CCSM AMWG Diagnostics Package
Observational/Reanalysis Datasets

All original data was interpolated onto a T42 grid using the
NCL bilinear interpolation function and written to netcdf files.
Climatological means for ANN, DJF, JJA were computed from
monthly means when original climatologies were not available.

The following dataset can be obtained by using our anonymous ftp site.
>ftp ftp.cgd.ucar.edu
username: anonymous
password: your e-mail address
>cd pub/stevens
>get diag.obs_data.tar.gz
WARNING: this is a large file (~116MB).

To get the datasets for CAM2.0 and CAM3.0 climatological SST and
Amip runs used for comparison please e-mail me at stevens@ucar.edu
Due to the large size of these files (~1.5GB total) I can't keep them
all on my ftp site.


WEBPAGES FOR THE ORIGINAL COMPARISON DATA SOURCES

Webpage (clickable) Dataset Period Diagnostic Variables
CERES Mar 2000 - Dec 2002 ALBEDO,ALBEDOC,FLUT,FLUTC,FSNTOA,FSNTOAC,LWCF,SWCF
MODIS Mar 2000 - Jun 2003 PREH2O,TCLDAREA,TGCLDLWP,MEANTTOP,MEANPTOP,MEANTAU
CMAP
(Xie-Arkin)
1979-1998 PRECT
ECMWF 1979-1993 EP,LHFLX,PREH2O,QFLX
ECMWF 1979-1993 T,U,Z3,OMEGA,RELHUM,SHUM
FLDS,FSDS
ERBE 1985-1989 SWCF,LWCF,FLUT,FLUTC,
FSNTOA,FSNTOAC
ERS 1/2 1992-2000 SURF STRESS
GPCP 1979-2001 PRECT
HadCRU 1979-2000 TOBS
ISCCP D1 1983-2001 MEANTTOP,MEANPTOP,MEANTAU,TCLDAREA
ISCCP D2 1983-2001 CLDTOT
ISCCP FD 1983-2000 FLDS,FLDSC,FSDS,FSDSC,FLNS,FLNSC,FSNS,FSNSC
LEGATES 1920-1980 TREFHT,PRECT
WILLMOTT 1950-1999 TREFHT (LAND)
NCEP 1979-1998 T,TS,PSL,U,Z3,LHFLX,SHFLX,PREH2O,SHUM,
RELHUM,SWCF,LWCF,FSNTOA,FSNTOAC,
FLUT,OMEGA,SURF STRESS,SURF WIND
NVAP 1988-1997 PREH2O,TGCLDLWP
SSM/I 1987-2000 PRECT,PREH2O,TGCLDLWP
SMMR & SSM/I
Seaice
1979-1999 ICEFRAC
TRMM 1998-Jun 2003 PRECT

Related Links
ECMWF ERA-15 Home Page
ERBE Home Page
ISCCP Home Page
NASA GSFC Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center DAAC
NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center
NCAR CGD Climate Analysis Section Data Catalog
NCAR SCD Data Support Section Home Page
NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis at CDC
NVAP Home Page
TRMM Home Page
UEA Climatic Research Unit

send questions and comments to
Mark Stevens (stevens@ucar.edu)