"This data set contains monthly means of meteorological observation data from Russian stations from 1961-2000 (for most stations). The Russian station observations were provided by Vladimir Radionov, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), St. Petersburg, and include 2-meter air temperature, sea level pressure, total and low cloud amount, precipitation, and relative humidity. Data are available in ASCII text format via FTP.", quoted from NSIDC site.

NSIDC strongly encourages you to register as a user of this data product. As a registered user, you will be notified of updates and corrections.", quoted summary from NSIDC documentation.

The data files and associated documentation were downloaded to this DSS site in January 2007. Please properly cite this data by referring to ' DS DOCUMENTATION'.