How to cite: Noone, S., Atkinson, C., Berry, D. I., Dunn, R. J. H., Freeman, E., Perez Gonzalez, I., Kennedy, J. J., Kent, E. C., Kettle, A., Mc Neill, S., Menne, M., Stephens, A., Thorne, P. W., Tucker, W., Voces, C., and Willet, K. M.: Progress toward a holistic land and marine surface meteorological database and a call for additional contributions., EMS Annual Meeting 2021, online, 6–10 Sep 2021, EMS2021-19, https://doi.org/10.5194/ems2021-19, 2021.