ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES NEWSLETTER OF THE FEDERAL DEPOSITORY LIBRARY PROGRAM Vol. 19, no. 11 GP 3.16/3-2:19/11 September 15, 1998 NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER ONLINE DOCUMENT LIBRARY AVAILABLE TO DEPOSITORIES The National Climatic Data Center is providing no charge access for the Federal depository libraries to the Online Document Library located at . Libraries may access the Monthly Climatic Data for the World, Storm Data, and Local Climatological Data via this controlled access site. The user must be in the library to access the database, and libraries must protect the passwords. At this time there is no limitation on the number of concurrent users able to access the database. [The user ID and password have been provided to depository libraries.] If you have problems accessing the database using the passwords, please contact staff in the Depository Administration Branch at (202) 512-1071, or by e-mail at . The Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view or print these PDF files. Many of the files are quite large (over 5 Megabytes), so please be sure to review your request before you begin the download. GPO continues to work with NCDC to develop a CD-ROM product to be distributed to the depository libraries, but it has not yet been completed. The publications available from this site include: Monthly Climatic Data of the World (MCDW) This publication contains monthly mean temperature, pressure, precipitation, vapor pressure, and sunshine for approximately 2,000 surface data collection stations worldwide and monthly mean upper air temperatures, dew point depressions, and wind velocities for approximately 500 observing sites. Storm Data (SD) Monthly issues contain a chronological listing, by state, of occurrences of storms and unusual weather phenomena. Reports contain information on storm paths, deaths, injuries, and property damage. An "Outstanding storms of the month" section highlights severe weather events with photographs, illustrations, and narratives. The December issue includes annual tornado, lightning, flash flood, and tropical cyclone summaries. Local Climatological Data (LCD) Summarizes temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, wind speed and direction observations for several hundred cities in the U.S. and its territories. Most monthly publications also contain the 3 hourly weather observations for that month and an hourly summary of precipitation. Annual LCD publications contain a summary of the past calendar year as well as historical averages and extremes. Please see LCD listing of published stations for a listing of valid stations and dates for LCD publications.