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The AMWG diagnostics package

Plot Types and Datasets

Plot Types Included

  • Tables of global and regional means (set 1)
  • Implied meridional ocean heat and freshwater transport (set 2)
  • Line plots of zonal means (set 3)
  • Latitude vs pressure/height zonal mean contour plots (set 4)
  • Equatorial (5N-5S) longiitude vs pressure/height zonal mean contour plots (set 4a)
  • Longitude vs latitude 2D-field contour plots (set 5)
  • Longitude vs latitude 2D-vector field contour plots (set 6)
  • Longitude vs latitude polar 2D-field contour plots (set 7)
  • Month vs latitude zonal mean contour plots (set 8)
  • Longitude vs latitude DJF-JJA contour plots (set 9)
  • Annual cycle line plots of global means (set 10)
  • Miscellaneous plot types (set 11)
  • Vertical profiles at 56 raobs stations around the globe (set 12)
  • ISCCP cloud types from the ISCCP cloud simulator (set 13)
  • Plots of statisitcal significance for sets 5 and 7
  • Plots with paleoclimate coastlines using the orography field
  • Taylor diagram plotys and error metrics (set 14)
  • Annual Cycles at Select Stations (set 15)

Obs/Reanalysis Comparison Datasets

    Information about the AMWG datasets can be found in the Climate Data Guide.

  • ERA-Interim reanalysis 1989-2005
  • ERA40 reanalysis 1980-2001
  • JRA25 reanalysis 1979-2004
  • NCEP reanalysis 1979-1998 (16 variables)
  • ECMWF reanalysis 1979-1993 (13 variables)
  • RAOBS vertical profiles (T,Q,H)
  • GPCP precip rate 1979-2009
  • CMAP (Xie-Arkin) precip rate 1979-1998
  • CMAP PREC/L land surface precip rate 1948-2001
  • NVAP water vapor, cloud liquid water 1988-1999
  • SSM/I (Wentz) precip rate, water vapor, cloud liquid water 1987-2000
  • MODIS precipitable water, cloud liquid water 2000-2004
  • SMMR & SSM/I sea ice concentration 1979-1999
  • TRMM merged rain rate (3B-43) 1998-2009
  • ERS 1/2 scatterometer surface stress 1992-2000
  • ERBE fluxes, cloud forcings 1985-1989
  • CERES (5 variables) 2000-2002
  • CERES-EBAF (5 variables) 2000-2010
  • IPCC/CRU surface air temperature 1961-1990
  • HadISST sea surface temperature and sea ice concentration 1982-2001
  • HadISST sea surface temperature and sea ice concentration 1870-1900
  • HadISST sea surface temperature and sea ice concentration 1999-2008
  • LEGATES surface temperature, precip rate 1920-1980
  • WILLMOTT land surface temperature and precipitation 1950-1999
  • CLOUDSAT cloud cover 2007-2010
  • Large-Yeager Surface Flux Climatology 1984-2004
  • Woods Hole OAFLUX 1958-2006
  • ISCCP D1, D2 cloud cover (high,low,mid,total) 1983-2001
  • ISCCP FD surface fluxes 1983-2000
  • WARREN surface OBS cloud cover (low,total)
  • AIRS IR Sounder temperatures (T850, T200) 2002-2006
  • UWisc LWP (v3) 1988-2008

Three possible color schemes for the contour plots