Texas A&M University                                            Department of Atmospheric Sciences

                                         John W. Nielsen-Gammon

Professor of Meteorology                                                            Texas State Climatologist

n-g@tamu.edu                                              Ph: 979-862-2248                                     Fax: 979-862-4466

3150 TAMU   College Station, TX 77843-3150                                             O&M Building, Room 1012A

 

                                                                                                                       June 10, 2003

 

Pricing structure for services by the Office of the State Climatologist:

 

 

Services

 

Staff services                                                    $25/hour, billed to nearest ¼ hour

Professional (consulting) services                       $100/hour, billed to nearest ¼ hour

Certification of weather records                        $25

Photocopies                                                     $.25/page

Fax transmission                                               $1/page

Electronic transmission                                      No charge

Regular mail                                                      No charge

Shipping                                                           At cost

Other                                                               At cost

 

 

Products

 

National Climatic Data Center products:

Local Climatological Data including:                            $4/Station month     7 months or less  

unedited hourly/daily NCDC data                                     $29/Station              More than 7 months

hourly precipitation CD

summary of the Day CD

 

Annual Climatological Summary including:                    $2/Station year      25 years or less   

monthly/annual NCDC data                                               $50/Station            More than 25 years

 

Record of  Climatological Observations including:        $2/Station month    2 years or less     

daily/monthly NCDC data                                                $50/Station             More than 2 years

 

Locally available products, obtained                 

without direct cost                                                         No charge

 

Locally available products, obtained at cost                   Fee based on cost and nature of request

 

Fee waivers (for services only):

 

Requests from TAMUS entities                         First $200/year waived

 

Requests from outside entities                           First request per year waived if under $20

 

 

This fee structure has been developed to be broadly consistent with fees charged by Regional Climate Centers throughout the United States.  See, for example, <http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/policies/RCC_Pricing.html>.