Historical Weather and Climate KML datasets at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center

NOAA's National Climatic Data Center is using KML to share historical weather and climate data with the Virtual Globe community. Many diverse datasets are available as dynamic, static or custom manually created KML. The following dynamic datasets include archives delivered as REST-based KML web services: - NEXRAD Level-III point features describing general storm structure, hail, mesocyclone and tornado signatures - NOAA's National Weather Service Storm Events Database - NOAA's National Weather Service Local Storm Reports collected from storm spotters - NOAA's National Weather Service Warnings Static datasets include: - Integrated Surface Data (ISD), worldwide surface weather observations - Global Climate Observing System, a comprehensive system focused on the requirements for climate issues - Monthly Climatic Data for the World, approximately 1200 surface and 500 upper air worldwide stations In addition, the NOAA Weather and Climate Toolkit provides custom KML output for NEXRAD Radar and GOES Satellite Imagery. These various access methods provide KML capability to a wide variety of historical data and enhance the interoperability, integration and usability of NCDC data.