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DIAG Set 3 - Line plots of DJF, JJA and ANN zonal means



IPCC/CRU climatology 1961-90 DJF JJA ANN
TREFHT * 2-meter air temperature (land) plotplotplot






Willmott & Matsuura 1950-99 DJF JJA ANN
TREFHT * 2-meter air temperature (land) plotplotplot






Legates & Willmott 1920-80 DJF JJA ANN
PRECT * Precipitation rate plotplotplot
TREFHT * 2-meter air temperature plotplotplot






JRA25 Reanalysis 1979-2004 DJF JJA ANN
PREH2O * Total precipitable water plotplotplot
PSL * Sea level pressure plotplotplot
SHFLX Surface sensible heat flux plotplotplot
LHFLX Surface latent heat flux plotplotplot
TREFHT 2-meter air temperature plotplotplot






MERRA Analysis 1979-2013 (NASA) DJF JJA ANN
PREH2O * Precipitable water plotplotplot
PSL Sea level pressure plotplotplot






ERA-Interim Reanalysis 1989-2005 DJF JJA ANN
PREH2O * Precipitable water plotplotplot
PSL Sea level pressure plotplotplot






ERA40 Reanalysis 1980-2001 DJF JJA ANN
LHFLX Surface latent heat flux plotplotplot
PREH2O * Precipitable water plotplotplot






NVAP 1988-1999 DJF JJA ANN
PREH2O * Total precipitable water plotplotplot
TGCLDLWP Cloud liquid water (ocean) plotplotplot






AIRS IR Sounder 2002-06 DJF JJA ANN
PREH2O * Total precipitable water plotplotplot






Woods Hole OAFLUX 1958-2006 DJF JJA ANN
LHFLX Latent Heat Flux plotplotplot
QFLX Surface Water Flux plotplotplot






GPCP 1979-2009 DJF JJA ANN
PRECT * Precipitation rate plotplotplot






CMAP (Xie-Arkin) 1979-98 DJF JJA ANN
PRECT * Precipitation rate plotplotplot






UWisc (v3) 1988-2008 DJF JJA ANN
TGCLDLWP Cloud liquid water (ocean) plotplotplot






SSM/I (Wentz) 1987-2000 DJF JJA ANN
PRECT * Precipitation rate (ocean) plotplotplot
PREH2O * Total precipitable water (ocean) plotplotplot






TRMM (3B43) 1998-2009 DJF JJA ANN
PRECT * Precipitation rate plotplotplot






Large-Yeager 1984-2004 DJF JJA ANN
SHFLX Surface sensible heat flux plotplotplot
QFLX Surface water flux plotplotplot
FLNS Surf Net LW flux plotplotplot
FSNS Surf Net SW flux plotplotplot






CERES-EBAF March 2000-Feb 2013 DJF JJA ANN
FLUT * TOA upward LW flux plotplotplot
FLUTC * TOA clearsky upward LW flux plotplotplot
FSNTOA * TOA net SW flux plotplotplot
FSNTOAC * TOA clearsky net SW flux plotplotplot
LWCF * TOA longwave cloud forcing plotplotplot
SWCF * TOA shortwave cloud forcing plotplotplot






CERES 2000-2003 DJF JJA ANN
FLUT * TOA upward LW flux plotplotplot
FLUTC * TOA clearsky upward LW flux plotplotplot
FSNTOA * TOA net SW flux plotplotplot
FSNTOAC * TOA clearsky net SW flux plotplotplot
LWCF * TOA longwave cloud forcing plotplotplot
SWCF * TOA shortwave cloud forcing plotplotplot






ERBE Feb1985-Apr1989 DJF JJA ANN
FLUT * TOA upward longwave flux plotplotplot
FLUTC * TOA clearsky upward longwave flux plotplotplot
FSNTOA * TOA net shortwave flux plotplotplot
FSNTOAC * TOA clearsky net shortwave flux plotplotplot
LWCF * TOA longwave cloud forcing plotplotplot
SWCF * TOA shortwave cloud forcing plotplotplot






ISCCP FD Jul1983-Dec2000 DJF JJA ANN
FLDS Surf LW downwelling flux plotplotplot
FLDSC Clearsky Surf LW downwelling flux plotplotplot
FLNS Surf Net LW flux plotplotplot
FLNSC Clearsky Surf Net LW flux plotplotplot
FSDS Surf SW downwelling flux plotplotplot
FSDSC Clearsky Surf SW downwelling flux plotplotplot
FSNS Surf Net SW flux plotplotplot
FSNSC Clearsky Surf Net SW flux plotplotplot
LWCFSRF Surf LW cloud forcing plotplotplot
SWCFSRF Surf SW cloud forcing plotplotplot






ISCCP D2 1983-2001 DJF JJA ANN
CLDHGH (IR clouds) High cloud amount plotplotplot
CLDHGH (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) High cloud amount plotplotplot
CLDLOW (IR clouds) Low cloud amount plotplotplot
CLDLOW (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) Low cloud amount plotplotplot
CLDMED (IR clouds) Mid cloud amount plotplotplot
CLDMED (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) Mid cloud amount plotplotplot
CLDTOT (IR clouds) * Total cloud amount plotplotplot
CLDTOT (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) * Total cloud amount plotplotplot






Warren Cloud Surface OBS DJF JJA ANN
CLDLOW Low cloud amount plotplotplot
CLDTOT * Total cloud amount plotplotplot






CLOUDSAT (Radar+Lidar) Sep2006-Dec2010 DJF JJA ANN
CLDTOT * Total cloud amount plotplotplot
CLDLOW Low cloud amount plotplotplot
CLDMED Medium cloud amount plotplotplot
CLDHGH High cloud amount plotplotplot






CFMIP Observation Simulator Package (COSP) Primary Diagnostics

CALIPSO GOCCP 2007-2010 DJF JJA ANN
CLDTOT_CAL Total cloud amount plotplotplot
CLDLOW_CAL Low-level cloud amount plotplotplot
CLDMED_CAL Mid-level cloud amount plotplotplot
CLDHGH_CAL High-level cloud amount plotplotplot






ISCCP-COSP From D1 Daytime Jul1983-Jun2008 DJF JJA ANN
CLDTOT_ISCCPCOSP Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) plotplotplot
CLDTHICK_ISCCPCOSP Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) plotplotplot






MISR L3 CTH-OD V5 Mar2000-Nov2009 DJF JJA ANN
CLDTOT_MISR Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) plotplotplot
CLDTHICK_MISR Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) plotplotplot






MODIS-COSP 2003-2010 DJF JJA ANN
CLDTOT_MODIS Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) plotplotplot
CLDTHICK_MODIS Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) plotplotplot






Additional COSP Diagnostics

CALIPSO GOCCP 2007-2010 DJF JJA ANN
CLDTOT_CAL Total cloud amount plotplotplot
CLDLOW_CAL Low-level cloud amount plotplotplot
CLDMED_CAL Mid-level cloud amount plotplotplot
CLDHGH_CAL High-level cloud amount plotplotplot






CLOUDSAT-COSP From Level 2 GEOPROF Jun2006-Nov2010 DJF JJA ANN
CLDTOT_CS2 Total cloud amount plotplotplot






ISCCP-COSP From D1 Daytime Jul1983-Jun2008 DJF JJA ANN
CLDTOT_ISCCPCOSP Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) plotplotplot
CLDLOW_ISCCPCOSP Low-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) plotplotplot
CLDMED_ISCCPCOSP Mid-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) plotplotplot
CLDHGH_ISCCPCOSP High-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) plotplotplot
CLDTHICK_ISCCPCOSP Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) plotplotplot
MEANPTOP_ISCCPCOSP Mean cloud top pressure plotplotplot
MEANCLDALB_ISCCPCOSP Mean cloud albedo plotplotplot






MISR L3 CTH-OD V5 Mar2000-Nov2009 DJF JJA ANN
CLDTOT_MISR Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) plotplotplot
CLDLOW_MISR Low-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) plotplotplot
CLDMED_MISR Mid-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) plotplotplot
CLDHGH_MISR High-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) plotplotplot
CLDTHICK_MISR Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) plotplotplot






MODIS-COSP 2003-2010 DJF JJA ANN
CLDTOT_MODIS Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) plotplotplot
CLDLOW_MODIS Low-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) plotplotplot
CLDMED_MODIS Mid-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) plotplotplot
CLDHGH_MODIS High-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) plotplotplot
CLDTHICK_MODIS Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) plotplotplot
CLIMODIS Total ice cloud amount plotplotplot
CLWMODIS Total liquid cloud amount plotplotplot
IWPMODIS Mean ice water path plotplotplot
LWPMODIS Mean liquid water path plotplotplot
PCTMODIS Mean cloud top pressure plotplotplot
REFFCLIMODIS Mean effective radius (ice clouds) plotplotplot
REFFCLWMODIS Mean effective radius (liquid clouds) plotplotplot
TAUILOGMODIS Log-weighted mean optical thickness (ice clouds) plotplotplot
TAUWLOGMODIS Log-weighted mean optical thickness (liquid clouds) plotplotplot
TAUTLOGMODIS Log-weighted mean optical thickness (all clouds) plotplotplot
TAUIMODIS Mean optical thickness (ice clouds) plotplotplot
TAUWMODIS Mean optical thickness (liquid clouds) plotplotplot
TAUTMODIS Mean optical thickness (all clouds) plotplotplot

*WGNE diagnostic variable