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Surface Data

Dai and Trenberth Global River Flow and Continental Discharge Data

The CAS Atmospheric Forcing Data Set
A 57-year (1948-2004) atmospheric forcing dataset for driving land surface models in an offline mode.

Precipitation:

• Global Monthly Precipiation over Land: 50+ years
• Xie-Arkin Monthly (CMAP)
• Jaeger Climatology
• Legates Climatology
• Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) Climatologies
• Shea Climatology
• Hulme Climate Research Unit (CRU)
• NASA Water Vapor Project (NVAP) Daily Precipitable Water
• Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Precipitation
• NOAA Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Precipitation

Sea Surface Temperature:

• Climate Analysis Center - Optimal Interpolation - Monthly
• Climate Analysis Center - Reconstructed - Monthly
• Climate Diagnostic Center - Reconstructed & Optimal Interpolation - Monthly
• Reynold's Blended Analyses - Monthly
• Shea, Trenberth, and Reynolds Climatology

Surface Temperature:

• Crutcher, Taljaard et al. Climatology
• Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab (Oort) Climatology
• Legates Climatology
• Shea Climatology
• CRU Temperature Anomalies

Shea Climatology Atlas Data:

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