Data Rescue Projects

Projects Overview intro

This page contains searchable information on past, present and future data rescue projects. Projects from before 2023 are originally included into the former WMO I-DARE portal and merged into this database. Registered users can add new projects to the list.

Search for data rescue projects by filling in one or more fields below and clicking ‘search’. Click on the ID field to see the project details.

The projects are categorized on maturity levels. These are grouped in the following categories: 

1) Archive paper, microfilm/microfiche and other outdated media records
2) Image media
3) Digitize data values
4) Archive digital media
5) Include data in global repositories

 

 

Title Data categories Country WMO Region Category
10 year rainfall data (5.28million measurements)
Hydrology, Terrestrial United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland WMO Region VI (Europe)
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Atmospheric
ACRE MESOAMERICA
Atmospheric Costa Rica WMO Region IV (North and Central America, and the Caribbean)
ACRE Oceans (Antarctic and Southern Ocean 20C)
Atmospheric, Oceanic United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Polar regions
ACRE Oceans (Arctic)
Atmospheric, Oceanic United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Atlantic Ocean, Polar regions, WMO Region VI (Europe)
ACRE Oceans (Asia Pacific)
Atmospheric, Oceanic United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Atlantic Ocean, Global (marine), Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, WMO Region II (Asia)
ACRE Oceans (Japan)
Atmospheric, Oceanic United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Atlantic Ocean, Global (marine), Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, WMO Region II (Asia)
ACRE Oceans (Pacific)
Atmospheric, Oceanic United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Atlantic Ocean, Global (marine), Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Polar regions
ACRE Oceans (Remark Books)
Atmospheric, Oceanic United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Atlantic Ocean, Global (marine), Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Polar regions
ACRE Oceans (Southern Africa)
Atmospheric, Oceanic United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, WMO Region I (Africa)
AEMET DARE
Atmospheric Spain WMO Region VI (Europe)
ArcRU - Variability of the Russian Arctic and Subarctic climate in the last three hundred years
Poland WMO Region VI (Europe)
ASTRO
Italy WMO Region VI (Europe)
Belfield weather diaries
Australia WMO Region V (South-West Pacific)
Ben Nevis Observatory Data
Terrestrial United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland WMO Region VI (Europe)
C3S Data Rescue Service / ACRE Antarctica
New Zealand WMO Region V (South-West Pacific)
C3S Data Rescue Service / ACRE South Africa
South Africa WMO Region I (Africa)
C3S Date Rescue Service / ACRE Argentina
Argentina WMO Region III (South America)
C3S DRS/ACRE Antarctica
New Zealand
C3S DRS/ACRE Argentina
Argentina
C3S DRS/ACRE South Africa
South Africa
Cameroon data rescue project
Cameroon WMO Region I (Africa)
Canadian 19th century weather data rescue initiative
Atmospheric Canada WMO Region IV (North and Central America, and the Caribbean)
Canadian Volunteer Rescue Project
Atmospheric Canada WMO Region IV (North and Central America, and the Caribbean)
Carribean: Voluntary Contribution Program
Jamaica WMO Region IV (North and Central America, and the Caribbean)
CEArc - Causes of the Early 20th century Arctic Warming
Poland WMO Region VI (Europe)
CHIMES
Atmospheric Switzerland WMO Region VI (Europe)
CliPastExtrem
Spain WMO Region VI (Europe)
DARE Activities India
India WMO Region II (Asia)
DARE activities RA III (S-America)
Brazil WMO Region III (South America)
DARE in National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology
Atmospheric, Hydrology, Terrestrial Bhutan WMO Region II (Asia)
Data Inventories
Thailand WMO Region II (Asia)
Data Rescue Activities in Congo
Congo WMO Region I (Africa)
Data Rescue Activities in Congo (COBECORE)
Belgium WMO Region I (Africa)
Data rescue activities in Côte d'Ivoire
WMO Region I (Africa)
Data Rescue Expert Mission Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso WMO Region I (Africa)
Data Rescue in Botswana
Atmospheric Botswana WMO Region I (Africa)
Data Rescue in Fiji
Atmospheric Fiji WMO Region V (South-West Pacific)
Data rescue in Ghana
Ghana WMO Region I (Africa)
Data Rescue in Mozambique
Mozambique WMO Region I (Africa)
Data Rescue in Senegal
Atmospheric Senegal WMO Region I (Africa)
Data Rescue in Tanzania
Atmospheric Tanzania WMO Region I (Africa)
Data Rescue Initiative for the Southern Alps
Atmospheric Switzerland WMO Region VI (Europe)
Data rescue Myanmar
Myanmar WMO Region II (Asia)
Data Rescue programs in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
Atmospheric Burkina Faso WMO Region I (Africa)
Data to be Rescued
Atmospheric Libya WMO Region I (Africa)
DATAS OF COMOROS STATIONS
Comoros WMO Region I (Africa)
Digitalizacion de bandas registradoras
Hidrología, Terrestre Peru WMO Region III (South America)
Digitisasi Data Historis - Didah
Indonesia WMO Region II (Asia), WMO Region VI (Europe)
Digitization of historical wind speed observations at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Atmospheric Sweden WMO Region VI (Europe)
Digitization of meteorological data archives collected in Małopolska region from the 19th to the mid-20th century
Atmospheric Poland WMO Region VI (Europe)
Director of Technical review
Atmospheric Egypt WMO Region I (Africa)
DRAW Data Rescue: Weather and Archives
Atmospheric Canada WMO Region IV (North and Central America, and the Caribbean)
DRAW McGill (Data Rescue: Archives and Weather)
Canada
DWD Zentralarchiv in Offenbach
Atmospheric, Terrestrial Germany WMO Region VI (Europe)
EMERLAC
Spain WMO Region VI (Europe)
ERA-CLIM2 Portugal
Atmospheric, Oceanic Portugal WMO Region I (Africa), WMO Region II (Asia), WMO Region III (South America), WMO Region VI (Europe)
Escaneo de planillas climatologicas
Peru WMO Region III (South America)
Estaciones Centenarias
Atmosférico Argentina WMO Region III (South America)
EUMETNET Data Rescue
Austria WMO Region VI (Europe)
EURO4M
Atmospheric, Terrestrial Spain WMO Region VI (Europe), WMO Region I (Africa)
Fiji data (CLIMARC)
Fiji WMO Region V (South-West Pacific)
Flood reconstruction of 1931 flood
People's Republic of China WMO Region II (Asia)
France semaphore and lighthouse meteorological data rescue 1868-1940
Atmosphérique France WMO Region VI (Europe)
French Polynesia Data Rescue
Atmosphérique France WMO Region V (South-West Pacific)
French settlements in India 1876-1931
Atmosphérique India WMO Region II (Asia)
Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN)
United States of America WMO Region IV (North and Central America, and the Caribbean)
GloSat (marine data rescue component)
Atmospheric, Oceanic United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Atlantic Ocean, Global (land+marine), Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Polar regions, WMO Region I (Africa), WMO Region II (Asia), WMO Region III (South America), WMO Region IV (North and Central America, and the Caribbean), WMO Region V (South-West Pacific), WMO Region VI (Europe)
Halkali Agricultural School (Istanbul, Turkey): Daily Meteorological Observations 1896-1917
Turkey WMO Region VI (Europe)
Hazards, Tipping Points, Adaptation and Collapse in the Indo-Pacific World
Australia WMO Region V (South-West Pacific)
Historical Southern Australian Lighthouse Weather Observations
Australia WMO Region V (South-West Pacific)
Historical Southern Ocean and Antarctic Weather Observations
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland WMO Region VI (Europe)
Hong Kong Observatory: Recovery of RH and ship observations
People's Republic of China WMO Region II (Asia)
Implementation Plan to Advance Climate Data Rescue in Jamaica
Jamaica WMO Region IV (North and Central America, and the Caribbean)
INDECIS
Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands WMO Region VI (Europe)
INDECIS ERA4CS Project
Spain WMO Region VI (Europe)
International Surface Pressure Databank (ISPD)
United States of America WMO Region IV (North and Central America, and the Caribbean)
Irish climate stations 1855 to 1960 data rescue
Ireland
Irish daily rainfall data rescue 1846 to 1940
Ireland WMO Region VI (Europe)
Japan-Asia Climate Data Program
Japan WMO Region II (Asia)
Jordan
Atmospheric Jordan WMO Region II (Asia)
Kenya 1931-1960 precipitation
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland WMO Region II (Asia)
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia WMO Region II (Asia)
Kiribati data (CLIMARC)
Kiribati WMO Region V (South-West Pacific)
London sub-daily MSLP series
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland WMO Region VI (Europe)
Long Swiss Meteorological Series
Atmospheric Switzerland WMO Region VI (Europe)
MEDARE
Spain WMO Region VI (Europe)
Met Éireann Archives
Atmospheric Ireland WMO Region VI (Europe)
Met Office Archives for Northern Ireland (held at PRONI)
Terrestrial United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland WMO Region VI (Europe)
Met Office Archives for Scotland (held at NRS)
Terrestrial United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland WMO Region VI (Europe)
Met Office National Meteorological Library and Archive
Atmospheric, Hydrology, Oceanic, Terrestrial United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland WMO Region VI (Europe)
Météo-France Climate archives in France
Atmosphérique France WMO Region VI (Europe), WMO Region IV (North and Central America, and the Caribbean), Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean
Meteorological and hydrological data from the Catalan Pyrenees
Atmosférico, Atmospheric, Hidrología, Hydrology Spain WMO Region VI (Europe)
METMONIC
Atmospheric Croatia WMO Region VI (Europe)
Microfiches project-ACMAD-Niamey-Niger
Niger WMO Region VI (Europe), WMO Region I (Africa)
Mission Report 16 – 20 November Conakry, Guinea
Atmospheric Guinea WMO Region I (Africa)
Mission Report 19 – 23 October 2015 Niamey, Niger
Atmospheric Niger WMO Region I (Africa)
Molior Nostrud 2
Hidrología, Terrestre Sudan Global (land), WMO Region VI (Europe) 1. Archive paper, microfilm/microfiche and other outdated media records
New Zealand climate data archive
Atmospheric, Hydrology New Zealand WMO Region V (South-West Pacific)
Nigeria data rescue project
Nigeria WMO Region I (Africa)
Old Weather
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland WMO Region VI (Europe)
OzDocs
Australia WMO Region IV (North and Central America, and the Caribbean)
Pakistan's Climate Data Rescue
Atmospheric Pakistan WMO Region II (Asia)
PALAEO-RA
Atmospheric Switzerland Global (land)
Papua New Guinea data (CLIMARC)
Atmospheric Papua New Guinea WMO Region V (South-West Pacific)
PAST ANALYSED WEATHER CHARTS
Atmospheric, Oceanic India WMO Region II (Asia)
Radiosonde Intercomparisons
Atmospheric Switzerland WMO Region VI (Europe)
Rainfall Rescue
Hydrology United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland WMO Region VI (Europe)
RECLAIM
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland WMO Region VI (Europe)
Recovery of Historical Meteorological Data in Hong Kong
Atmospheric, Oceanic, Terrestrial People's Republic of China WMO Region II (Asia)
ReData
Italy WMO Region VI (Europe)
Registries of Meteorological Instruments
Atmospheric, Oceanic United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland WMO Region VI (Europe)
Rescate de diagramas de higrotermogramas y pluviogramas en Quinta Normal
Atmosférico, Terrestre Chile WMO Region III (South America)
RESCUING AND RECOVERING OF CLIMATE DATA IN SLOVENIA
Atmospheric Slovenia WMO Region VI (Europe)
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
Atmospheric Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands WMO Region II (Asia)
Russia data rescue
Russian Federation WMO Region VI (Europe)
SACA&D
Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands WMO Region VI (Europe)
Sample French Guiana Data Rescue Project
Atmosphérique France WMO Region III (South America)
SASSCAL
Germany WMO Region VI (Europe)
Sauvetage des anciennes données climatologiques
Tunisia WMO Region I (Africa)
Senior Meteorologist
Atmosférico, Terrestre Angola WMO Region I (Africa)
Shackelton and High Latitudes Team
Australia WMO Region V (South-West Pacific)
Solomon Islands data (CLIMARC)
Solomon Islands WMO Region V (South-West Pacific)
South Eastern Australian Recent Climate History project
Atmospheric, Terrestrial Australia WMO Region V (South-West Pacific)
STILLING
Sweden WMO Region VI (Europe)
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Barbados
The African Upper Air Data Rescue Project (AUADARE)
Kenya WMO Region I (Africa)
The Mauritius Project
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland WMO Region I (Africa)
The Parana-Uruguay River Basin Project
Argentina WMO Region III (South America)
TIDEAus
Australia WMO Region V (South-West Pacific)
Tuvalu data (CLIMARC)
Tuvalu WMO Region V (South-West Pacific)
UERRA Project Work Package 1
Atmospheric, Terrestrial Spain WMO Region VI (Europe), WMO Region I (Africa)
updating data SACA&D
Indonesia WMO Region II (Asia)
US and Canada 19th Century Weather Data
United States of America WMO Region IV (North and Central America, and the Caribbean)
Uzbekistan Data Rescue Project
Atmospheric Uzbekistan WMO Region II (Asia)
Vanuatu data (CLIMARC)
Vanuatu WMO Region V (South-West Pacific) 1. Archive paper, microfilm/microfiche and other outdated media records, 3. Digitize data values
WCSSP South Africa
Switzerland
WeatherRescue.org
Atmospheric United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland WMO Region VI (Europe)
West Indian Ocean data rescue
Atmosphérique, Terrestre France WMO Region I (Africa), WMO Region VI (Europe)