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Following is a list of climatological (multi year) DataFiles containing 12 or 13 records for each month and annual values:
Temperature
T200.NCE NCEP Air Temperature (°K) at 200 mb
T500.NCE NCEP Air Temperature (°K) at 500 mb
T850.NCE NCEP Air Temperature (°K) at 850 mb
TAS.LEG Legates & Willmott Surface Air Temperature (°C)
TAS.MAY May, Shea & Madden Surface Air Temperature (°C)
TAS.NCE NCEP Surface Air Temperature (°C)
TAS.SHA Shea Surface Air Temperature (°C)
TAS.UEA Univ. East Anglia Surface Air Temperature (°C)
TASDV.MAY May, Shea & Madden Diurnal Surface Air Temperature Variation (°C)
TASDV.UEA Univ. East Anglia Diurnal Surface Air Temperature Variation (°C)
TASSD.MAY May, Shea & Madden Standard Deviation of daily Surface Air Temperature (°C)
TOS.AMI AMIP Ocean Surface Temperature (°C)
TOS.LEV Levitus, Burgett & Boyer Ocean Surface Temperature (°C)
TOS.ROB Robinson & Bauer Ocean Surface Temperature (°C)
TOS.SHA Shea Ocean Surface Temperature (°C)

Radiation
ALBP.ERB ERBE Planetary ALBedo (%)
RSAP.ERB ERBE Solar Radiation Absorbed by Planet (W/m²)
RTEP.ERB ERBE Thermal Radiation Emitted by Planet (W/m²)
CLDT.ISC ISCCP CLouD cover (%)
CLDT.UEA Univ. East Anglia CLouD cover (%)
ALBS.LAN Langley Surface ALBedo (%)
RSIS.ISC Bishop Solar Radiation Incident on Surface (W/m²)
RSAS.LAN Langley Solar Radiation Absorbed by Surface (W/m²)
RTDS.LAN Langley Thermal Radiation Downward onto Surface (W/m²)
RTES.LAN Langley Thermal Radiation Emitted by Surface (W/m²)

Pressure
PS.NCE NCEP Surface Pressure (mb-1000)
PSL.SHA Shea Sea Level Pressure (mb-1000)

Height
Z200.NCE NCEP Geopotential height (m) at 200 mb
Z500.NCE NCEP Geopotential height (m) at 500 mb
Z850.NCE NCEP Geopotential height (m) at 850 mb

Water
Q500.NCE NCEP Specific humidity (g/kg) at 500 mb
Q850.NCE NCEP Specific humidity (g/kg) at 850 mb
PREC.LEG Legates & Willmott PRECipitation (mm/day)
PREC.SHA Shea PRECipitation (mm/day)
SNOWC.ROB Robinson SNOW Cover (%)
OIC.AMI AMIP Ocean Ice Cover (%)
OIC.GSF Goddard Space Flight Cen. Ocean Ice Cover (%)

Salt
SOS.LEV Levitus, Burgett & Boyer Ocean Surface Salinity (psu)

Wind
WS.UEA Univ. East Anglia Surface Wind Speed (m/s)


Following is a list of transient DataFiles with different time frequencies (M1 = monthly; A1 = annual; M10 = decade monthly; A10 = decade annual):
Temperature
M1 A1 M10 A10 T200.NCE NCEP Air Temperature (°K) at 200 mb
M1 A1 M10 A10 T500.NCE NCEP Air Temperature (°K) at 500 mb
M1 A1 M10 A10 T850.NCE NCEP Air Temperature (°K) at 850 mb
M1 A1 M10 A10 TAS.HAN Hansen Surface Air Temperature change (°C)
M1 A1 M10 A10 TAS.NCE NCEP Surface Air Temperature (°C)
M1 A1 M10 A10 TOS.AMI AMIP Ocean Surface Temperature (°C)

Pressure
M1 A1 M10 A10 PS.NCE NCEP Surface Pressure (mb-1000)

Height
M1 A1 M10 A10 Z200.NCE NCEP Geopotential Height (m) at 200 mb
M1 A1 M10 A10 Z500.NCE NCEP Geopotential Height (m) at 500 mb
M1 A1 M10 A10 Z850.NCE NCEP Geopotential Height (m) at 850 mb

Water
M1 A1 M10 A10 Q500.NCE NCEP Specific Humidity (g/zg) at 500 mb
M1 A1 M10 A10 Q850.NCE NCEP Specific Humidity (g/kg) at 850 mb
M1 A1 M10 A10 OIC.AMI AMIP Ocean Ice Cover (%)


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Curator: Gary L. Russell . . . . . 2004/11/16/17:05:50