Abstract:Based on the improvement and supplement of GDCN1.0, a Global Station Climatological Daily Data Set (GSCDDS) is established for climate operation. The data set has the same spacial distribution as GDCN1.0. GSCDDS has more stations in China than GDCN1.0. The data set has good representative both in area and time coverage. Invalid values of temperatures are deleted by a designed quality control procedure.