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OBS data
DIAG Sets 5 & 6 - Horizontal contour/vector plots of DJF, JJA and ANN means
HadCRU 1979-2000 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
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TOBS | 2-meter temp (land, seaice) and SST (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
HadISST/OI.v2 1982-2001 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
SST | sea surface temperature | plot | plot | plot |
Legates & Willmott 1920-80 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
PRECT * | Precipitation rate | plot | plot | plot |
PRECT TROP | Tropical precipitation rate | plot | plot | plot |
TREFHT * | 2-meter air temperature | plot | plot | plot |
Willmott & Matsuura 1950-99 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
TREFHT | 2-meter air temperature (land) | plot | plot | plot |
PRECIP | Total precipitation (land) | plot | plot | plot |
NCEP Reanalysis 1979-98 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
FLUT * | TOA upward longwave flux | plot | plot | plot |
FSNTOA * | TOA net shortwave flux | plot | plot | plot |
LHFLX * | Surface latent heat flux | plot | plot | plot |
LWCF * | TOA longwave cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot |
PREH2O * | Total precipitable water | plot | plot | plot |
PREH2O TROP | Tropical precipitable water | plot | plot | plot |
PSL * | Sea-level pressure | plot | plot | plot |
SHFLX * | Surface sensible heat flux | plot | plot | plot |
SURF STRESS * | Surface wind stress (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
SURF STRESS TROP | Tropical surface wind stress (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
SWCF * | TOA shortwave cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot |
SWCF TROP | Tropical TOA SW cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot |
SURF WIND | Near surface wind | plot | plot | plot |
T 850 * | 850 mb temperature | plot | plot | plot |
T 200 | 200 mb temperature | plot | plot | plot |
TS * | Surface temperature | plot | plot | plot |
U 200 * | 200 mb zonal wind | plot | plot | plot |
Z 500 | 500 mb geopotential height | plot | plot | plot |
Z 300 * | 300 mb geopotential height | plot | plot | plot |
ECMWF Reanalysis 1979-93 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
EP * | Evaporation - precipitation | plot | plot | plot |
PREH2O * | Precipitable water | plot | plot | plot |
PREH2O TROP | Tropical precipitable water | plot | plot | plot |
T 850 * | 850 mb temperature | plot | plot | plot |
T 200 | 200 mb temperature | plot | plot | plot |
U 200 * | 200 mb zonal wind | plot | plot | plot |
Z 500 | 500 mb geopotential height | plot | plot | plot |
Z 300 * | 300 mb geopotential height | plot | plot | plot |
ECMWF (Trenberth) 1980-89 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
SURF STRESS * | Surface wind stress (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
SURF STRESS TROP | Tropical surface wind stress (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
ERS Scatterometer 1992-2000 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
SURF STRESS * | Surface wind stress (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
SURF STRESS TROP | Tropical surface wind stress (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
NVAP 1988-1997 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
PREH2O * | Total precipitable water | plot | plot | plot |
PREH2O TROP | Tropical precipitable water | plot | plot | plot |
TGCLDLWP | Cloud liquid water (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
TGCLDLWP TROP | Tropical cloud liquid water (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
GPCP 1979-2000 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
PRECT * | Precipitation rate | plot | plot | plot |
PRECT TROP | Tropical precipitation rate | plot | plot | plot |
CMAP (Xie-Arkin) 1979-98 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
PRECT * | Precipitation rate | plot | plot | plot |
PRECT TROP | Tropical precipitation rate | plot | plot | plot |
SSM/I (Wentz) 1987-2000 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
PRECT * | Precipitation rate (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
PRECT TROP | Tropical precipitation rate (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
PREH2O * | Precipitable water (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
PREH2O TROP | Tropical precipitable water (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
TGCLDLWP | cloud liquid water (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
TGCLDLWP TROP | Tropical cloud liquid water (ocean) | plot | plot | plot |
TRMM (3B-43) 1998-2001 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
PRECT TROP | Tropical precipitation rate | plot | plot | plot |
ERBE Feb1985-Apr1989 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
FLUT * | TOA upward longwave flux | plot | plot | plot |
FLUTC | TOA clearsky upward longwave flux | plot | plot | plot |
FSNTOA * | TOA net shortwave flux | plot | plot | plot |
FSNTOAC | TOA clearsky net shortwave flux | plot | plot | plot |
LWCF * | TOA longwave cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot |
SWCF * | TOA shortwave cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot |
SWCF TROP | Tropical TOA SW cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot |
ISCCP Jul1983-Dec1999 | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
CLDHGH | High cloud cover | plot | plot | plot |
CLDLOW | Low cloud cover | plot | plot | plot |
CLDMED | Mid cloud cover | plot | plot | plot |
CLDTOT * | Total cloud cover | plot | plot | plot |
Warren Cloud SOBS | DJF | JJA | ANN | |
CLDLOW | Low cloud cover | plot | plot | plot |
CLDTOT * | Total cloud cover | plot | plot | plot |