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A global dataset for selected budget quantities specifying the present climate for the period 1991-1995 has been compiled. This dataset is an essential component of the new climate volume within the series Landolt-Bornstein Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology, to be published soon. Budget quantities are those that appear in a budget equation. Emphasis in this collection is placed on observations of both in situ and remotely sensed data. Main focus is on climatologically relevant state and flux quantities throughout all components in the climate system. Selected secondary and complex climate elements are also presented (e.g. tornadoe frequency). The progress of this collection as compared to other climate datasets is, apart from the quality of the input data, that all fields are presented in standardized form. For some budget quantities, e.g. precipitation, it has been necessary to merge data from different sources; insufficiently observed parameters have been supplemented through the ECMWF ERA-40 re-analyses. If all quantities of a budget have been evaluated the gross residual represents an estimate of data quality.