatology Network Monthly data providing long-term climate records from weather stations worldwide
- DWD OpenData – Comprehensive meteorological observations from Germany provided by Deutscher Wetterdienst
- RoCliHom – Romanian Climate Homogenized dataset offering quality-controlled observations from 156 weather stations across Romania (1901–2023)
Technology Stack
The dashboards are developed using modern data science tools:
- R & Shiny – Interactive web applications for data exploration
- Quarto – Scientific publishing system for documentation
- Leaflet – Interactive mapping capabilities
- Plotly – Dynamic data visualizations
Data Sources & Stewardship
All data presented originates from official meteorological archives:
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
- Global Historical Climatology Network
- Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
- Romanian National Meteorological Administration (Meteo Romania)
We are committed to transparent data presentation and maintaining the integrity of the original observations.
Contact
For questions, suggestions, or collaboration inquiries, please use the form below.
Climate Explorer – Understanding our climate through data.