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DIAG Set 10 - Annual cycle line plots of global means


HadISST/OI.v2 1982-2001
ICEFRAC Sea-ice area (Northern) plot
ICEFRAC Sea-ice area (Southern) plot
SST Sea surface temperature plot

SMMR & SSM/I 1979-1999
ICEFRAC Sea-ice area (Northern) plot
ICEFRAC Sea-ice area (Southern) plot

Legates & Willmott 1920-80
PRECT Precipitation rate plot
TREFHT 2-meter air temperature plot

Willmott & Matsuura 1950-99
TREFHT 2-meter air temperature (land) plot

NCEP Reanalysis 1979-98
PREH2O Total precipitable water plot
PSL Sea-level pressure plot
SHFLX Surface sensible heat flux plot
T 850 850 mb temperature plot
T 200 200 mb temperature plot
TS Surface temperature plot
U 200 200 mb zonal wind plot
Z 500 500 mb geopotential height plot
Z 300 300 mb geopotential height plot

ERA40 Reanalysis 1980-2001
EP Evaporation - precipitation plot
LHFLX Surface latent heat flux plot
PREH2O Precipitable water plot
QFLX Surface water flux plot
T 850 850 mb temperature plot
T 200 200 mb temperature plot
U 200 200 mb zonal wind plot
Z 500 500 mb geopotential height plot
Z 300 300 mb geopotential height plot

ECMWF Reanalysis 1979-93
EP Evaporation - precipitation plot
LHFLX Surface latent heat flux plot
PREH2O Precipitable water plot
QFLX Surface water flux plot
T 850 850 mb temperature plot
T 200 200 mb temperature plot
U 200 200 mb zonal wind plot
Z 500 500 mb geopotential height plot
Z 300 300 mb geopotential height plot

JRA25 Reanalysis 1979-04
PREH2O Total precipitable water plot
PSL Sea-level pressure plot
SHFLX Surface sensible heat flux plot
T 850 850 mb temperature plot
T 200 200 mb temperature plot
TREFHT 2-meter surface air temperature plot
U 200 200 mb zonal wind plot
Z 500 500 mb geopotential height plot
Z 300 300 mb geopotential height plot

AIRS IR Sounder 2002-06
T 850 * 850 mb temperature plot
T 200 200 mb temperature plot

Large-Yeager 1984-2004
SHFLX Surface sensible heat flux plot
QFLX Surface water flux plot
FLNS Surf Net LW flux plot
FSNS Surf Net SW flux plot

NVAP 1988-1999
PREH2O Total precipitable water plot
TGCLDLWP Cloud liquid water (ocean) plot

Woods Hole OAFLUX 1958-2006
LHFLX Latent Heat Flux plot
QFLX Surface Water Flux plot

GPCP 1979-2009
PRECT Precipitation rate plot

CMAP (Xie-Arkin) 1979-98
PRECT Precipitation rate plot

SSM/I (Wentz) 1987-2000
PRECT Precipitation rate (ocean) plot
PREH2O Precipitable water (ocean) plot
TGCLDLWP cloud liquid water (ocean) plot

TRMM (3B43) 1998-2009
PRECT Precipitation rate (38S-38N) plot

ERBE Feb1985-Apr1989
FLUT TOA upward longwave flux plot
FLUTC TOA clearsky upward longwave flux plot
FSNTOA TOA net shortwave flux plot
FSNTOAC TOA clearsky net shortwave flux plot
LWCF TOA longwave cloud forcing plot
RESTOA TOA residual energy flux plot
SWCF TOA shortwave cloud forcing plot

CERES-EBAF March 2000-Feb 2010
ALBEDO TOA albedo plot
ALBEDOC TOA clearsky albedo plot
FLUT * TOA upward LW flux plot
FLUTC TOA clearsky upward LW flux plot
FSNTOA * TOA net SW flux plot
FSNTOAC TOA clearsky net SW flux plot
LWCF * TOA longwave cloud forcing plot
SWCF * TOA shortwave cloud forcing plot

CERES 2000-2003
ALBEDO TOA albedo plot
ALBEDOC TOA clearsky albedo plot
FLUT * TOA upward LW flux plot
FLUTC TOA clearsky upward LW flux plot
FSNTOA * TOA net SW flux plot
FSNTOAC TOA clearsky net SW flux plot
LWCF * TOA longwave cloud forcing plot
SWCF * TOA shortwave cloud forcing plot

ISCCP FD Jul1983-Dec2000
FLDS Surface LW downwelling flux plot
FLNS Surface Net LW flux plot
FSDS Surface SW downwelling flux plot
FSNS Surface Net SW flux plot

ISCCP D2 1983-2001
CLDHGH (IR clouds) High-level cloud amount plot
CLDHGH (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) High-level cloud amount plot
CLDLOW (IR clouds) Low-level cloud amount plot
CLDLOW (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) Low-level cloud amount plot
CLDMED (IR clouds) Medium-level cloud amount plot
CLDMED (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) Medium-level cloud amount plot
CLDTOT (IR clouds) Total cloud amount plot
CLDTOT (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) Total cloud amount plot