| DEKLIM
| German Climate Research Programme
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| Web
|
http://gpcc.dwd.de
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| PREC
| PRECipitation (mm/day) on continents excluding Greenland and
Antarctica
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| GPCP
| Global Precipitation Climatology Project
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| Web
|
http://precip.gsfc.nasa.gov/gpcp_v2_comb.html
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| Ref.
| Adler RF, Huffman GJ, Chang A, Ferraro R, Xie P, Janowiak J,
Rudolf B, Schneider U, Curtis S, Bolvin D, Gruber A, Susskind J,
and Arkin P, 2003. The Version 2 Global Precipitation
Climatology Project (GPCP) Monthly Precipitation Analysis
(1979-present). Journal of Hydrometeor, volume 4, pages
1147-1167.
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| PREC
| PRECipitation (mm/day)
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|---|
| GSSTF
| Goddard Satellite-based Surface Turbulent Fluxes
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| Web
|
http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/precipitation/gsstf2.0.shtml
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|---|
| Ref.
| NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 912, Shu-Hsien Chou
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| HSEN
| Upward SENsible Heat flux (W/m²)
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| HLAT
| Upward LATent Heat flux (W/m²)
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| ERBE
| Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
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| Web
|
http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov
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| ALBP
| Planetary ALBedo (%)
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| RSPI
| Solar Radiation Incident on Planet (W/m²)
|
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| RSPA
| Solar Radiation Absorbed by Planet (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RTPE
| Thermal Radiation Emitted by Planet (W/m²)
|
|---|
| ISCCP
| International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
|
|---|
| Web
|
http://isccp.giss.nasa.gov
|
|---|
| Ref.
| Zhang Y, Rossow WB, Lacis AA, Oinas V, and Mishchenko MI, 2004.
Calculation of Radiative Fluxes from the Surface to the Top of
the Atmosphere Based on ISCCP and Other Global Data Sets:
Refinements of the Radiative Transfer Model and the Input Data.
Journal of Geophysical Research, volume 109, D19105, doi:
10.1029/2003JD004457.
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| ALBP
| Planetary ALBedo (%)
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| ALBS
| Surface ALBedo (%)
|
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| CLDT
| Total CLouD cover (%)
|
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| RSPI
| Solar Radiation Incident on Planet (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RSPA
| Solar Radiation Absorbed by Planet (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RSSI
| Solar Radiation Incident on Surface (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RSSA
| Solar Radiation Absorbed by Surface (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RTPE
| Thermal Radiation Emitted by Planet (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RTSD
| Thermal Radiation Downward onto Surface (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RTSE
| Net Thermal Radiation Emitted from Surface (W/m²)
|
|---|
| LANG
| NASA Langley Research Center
|
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| ALBS
| Surface ALBedo (%)
|
|---|
| RSSI
| Solar Radiation Incident on Surface (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RSSA
| Solar Radiation Absorbed by Surface (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RTSD
| Thermal Radiation Downward onto Surface (W/m²)
|
|---|
| RTSE
| 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 Gauge-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)
|
|---|
| TS
| 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.
|
|---|
| TS
| Surface Air Temperature (°C)
|
|---|
| TSDV
| Diurnal Surface Air Temperature Variation (°C)
|
|---|
| NCEP
| National Center for Environmental Prediction / NCAR
|
|---|
| Web
|
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cdc/data.ncep.reanalysis.derived.html
|
|---|
| ftp
| ftp.cdc.noaa..gov (anonymous);
cd Datasets/ncep.reanalysis.derived (monthly)
|
|---|
| Ref.
| Kalnay E, et al., 1996, The NCEP/NCAR 40-year reanalysis
project. American Meteorological Society, 77, 437:470.
|
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| PS
| Surface Pressure (mb)
|
|---|
| 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
|
|---|
| TS
| 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
|
|---|
| ROBN
| David Robinson / NOAA
|
|---|
| SNOWC
| SNOW Cover (%) over northern hemisphere land
|
|---|
| SHEA
| Dennis J. Shea, shea@ucar.edu
|
|---|
| Ref.
| Shea DJ, 1986. Climatological Atlas: 1950-1979 Surface Air
Temperature, Precipitation, Sea-Level Pressure, and Sea-Surface
Temperature (45S - 90N). NCAR Technical Note 269+STR, ?? pages.
|
|---|
| PREC
| PRECipitation (mm/day) north of 45°S
|
|---|
| PSL
| Sea Level Pressure (mb) north of 45°S
|
|---|
| TS
| Surface Air Temperature (°C) north of 45°S
|
|---|
| TOS
| Ocean Surface Temperature (°C) north of 45°S
|
|---|
| 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
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| CLDT
| Total CLouD cover (%)
|
|---|
| PREC
| PRECipitation (mm/day)
|
|---|
| TS
| Surface Air Temperature (°C)
|
|---|
| TSDV
| Diurnal Surface Air Temperature Variation (°C)
|
|---|
| PVS
| Surface Vapor Pressure (mb)
|
|---|
| WS
| Surface Wind speed (m/s)
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