CReSIS - The Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets

K-12 Data Portal - Climate Data

Type of Data	Background Information	Downloadable Data	Example Inquiry Questions
Global Surface Temperatures	Global Surface Temperature Background (doc)	1860-2005 Surface Temperature Anomalies	How have the global surface temperatures changed over the last 100 years? How does the rate of temperature change during the last 10 years compare to the rate of change during the last 100 years?
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide CO2	Atmospherice Carbon Dioxide Background (doc)	~400,000 yBP - 2007 Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentrations	How have the atmospheric CO2 concentrations changed over the last 100 years? 1000 years? 10000 years? 100,000 years? How do CO2 levels today compare to historical CO2 concentrations? Based on the current trends, what do you predict will be the CO2 concentration to be 50 yrs from now? 100 years?
Solar Irradiance	Solar Irradiance Background (doc)	Solar Irradiance Values from 1978-2007 (.xls)	How have the solar irradiance values changed over the last 30 years? Based on the current trend, predict what will happen to solar irradiance in the next 5 years.
Sea Level Rise Maps	Sea Level Rise Background (doc)	Sea Level Rise Maps of Florida Population Density of Florida County Map of Florida	What population will be displaced at a given amount of sea level rise? What major cities, landmarks, or geographic features would be inundated with a given amount of sea level rise?

KNMI Climate Explorer
Downloadable weather data from thousands of stations across the globe: http://climexp.knmi.nl/