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I am still not comfortable with the changes happening in GHCN. Isn’t there another data set that can be used?

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I am still not comfortable with the changes happening in GHCN. Isn’t there another data set that can be used?

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Yes. The Integrated Surface Hourly (ISH) and its daily summary, Global Surface Observations Daily (GSOD), also provide world-wide coverage. The data set does not extend back in time as far, but it has many more stations than GHCN after 1973. No appreciable difference from GHCN is demonstrated when this larger data set is used.