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If you have distribution environment temperature and/or humidity data that you are willing to share, please contact Bill Kipp at ISTA.

Study Data Available. Click on the links below to open or save the documents.

• Climates of the World
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  Monthly and annual temperatures and precipitation, including extreme temperatures, are presented in tabular form for approximately 800 stations throughout the world. 
   
• Extremes of Ocean Container Temperatures and Humidities
  From Dimensions.06 presentation entitled "Temperature and Humidity in Ocean Containers" by David Leinberger of Xerox Corporation.
            Click Here for the complete paper. 
   
• Temperature and Air Change Rates in Freight Containers
  From 2008 Transport Packaging Forum presentation entitled "Temperature and Air Change Rates in Freight Containers During Transport Between Europe and Destinations in Asia and Australia" by Dr. Thomas Goedecke of Federal Institute for Materials Research & Testing, Germany.
            Click Here for the complete paper.
   
• Western Europe Temperatures and Humidities
  From Dimensions.06 presentation entitled "European Express Shipping Drop/Impact Study" by Paul Russell of Hewlett-Packard (now with Applied Biosystems).
            Click Here for the complete paper. 
   
• ISTA Temperature Report
  Extreme temperatures and humidity in the U.S. Southwest, measured in late summer 2001 by Dennis Young.

• Global Thermal Profile Development
  Dimensions.07 presentation by Ray Cowland of Amgen, Inc. Data and methodology of 72- and 144-hour profile development for qualifying insulated shippers.