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| Parameter | Dataset name | source | location | filenames | content | POR | units | format description | Primary reference | additional documenation | Notes |
| SAT | Polyakov |
IARC |
surface_stations\polyakov\sat_slp\sat | xxxxx.t | monthly mean air temperature, xxxxx is WMO station number | varies by station. 1811-2001 | °C | in header of each file. 999.9 for missing values | polyakov02a.pdf | ||
| SLP | Polyakov |
IARC |
surface_stations\polyakov\sat_slp\slp | xxxxx.p | monthly mean pressure, xxxxx is WMO station number | varies by station. 1811-2001 | hPa | in header of each file. 9999.9 for missing values | polyakov02a.pdf | ||
| SAT | GHCN |
CDIAC/Oak Ridge National Lab |
surface_stations\GHCN | temp.data.z | monthly mean temperature | hPa | peterson97.pdf | ||||
| SAT | historical arctic surface obs |
NSIDC |
surface_stations\nsidc\arctic_obs | xxxxxx_yyyy.dat | xxxxxx is station ID, yyyy is year. Synoptic observations (wind, visibility, temperature, DP, pressure) | varies by station. 1913-2002 | tr2001-01.pdf | from automated stations in Greenland and Iceland | |||
| sea ice | ACSYS |
Norwegian Polar Institute |
surface_stations\ACSYS | yyyymmxx.dbf, yyyymmxx.shx | Arcview shape files | 1550-1966 | acsys.pdf | data is available up to 2002. JPGs are also available on the website |
| Parameter | Dataset name | source |
location | filenames | content | POR | units | grid | format description | Primary reference | Notes | |
| SAT | NASAGISS |
NASA |
surface-gridded\NASAGISS | TsMap180x90.yyyy | temperature for each year (yyyy) | 1880-2004 | anomalies, °C, ref 51-80 | 2°x2° | README.txt | hansen99.pdf | ||
| SLP | HadSLP1 |
Hadley Centre of the UK Met office |
surface_gridded\HadSLP | hadslp1_1871-1998.asc | monthly mean SLP | 1871-1998 | hPa*100 | 5° | Read_instructions_HADSLP1_5dg.txt | Replaces GMSLP dataset | ||
| SLP | HadSLP1 |
Hadley Centre of the UK Met office |
surface_gridded\HadSLP | hadslp1.cdf | monthly mean SLP | 1871-1998 | hPa*100 | 5° | Replaces GMSLP dataset | |||
| SLP | HadSLP2 |
Hadley Centre of the UK Met office |
surface_gridded\HadSLP | hadslp2p.asc | monthly mean SLP | 1850-2003 | hpa*100 | 5° | allen06x.pdf | unpublished | ||
| SLP | HadSLP2 |
Hadley Centre of the UK Met office |
surface_gridded\HadSLP | hadslp2p.nc | monthly mean SLP | 1850-2003 | hpa | 5° | allen06x.pdf | unpublished | ||
| SLP | HadSLP2 |
Hadley Centre of the UK Met office |
surface_gridded\HadSLP | hadslp2r.nc | 1850-2003 | hpa | 5° | allen06x.pdf | ||||
| SLP | HadSLP2 |
Hadley Centre of the UK Met office |
surface_gridded\HadSLP | slp_daily_zonmean_1850_2003 | allen06x.pdf | |||||||
| SLP | HadSLP2 |
Hadley Centre of the UK Met office |
surface_gridded\HadSLP | TrenSLP.mmeans.1939.2000.GDX | allen06x.pdf | |||||||
| SLP | GMSLP |
Hadley Centre of the UK Met office |
surface_gridded\GMSLP | GMSLP21f_1871-1994, gmslp | monthly mean SLP | 1871-1994 | hPa*100 | 5° | Read_instructions_GMSLP2_1f.txt | replaced by HadSLP | ||
| SLP | NCAR-SLP |
NCAR NCEP reanalysis |
surface_gridded\ncar_ncep_slp | ncep_slp_1997_2005.nc | monthly mean SLP | 1997-2005 | hPa | 2.5° | kalnay96.pdf, kistler01.pdf | |||
| SLP | EMULATE |
Uni. Bern |
surface_gridded\daily_slp | emulate_3.2_1850-2003.nc | daily mean SLP | 1850-2005 | hPa | 5° over extratropical northern Atlantic and Europe | Ansell2005.pdf, emulate-description.pdf | |||
| SLP | EMULATE |
Uni. Bern |
surface_gridded\daily_slp | emslp3_oi_error_1850-2003.nc | optimal interpolation error | 1850-2005 | hPa | 5° over extratropical northern Atlantic and Europe | Ansell2005.pdf, emulate-description.pdf | |||
| SAT | CRU_T2.0 |
Tyndall Centre |
surface_gridded\CRU_TS2.0 | cru_ts_2_10.1901.2002.xxx | monthly mean values: xxx is dtr (diurnal temp range), tmn (daily min temp), tmp (daily mean temp), tmx (daily max temp) | 1901-2002 | °C*10 | 0.5° | ||||
| SAT | CRU_T2.0 |
Tyndall Centre |
surface_gridded\CRU_TS2.0 | cru_ts_2_10.1901-2002.XXX.stn | These files contain the number of stations in each grid box. | |||||||
| SAT | CRU_T2.0 |
Tyndall Centre |
surface_gridded\CRU_TS2.0 | clim.6190.lan.XXX | These files contain the 1961 to 1990 climatology. | |||||||
| SAT | CRU_T2.0 |
Tyndall Centre |
surface_gridded\CRU_TS2.0 | halfdeg.elv | elevation information | km*1000 | ||||||
| SAT | CRUTem2 |
Climate Research Unit of Univ. East Anglia |
surface_gridded\CRUtem2 | crutem2.dat | monthly mean land air temperature | 1851-2005 | anomalies, °C*100, ref. 61-90 | 5° | jones03.pdf | |||
| SAT | CRUTem2v |
Climate Research Unit of Univ. East Anglia |
surface_gridded\CRUTem2v | crutem2v.nc | variance adjusted version of monthly mean land air temperature | 1851-2004 | anomalies, °C*100, ref. 61-90 | 5° | jones01.pdf | the netcdf header specifies that the missing value is -9999, but it is actually -99.99 | ||
| SAT | CRUTem3v |
Climate Research Unit of Univ. East Anglia |
surface_gridded\CRUTem3v | CRUTEM3v.nc | variance adjusted version of monthly mean land air temperature | 1850-2005 | anomalies, °C*100, ref. 61-90 | 5° | brohan06..pdf | the netcdf header specifies that the missing value is -9999, but it is actually -99.99 | ||
| SAT |
CDIAC/Oak Ridge National Lab |
surface_gridded\cdiac | 60-90N.dat | monthly mean SAT for 60-90N | 1881-2004 | °C anomaly relative to 1951-1975 | ||||||
| SAT |
CDIAC/Oak Ridge National Lab |
surface_gridded\cdiac | nhighsea.dat | seasonal mean SAT for 60-90N | 1881-2004 | °C anomaly relative to 1951-1975 | ||||||
| sst and SAT | HadCRUT2v |
Climate Research Institute |
surface_gridded\HadCRU | hadcrut2v.nc | merged Hadley and CRU monthly mean SST: variance adjusted combined land surface and marine (SST) temperature anomalies | 1851-2004 | anomalies, °C*100, ref. 61-90 | 5° | rayner_hadisst1.pdf, jones01.pdf | the netcdf header specifies that the missing value is -9999, but it is actually -99.99 | ||
| sst and SAT | HadCRUT2v |
Climate Research Institute |
surface_gridded\HadCRU | hadcrut2vFERRET.nc | merged Hadley and CRU monthly mean SST: variance adjusted combined land surface and marine (SST) temperature anomalies | 1851-2004 | anomalies, °C*100, ref. 61-90 | 5° | rayner_hadisst1.pdf, jones01.pdf | version created for use with ferret that solves the missing value problem | ||
| sst and SAT | HadCRUT3v |
Climate Research Institute |
surface_gridded\HadCRU | hadcrut3v.nc | merged Hadley and CRU monthly mean SST: variance adjusted combined land surface and marine (SST) temperature anomalies | 1850-2005 | anomalies, °C*100, ref. 61-90 | 5° | brohan06..pdf | |||
| sst | HadISST1.1 |
Hadley Centre of the UK Met office |
surface_gridded\HadISST | HADISST_1_1_SST_yyyy_zzzz | monthly mean sst, yyyy-zzzz are ranges of years | 1870-2004 | °C*100 | 1° | rayner_hadisst1.pdf | |||
| sst | HadISST1.1 |
Hadley Centre of the UK Met office |
surface_gridded\HadISST | hadisst.zip | monthly mean sst | rayner_hadisst1.pdf | ||||||
| sst | ERSST2 |
NCDC |
surface_gridded\ERSST | ersst.v2.yyyy.zzzz.asc | monthly mean sst, yyyy-zzzz are ranges of years | 1854-2009 | °C*100 | 2° | ersst.v2.readme.txt | smith03.pdf, smith04.pdf | ||
| sst | Kaplan SST |
NCDC |
surface_gridded\kaplan | kaplansst_os.cdf | monthly mean sst | 1856-1991 | anomalies, °C, ref 51-80 | 5° | kaplan98.pdf | |||
| sst | Evans SST |
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (Columbia Uni) |
surface_gridded\evans_sst | data_cdf | Pacific monthly mean sst (all sources combined) | 1590-1990 | anomalies, °C | 5° | evans02.pdf | |||
| sst | Evans SST |
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (Columbia Uni) |
surface_gridded\evans_sst | pac_ssta_instrum.txt | Instrument based Pacific monthly mean sst | 1856-1990 | anomalies, °C | 5° | evans02.pdf | |||
| sst | Evans SST |
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (Columbia Uni) |
surface_gridded\evans_sst | pac_ssta_tree.txt pac_ssta_tree_err.txt | Tree ring based reconstruction of Pacific monthly mean sst | 1590-1990 | anomalies, °C | 5° | evans02.pdf | |||
| sst | Evans SST |
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (Columbia Uni) |
surface_gridded\evans_sst | pac_ssta_coral.txt pac_ssta_coral_err.txt | Coral oxygen isotope based reconstruction of Pacific monthly mean sst | 1800-1990 | anomalies, °C | 5° | evans02.pdf | |||
| sea ice | HadISST1.1 |
Hadley Centre |
surface_gridded\HadISST | HADISST_1_1_ICE_yyyy_zzzz | monthly mean ice concentration, yyyy-zzzz are ranges of years | 1870-2004 | % of grid box covered with ice (0-100) | 1° | rayner_hadisst1.pdf | |||
| sea ice | HadISST1.1 |
Hadley Centre |
surface_gridded\HadISST\nc_version | hadsicyyyy.30.nc | monthly mean ice concentration for year yyyy | 1870-2004 | % of grid box covered with ice (0-100) | 1° | rayner_hadisst1.pdf | |||
| sea ice | Walsh and Chapman |
UCAR |
surface_gridded\walsh_chapman | arctic_con.01-95 | monthly sea ice concentration--note this is 'end of month value', not monthly average | 1901-1995 | tenths of grid box covered with ice (0-10) | arctic_doc_ncar.txt, walsh79.pdf | ||||
| sea ice | Walsh and Chapman |
UCAR |
surface_gridded\walsh_chapman | arctic_src.01-95 | original data source flag grid | 1901-1995 | arctic_doc_ncar.txt, walsh79.pdf | |||||
| sea ice | Walsh and Chapman |
UCAR |
surface_gridded\walsh_chapman | arctic.grid | geographical ice area size grid | arctic_doc_ncar.txt, walsh79.pdf | ||||||
| sea ice | Walsh and Chapman |
UCAR |
surface_gridded\walsh_chapman | arctic.latlon | lat/long coordinate grid | arctic_doc_ncar.txt, walsh79.pdf | ||||||
| sea ice | Walsh and Chapman |
UCAR |
surface_gridded\walsh_chapman | ice.1870-2004.gz | 1870-2004 | 1° | arctic_doc_ncar.txt, walsh79.pdf | |||||
| sea ice | Johannessen |
Nansen Center |
surface_gridded\johannessen | johannessen_ice_data.xls | sea ice coverage for 3 different parts of the arctic, as described in the reference | 1900-1999 | km^2 | johannessen04.pdf | ||||
| precipitation | Hulme |
Climate Research Unit |
surface_gridded\precip_hulme | precip.1900.1998.GDX | monthly mean precipitation | 1900-1998 | mm*10 | 2.5°x3.75° | ||||
| precipitation | Hulme |
Climate Research Unit |
surface_gridded\precip_hulme | precip.anom6190.1900.1998.GDX | monthly mean precipitation | 1900-1998 | anomalies, mm*10 ???, ref 61-90 | 2.5°x3.75° | ||||
| precipitation | GHCN |
ORNL and NCDC |
surface_gridded\precip_GHCN | grid_prcp_1900-2004.dat | monthly mean precipitation | 1900-2004 | anomalies, mm*100, ref. 61-90 | 5° | peterson97.pdf ? | |||
| precipitation | GHCN |
ORNL and NCDC |
surface_gridded\precip_GHCN | ghcnprcp.gdx.gz | monthly mean precipitation | 1900-2004 | anomalies, mm*100, ref. 61-90 | 5° | ||||
| precipitation | GHCN | ORNL and NCDC | surface_gridded\precip_GHCN | pcpgrd.nc | monthly mean precipitation | 1900-2004 | anomalies, mm*100, ref. 61-90 | 5° | reformated to NetCDF from ghcnprcp.gdx.gz | Done by Thomas G. | ||
| precipitation | CRU_T2.0 |
Tyndall Centre |
surface_gridded\CRU_TS2.0 | cru_ts_2_10.1901-2002.pre | monthly mean precipitation | 1901-2002 | mm*10 | 0.5° | ||||
| surface reconstructions | JuergSLP |
Uni Bern, NCDC |
surface_gridded\recons | slp_1659-1999.txt | reconstructed monthtly mean SLP | luterbacher02.pdf | ||||||
| surface reconstructions | JuergTT | Data Link n.a. | surface_gridded\recons | TT_Europe_Seasons_1500_2000.GDX | ||||||||
| surface reconstructions | AndreasPrec | Data Link n.a. | surface_gridded\recons | prRecAndMitch30403071set.FINAL.gdx | ||||||||
| misc. | CLOUDS/COADS |
ORNL and CDC |
surface_gridded\cloud_ndp026 | ndp026.f1 | grid box information (lat, long, land fraction, number of stations) | |||||||
| misc. | CLOUDS/COADS |
ORNL and CDC |
surface_gridded\cloud_ndp026 | ndp026.f2 | seasonal and monthly mean cloud cover over land | |||||||
| misc. | CLOUDS/COADS |
ORNL and CDC |
surface_gridded\cloud_ndp026 | ndp026.f3 | cloud types (frequency of occurrence and amount-when-present) over land | |||||||
| misc. | CLOUDS/COADS |
ORNL and CDC |
surface_gridded\cloud_ndp026 | ndp026.f4 | phase and amplitude of the annual harmonic of total cloud cover over land | |||||||
| misc. | CLOUDS/COADS |
ORNL and CDC |
surface_gridded\cloud_ndp026 | ndp026.f5 | interannual variation and trends over land | |||||||
| misc. | CLOUDS/COADS |
ORNL and CDC |
surface_gridded\cloud_ndp026 | ndp026.f6 | seasonal and monthly mean cloud cover over oceans | |||||||
| misc. | CLOUDS/COADS |
ORNL and CDC |
surface_gridded\cloud_ndp026 | ndp026.f7 | cloud types (frequency of occurrence and amount-when-present) over oceans | |||||||
| misc. | CLOUDS/COADS |
ORNL and CDC |
surface_gridded\cloud_ndp026 | ndp026.f8 | phase and amplitude of the annual harmonic of total cloud cover over oceans | |||||||
| misc. | CLOUDS/COADS |
ORNL and CDC |
surface_gridded\cloud_ndp026 | ndp026.f9 | interannual variation and trends over oceans | |||||||
| misc. | CLOUDS/COADS |
ORNL and CDC |
surface_gridded\cloud_ndp026 | ndp026.f10 | cloud data for time period of First GARP Global Experiment (78-79) | |||||||
| misc. | CLOUDS/COADS |
ORNL and CDC |
surface_gridded\cloud_ndp026 | ndp026.f11 | cloud type co-occurrances (contingency probabilities) | |||||||
| misc. | CLOUDS/COADS |
ORNL and CDC |
surface_gridded\cloud_ndp026 | ndp026.f12 | FORTRAN code to read files and generate maps | |||||||
| misc. | CRU_T2.0 |
Tyndall Centre |
surface_gridded\CRU_TS2.0 | cru_ts_2_10.1901-2002.cld | montly mean cloud cover | 1901-2002 | %*10 | 0.5° | ||||
| misc. | CRU_T2.0 |
Tyndall Centre |
surface_gridded\CRU_TS2.0 | cru_ts_2_10.1901-2002.frs | montly mean frost day frequency | 1901-2002 | days*100 | 0.5° | ||||
| misc. | CRU_T2.0 |
Tyndall Centre |
surface_gridded\CRU_TS2.0 | cru_ts_2_10.1901-2002.vap | montly mean vapor pressure | 1901-2002 | hPa*10 | 0.5° | ||||
| misc. | CRU_T2.0 |
Tyndall Centre |
surface_gridded\CRU_TS2.0 | cru_ts_2_10.1901-2002.wet | montly mean wet day frequency | 1901-2002 | days*100 | 0.5° | ||||
| COADS |
NCDC |
surface_gridded\coads | coads.zip |
| Parameter | source | Dataset name | location | filenames | content | POR | units | grid | format description | Primary reference | ||
| radiosonde/aircraft | CARDS |
NCDC |
\upper_air_stations\cards | cards_statiolist.xls | station list | |||||||
| radiosonde/aircraft | IGRA |
NCDC |
upper_air_stations\IGRA | xxxxx.dat | individual soundings, xxxxx is the 5 digit WMO station code )see igra.station.list) | pressure mb*100; GPH m; temp °C*10; dew point depression °C*10; wind dir 0-360°; wind speed (m/s)*10 | igra-overview.pdf | |||||
| radiosonde/aircraft | IGRA |
NCDC |
upper_air_stations\IGRA | igra.station.list | country code (see igra.country.codes), WMO number, station name, lat-long-elevation (masl), GUAN code, LKS Network code, Composite Station code (see igra.composite.stations), period of record | |||||||
| radiosonde/aircraft | IGRA |
NCDC |
upper_air_stations\IGRA | VVVV.HHz.mly | monthly mean for each station at the surface and mandatory levels, for 0 and 12 Z | VVVV: temp (°C*10), ghgt (m), uwnd ((m/s)*10), vwnd ((m/s)*10) | ||||||
| radiosonde/aircraft | GUAN_CARDS |
NCDC |
upper_air_stations\GUAN_CARDS | Cxxxxx0.cqc | CARDS data for GUAN stations… | |||||||
| radiosonde/aircraft | UA39_44_V1.1 |
Uni. Bern |
upper_air_stations\US39_44_V1.1 | |||||||||
| radiosonde/aircraft | Monthly Weather Review | |||||||||||
| Pilot balloons | TD52/53 |
NCAR Data Link |
upper_air_stations\Piballs | td52.yyyy | pilot balloon observations, one file per year | 1922-1971 | ||||||
| Pilot balloons | TD52/53 |
NCAR Data Link |
upper_air_stations\Piballs | td53.yyyy | pilot balloon observations, one file per year | 1919-1969 | ||||||
| Pilot balloons | African data base | upper_air_stations\african | country.pdf | lists individual stations, summary of observations also saved as .doc |
| Parameter | Dataset name | source | location | filenames | content | POR | units | grid | format description | Primary reference | Notes |
| reconstructions |
Broennimann recons |
upper_air_gridded\broennimann_recons | combi_1939_1994_anom6190_hhhp.GDX | reconstruction for level hhh and parameter p (temp or height) | 1939-1944 | ||||||
|
EPFlux |
Data Link | upper_air_gridded\EPFlux | |||||||||
| radiosonde temperatures | HadAT |
Hadley Centre |
upper_air_gridded\HadAT | hadat2_monthly_gridded.nc | gridded timeseries | 1958-2005 | anomalies °C, ref to 66-95 | 10°x5° | thorne05.pdf | replaces HadRT | |
| radiosonde temperatures | HadAT |
Hadley Centre |
upper_air_gridded\HadAT | hadat2_monthly_stations.nc | station timeseries | 1958-2005 | anomalies °C, ref to 66-95 | 10°x5° | thorne05.pdf | replaces HadRT | |
| radiosonde temperatures | HadAT |
Hadley Centre |
upper_air_gridded\HadAT | hadat2_monthly_zonal_and_global.nc | zonal, tropical, and global timeseries | 1958-2005 | anomalies °C, ref to 66-95 | 10°x5° | thorne05.pdf | replaces HadRT | |
| radiosonde temperatures | HadRT |
Hadley Centre |
upper_air_gridded\HadRT | HADRT2.0_hhh.asc | uncorrected monthly gridded data for levels hhh | 1958-2005 | anomalies °C, ref to 71 to 90 | 10°x5° | parker97.pdf | ||
| radiosonde temperatures | HadRT |
Hadley Centre |
upper_air_gridded\HadRT | HADRT2.1_hhh.asc | monthly gridded data for levels hhh, bias corrections applied to many stations (ref to MSU data) | 1958-2005 | anomalies °C, ref to 71 to 90 | 10°x5° | parker97.pdf | ||
| radiosonde temperatures | HadRT |
Hadley Centre |
upper_air_gridded\HadRT | HADRT2.1s_hhh.asc | HadRT2.0 <= 200hPa, HadRT2.1 > 200 hPa | 1958-2005 | anomalies °C, ref to 71 to 90 | 10°x5° | parker97.pdf | ||
| radiosonde temperatures | HadRT |
Hadley Centre |
upper_air_gridded\HadRT | HADRT2.2_hhh.asc | eigenvector reconstructed gridded data stored as seasonal or annual anomalies, created from HadRT2.1 | 1958-2005 | anomalies °C, ref to 71 to 90 | 10°x20° | parker97.pdf | ||
| radiosonde temperatures | HadRT |
Hadley Centre |
upper_air_gridded\HadRT | HADRT2.2u_hhh.asc | eigenvector reconstructed gridded data stored as seasonal or annual anomalies, created from HadRT2.0 | 1958-2005 | anomalies °C, ref to 71 to 90 | 10°x5° | parker97.pdf | ||
| radiosonde temperatures | HadRT |
Hadley Centre |
upper_air_gridded\HadRT | HADRT2.3_hhh.asc | This is a globally complete dataset based on HadRT2.1 1958-2000, but with gaps filled in by reference to the second derivative of the corresponding NCEP reanalysis temperature fields, using the Laplacian technique of R.W. Reynolds 1988: 'A real-time Global Sea Surface Temperature Analysis',J.Climate, 1, 75-86 | 1958-2005 | anomalies °C, ref to 71 to 90 | 10°x5° | parker97.pdf | ||
| radiosonde temperatures | HadRT |
Hadley Centre |
upper_air_gridded\HadRT | HADRT2.3s_hhh.asc | As in HadRT2.3 but based on HadRT2.1s | 1958-2005 | anomalies °C, ref to 71 to 90 | 10°x5° | parker97.pdf | ||
| NCEP-NCAR reanalysis | NCEPNCAR |
NOAA CDC |
upper_air_gridded\NCEPNCAR | air.mon.mean.nc | monthly mean air temperature | 1948-2004 | °C | 2.5° | kalnay96.pdf, kistler01.pdf | ||
| NCEP-NCAR reanalysis | NCEPNCAR |
NOAA CDC |
upper_air_gridded\NCEPNCAR | ppp.mon.mean.nc | monthly mean geopotential height | 1948-2004 | m | 2.5° | kalnay96.pdf, kistler01.pdf | ||
| NCEP-NCAR reanalysis | NCEPNCAR |
NOAA CDC |
upper_air_gridded\NCEPNCAR | xwnd.mon.mean.nc | monthly mean winds (x= u and v) | 1948-2004 | m/s | 2.5° | kalnay96.pdf, kistler01.pdf | ||
| NCEP-NCAR reanalysis | NCEPNCAR |
NOAA CDC Data Link |
upper_air_gridded\new_reanalysis | pgrbanl_YYYYMMDDHH_ensmean | 6-hourly: height, temperature, wind, vertical velocity, RH on pressure levels, and pressure, xxx on relevent levels (e.g., surface, tropopause) | 1943-1944 | 2.5° | ||||
| NCEP-NCAR reanalysis | NCEPNCAR |
NOAA CDC Data Link |
upper_air_gridded\new_reanalysis | pgrbanl_YYYYMMDDHH_enspread | spread for 6-hourly: height, temperature, wind, vertical velocity, RH on pressure levels, and pressure, xxx on relevent levels (e.g., surface, tropopause) | 1943-1944 | 2.5° | ||||
| schmutz_recons | upper_air_gridded\schmutz_recons | COMBI.r144x73.335.0_30.0.35.0_65.0.monthly.mean.goh.hhh.1901.1999.GDX | for heights hhh | schmutz01.pdf ? |
| Parameter | Dataset name | source | location | filenames | content | POR | units | grid | format description | Primary reference | Notes |
| precipitation | ccsm3 |
NCAR/UCAR |
climate_models\CCSM | PCIP_anom.nc | precipitation anomaly | model years 100 to 639 of the 1990 control run | kg/(sm^2) | 1.44 | |||
| SLP | ccsm3 |
NCAR/UCAR |
climate_models\CCSM | SLP_anom.nc | SLP anomaly | model years 100 to 639 of the 1990 control run | Pa | 1.44 | |||
| temperature | ccsm3 |
NCAR/UCAR |
climate_models\CCSM | ST_anom.nc | "surface temperature (radiative)" anomaly | model years 100 to 639 of the 1990 control run | °C | 1.44 | Not sure if this is skin temp used for heat flux calcs, or '2m air temp' | ||
| pressure | ccsm3 |
NCAR/UCAR |
climate_models\CCSM | SP_anom.nc | surface pressure anomaly | model years 100 to 639 of the 1990 control run | 1.44 | ||||
| sst | ccsm3 |
NCAR/UCAR |
climate_models\CCSM | SST_anom.nc | sea surface temperature anomaly | model years 100 to 599 of the 1990 control run | needs to be regridded from curvilnear | also exists as two separate files due to memory limit problems in loading the single file | |||
| sea ice | ccsm3 |
NCAR/UCAR |
climate_models\CCSM\sea_ice | b30.009.csim.h.aice_nh.yyyy-mm_cat_zzzz_nn.nc | sea ice concentration, from year (yyyy) and month (mm) to year (zzzz) and month (nn) | model years 250-599 of the 1990 control run | % | gx1v3' curvilinear grid with displaced pole | |||
| sea ice | ccsm3 |
NCAR/UCAR |
climate_models\CCSM\sea_ice\regridded | icex.nc | sea ice concentration, x from 1 to 7 corresponding to the same 7 files on the old grid | model years 250-599 of the 1990 control run | % | 1.44 | regridded in ferret using curv_to_rect | ||
| temperature | ECHAM4-OPYC3 |
Max Planck Institute |
climate_models\echam4opyc3 | MP01CI01_T2M__1860-2099.grb | 2m temperature | ||||||
| SLP | ECHAM4-OPYC3 |
Max Planck Institute |
climate_models\echam4opyc3 | MP01CI01_MSLP_1860-2099.grb | SLP | ||||||
| precip ? | GFDL R30 (?) |
GFDL |
climate_models\gfdl_r5a | GF01CI01_PSRF_1-1000.grb | |||||||
| temperature | GFDL R30 (?) |
GFDL |
climate_models\gfdl_r5a | GF01CI01_T9___1-1000.grb | |||||||
| temperature | HadAM3 |
Hadley Centre |
climate_models\HadAM\C20C_allforcings | xacya_1.5m-mean-temp_yyyyzzzz_daily.pp.nc | temperature | yyyy to zzzz | also 'b', 'c', and 'd' versions | ||||
| slp | HadAM3 | Hadley Centre | climate_models\HadAM\C20C_allforcings | xacya_mslp_yyyyzzzz_daily.pp.nc | slp | yyyy to zzzz | also 'b', 'c', and 'd' versions | ||||
| HadAM3 | Hadley Centre | climate_models\HadAM\C20C_allforcings | xacya_pptrate_yyyyzzzz_daily.pp.nc | yyyy to zzzz | also 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f' versions | ||||||
| height | HadAM3 | Hadley Centre | climate_models\HadAM\C20C_allforcings | xacya_zxxx_yyyyzzzz_daily.pp.nc | x=200, 300, 500 mb height | yyyy to zzzz | 200 mb in several versions, others only in 'd' | ||||
| SLP | HadCM3 |
Hadley Centre |
climate_models\hadcm3 | HC02CI01_MSLP_2090-2329.grb | 2.5°x3.75° | ||||||
| temperature | HadCM3 |
Hadley Centre |
climate_models\hadcm3 | HC02CI01_TEMK_2090-2329.grb | 2.5°x3.75° | ||||||
| NSIPP |
NASA Goddard |
climate_models\NSIPP | atmos_pressure_exp036_phi.nc.gz | 2°x2.5° | |||||||
| NSIPP |
NASA Goddard |
climate_models\NSIPP | atmos_pressure_exp036_sea_level_pressure.nc.gz | ||||||||
| NSIPP |
NASA Goddard |
climate_models\NSIPP | atmos_pressure_exp036_surface_temperature.nc.gz |
| Parameter | Dataset name | source | location | filenames | content | POR | units | grid | format description | Primary reference | additional documenation | Notes |
| ozone | Nimbus 4 BUV ozone |
NASA |
ozone_data\BUV | oznYY.tar.gz | daily (?) ozone for year YY | |||||||
| ozone | SAGE II ozone |
NASA |
ozone_data\SAGEII | SAGE_II_SPEC_YYYYMM.6.20 |