| BIS
| James K.B. Bishop, William B. Rossow, and Ellsworth
G. Dutton
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| Ref.
| Bishop JKB, Rossow WB, and Dutton EG, 1997. Surface solar
irradiance from the International Satellite Cloud Climatology
Project 1983-1991. Journal of Geophysical Research, volume
106 (D6), pages 6883-6910.
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| RSIS
| Solar Radiation Incident on Surface (W/m²)
|
|---|
| ERB
| Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
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|---|
| Web
|
http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov
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|---|
| ALBP
| Planetary ALBedo (%)
|
|---|
| RSIP
| Solar Radiation Incident on Planet (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RSAP
| Solar Radiation Absorbed by Planet (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RTEP
| Thermal Radiation Emitted by Planet (W/m²)
|
|---|
| ISC
| International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
|
|---|
| Web
|
http://isccp.giss.nasa.gov
|
|---|
| Ref.
| Rossow WB and Zhang Y-C, 1995. Calculation of surface and
top-of-atmosphere radiative fluxes from physical quantities
based on ISCCP datasets: 2. Validation and first results.
Journal of Geophysical Research, volume 100, pages 1167-1197.
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| ALBP
| Planetary ALBedo (%)
|
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| ALBS
| Surface ALBedo (%)
|
|---|
| CLDT
| Total CLouD cover (%)
|
|---|
| RSIP
| Solar Radiation Incident on Planet (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RSAP
| Solar Radiation Absorbed by Planet (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RSIS
| Solar Radiation Incident on Surface (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RSAS
| Solar Radiation Absorbed by Surface (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RTEP
| Thermal Radiation Emitted by Planet (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RTDS
| Thermal Radiation Downward onto Surface (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RTUS
| Thermal Radiation Upward from Surface (W/m²)
|
|---|
| LAN
| NASA Langley Research Center
|
|---|
| ALBS
| Surface ALBedo (%)
|
|---|
| RSIS
| Solar Radiation Incident on Surface (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RSAS
| Solar Radiation Absorbed by Surface (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RTDS
| Thermal Radiation Downward onto Surface (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RTES
| Thermal Radiation Emitted by Surface (W/m²)
|
|---|
| LEG
| David R. Legates and Cort J. Willmott
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|---|
| Ref.
| Legates DR and Willmott CJ, 1990. Mean seasonal and spatial
variability in guage-corrected, global precipitation.
International Journal of Climatology, volume 10(2), pages
111-127.
Legates and Willmott, 1990. Journal of Theoretical & Applied
Climatology.
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| PREC
| PRECipitation (mm/day)
|
|---|
| TAS
| Surface Air Temperature (°C)
|
|---|
| LEV
| Sydney Leitus, Russell Burgett, Timothy P. Boyer /
NOAA
|
|---|
| Web
|
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov
|
|---|
| TOS
| Ocean Surface Temperature (°C)
|
|---|
| SOS
| Ocean Surface Salinity (psu)
|
|---|
| MAY
| Willi May, Dennis J. Shea, and R. A. Madden
|
|---|
| Ref.
| May W, Shea DJ, and Madden RA, 1992 March. The annual variation
of surface temperatures over the world. NCAR Technical Note
372+STR, 133 pages, 17 microfische.
|
|---|
| TAS
| Surface Air Temperature (°C)
|
|---|
| TASDV
| Diurnal Surface Air Temperature Variation (°C)
|
|---|
| TASSD
| Standard Deviation of daily Surface Air Temperature (°C)
|
|---|
| NCE
| National Center for Environmental Prediction / NCAR
|
|---|
| Web
|
http://www.ncep.noaa.gov
|
|---|
| PS
| Surface Pressure (mb-1000)
|
|---|
| Q500
| Specific humidity (g/kg) at 500 mb
|
|---|
| Q850
| Specific humidity (g/kg) at 850 mb
|
|---|
| T200
| Air Temperature (K) at 200 mb
|
|---|
| T500
| Air Temperature (K) at 500 mb
|
|---|
| T850
| Air Temperature (K) at 850 mb
|
|---|
| TAS
| Surface Air Temperature (°C) at 850 mb
|
|---|
| Z200
| Geopotential height (m) at 200 mb
|
|---|
| Z500
| Geopotential height (m) at 500 mb
|
|---|
| Z850
| Geopotential height (m) at 850 mb
|
|---|
| ROB
| David Robinson / NOAA
|
|---|
| SNOWC
| SNOW Cover (%) over northern hemisphere land
|
|---|
| SHA
| Dennis J. Shea
|
|---|
| Ref.
| NCAR Technical Note available from datahelp@ncar.ucar.edu
|
|---|
| PREC
| PRECipitation (mm/day)
|
|---|
| PSL
| Sea Level Pressure (mb-1000)
|
|---|
| TAS
| Surface Air Temperature (°C)
|
|---|
| TOS
| Ocean Surface Temperature (°C)
|
|---|
| UEA
| University of East Anglia
|
|---|
| Web
|
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/link
|
|---|
| Ref.
| New M, Hulme M, and Jones P, 1999. Representing twentieth-
century space-time climate variability, part I: development of
a 1961-90 mean monthly terrestrial climatology. Journal of
Climate, volume 12 (3), pages 829-856
|
|---|
| CLDT
| Total CLouD cover (%)
|
|---|
| PREC
| PRECipitation (mm/day)
|
|---|
| TAS
| Surface Air Temperature (°C)
|
|---|
| TASDV
| Diurnal Surface Air Temperature Variation (°C)
|
|---|
| VPS
| Surface Vapor Pressure (mb)
|
|---|
| WS
| Surface Wind speed (m/s)
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