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

| IPCC/CRU climatology 1961-90 | DJF | JJA | ANN
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TREFHT * | 2-meter air temperature (land) | plot | plot | plot
| Willmott & Matsuura 1950-99 | DJF | JJA | ANN
TREFHT * | 2-meter air temperature (land) | plot | plot | plot
| Legates & Willmott 1920-80 | DJF | JJA | ANN
PRECT * | Precipitation rate | plot | plot | plot
TREFHT * | 2-meter air temperature | plot | plot | plot
| JRA25 Reanalysis 1979-2004 | DJF | JJA | ANN
PREH2O * | Total precipitable water | plot | plot | plot
PSL * | Sea level pressure | plot | plot | plot
SHFLX | Surface sensible heat flux | plot | plot | plot
LHFLX | Surface latent heat flux | plot | plot | plot
TREFHT | 2-meter air temperature | plot | plot | plot
| ERA-Interim Reanalysis 1989-2005 | DJF | JJA | ANN
PREH2O * | Precipitable water | plot | plot | plot
PSL | Sea level pressure | plot | plot | plot
| ERA40 Reanalysis 1980-2001 | DJF | JJA | ANN
LHFLX | Surface latent heat flux | plot | plot | plot
PREH2O * | Precipitable water | plot | plot | plot
| NVAP 1988-1999 | DJF | JJA | ANN
PREH2O * | Total precipitable water | plot | plot | plot
TGCLDLWP | Cloud liquid water (ocean) | plot | plot | plot
| AIRS IR Sounder 2002-06 | DJF | JJA | ANN
PREH2O * | Total precipitable water | plot | plot | plot
| Woods Hole OAFLUX 1958-2006 | DJF | JJA | ANN
LHFLX | Latent Heat Flux | plot | plot | plot
QFLX | Surface Water Flux | plot | plot | plot
| GPCP 1979-2009 | DJF | JJA | ANN
PRECT * | Precipitation rate | plot | plot | plot
| CMAP (Xie-Arkin) 1979-98 | DJF | JJA | ANN
PRECT * | Precipitation rate | plot | plot | plot
| UWisc (v3) 1988-2008 | DJF | JJA | ANN
TGCLDLWP | Cloud liquid water (ocean) | plot | plot | plot
| SSM/I (Wentz) 1987-2000 | DJF | JJA | ANN
PRECT * | Precipitation rate (ocean) | plot | plot | plot
PREH2O * | Total precipitable water (ocean) | plot | plot | plot
| TRMM (3B43) 1998-2009 | DJF | JJA | ANN
PRECT * | Precipitation rate | plot | plot | plot
| Large-Yeager 1984-2004 | DJF | JJA | ANN
SHFLX | Surface sensible heat flux | plot | plot | plot
QFLX | Surface water flux | plot | plot | plot
FLNS | Surf Net LW flux | plot | plot | plot
FSNS | Surf Net SW flux | plot | plot | plot
| CERES-EBAF March 2000-Feb 2010 | DJF | JJA | ANN
FLUT * | TOA upward LW flux | plot | plot | plot
FLUTC * | TOA clearsky upward LW flux | plot | plot | plot
FSNTOA * | TOA net SW flux | plot | plot | plot
FSNTOAC * | TOA clearsky net SW flux | plot | plot | plot
LWCF * | TOA longwave cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot
SWCF * | TOA shortwave cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot
| CERES 2000-2003 | DJF | JJA | ANN
FLUT * | TOA upward LW flux | plot | plot | plot
FLUTC * | TOA clearsky upward LW flux | plot | plot | plot
FSNTOA * | TOA net SW flux | plot | plot | plot
FSNTOAC * | TOA clearsky net SW flux | plot | plot | plot
LWCF * | TOA longwave cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot
SWCF * | TOA shortwave cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot
| ERBE Feb1985-Apr1989 | DJF | JJA | ANN
FLUT * | TOA upward longwave flux | plot | plot | plot
FLUTC * | TOA clearsky upward longwave flux | plot | plot | plot
FSNTOA * | TOA net shortwave flux | plot | plot | plot
FSNTOAC * | TOA clearsky net shortwave flux | plot | plot | plot
LWCF * | TOA longwave cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot
SWCF * | TOA shortwave cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot
| ISCCP FD Jul1983-Dec2000 | DJF | JJA | ANN
FLDS | Surf LW downwelling flux | plot | plot | plot
FLDSC | Clearsky Surf LW downwelling flux | plot | plot | plot
FLNS | Surf Net LW flux | plot | plot | plot
FLNSC | Clearsky Surf Net LW flux | plot | plot | plot
FSDS | Surf SW downwelling flux | plot | plot | plot
FSDSC | Clearsky Surf SW downwelling flux | plot | plot | plot
FSNS | Surf Net SW flux | plot | plot | plot
FSNSC | Clearsky Surf Net SW flux | plot | plot | plot
LWCFSRF | Surf LW cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot
SWCFSRF | Surf SW cloud forcing | plot | plot | plot
| ISCCP D2 1983-2001 | DJF | JJA | ANN
CLDHGH (IR clouds) | High cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
CLDHGH (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) | High cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
CLDLOW (IR clouds) | Low cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
CLDLOW (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) | Low cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
CLDMED (IR clouds) | Mid cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
CLDMED (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) | Mid cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
CLDTOT (IR clouds) * | Total cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
CLDTOT (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) * | Total cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
| Warren Cloud Surface OBS | DJF | JJA | ANN
CLDLOW | Low cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
CLDTOT * | Total cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
| CLOUDSAT (Radar+Lidar) Sep2006-Dec2010 | DJF | JJA | ANN
CLDTOT * | Total cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
CLDLOW | Low cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
CLDMED | Medium cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
CLDHGH | High cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
| CFMIP Observation Simulator Package (COSP) Primary Diagnostics
| CALIPSO GOCCP 2007-2010 | DJF | JJA | ANN
CLDTOT_CAL | Total cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
CLDLOW_CAL | Low-level cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
CLDMED_CAL | Mid-level cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
CLDHGH_CAL | High-level cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
| ISCCP-COSP From D1 Daytime Jul1983-Jun2008 | DJF | JJA | ANN
CLDTOT_ISCCPCOSP | Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot
CLDTHICK_ISCCPCOSP | Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) | plot | plot | plot
| MISR L3 CTH-OD V5 Mar2000-Nov2009 | DJF | JJA | ANN
CLDTOT_MISR | Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot
CLDTHICK_MISR | Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) | plot | plot | plot
| MODIS-COSP 2003-2010 | DJF | JJA | ANN
CLDTOT_MODIS | Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot
CLDTHICK_MODIS | Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) | plot | plot | plot
| Additional COSP Diagnostics
| CALIPSO GOCCP 2007-2010 | DJF | JJA | ANN
CLDTOT_CAL | Total cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
CLDLOW_CAL | Low-level cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
CLDMED_CAL | Mid-level cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
CLDHGH_CAL | High-level cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
| CLOUDSAT-COSP From Level 2 GEOPROF Jun2006-Nov2010 | DJF | JJA | ANN
CLDTOT_CS2 | Total cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
| ISCCP-COSP From D1 Daytime Jul1983-Jun2008 | DJF | JJA | ANN
CLDTOT_ISCCPCOSP | Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot
CLDLOW_ISCCPCOSP | Low-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot
CLDMED_ISCCPCOSP | Mid-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot
CLDHGH_ISCCPCOSP | High-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot
CLDTHICK_ISCCPCOSP | Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) | plot | plot | plot
MEANPTOP_ISCCPCOSP | Mean cloud top pressure | plot | plot | plot
MEANCLDALB_ISCCPCOSP | Mean cloud albedo | plot | plot | plot
| MISR L3 CTH-OD V5 Mar2000-Nov2009 | DJF | JJA | ANN
CLDTOT_MISR | Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot
CLDLOW_MISR | Low-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot
CLDMED_MISR | Mid-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot
CLDHGH_MISR | High-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot
CLDTHICK_MISR | Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) | plot | plot | plot
| MODIS-COSP 2003-2010 | DJF | JJA | ANN
CLDTOT_MODIS | Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot
CLDLOW_MODIS | Low-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot
CLDMED_MODIS | Mid-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot
CLDHGH_MODIS | High-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot | plot | plot
CLDTHICK_MODIS | Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) | plot | plot | plot
CLIMODIS | Total ice cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
CLWMODIS | Total liquid cloud amount | plot | plot | plot
IWPMODIS | Mean ice water path | plot | plot | plot
LWPMODIS | Mean liquid water path | plot | plot | plot
PCTMODIS | Mean cloud top pressure | plot | plot | plot
REFFCLIMODIS | Mean effective radius (ice clouds) | plot | plot | plot
REFFCLWMODIS | Mean effective radius (liquid clouds) | plot | plot | plot
TAUILOGMODIS | Log-weighted mean optical thickness (ice clouds) | plot | plot | plot
TAUWLOGMODIS | Log-weighted mean optical thickness (liquid clouds) | plot | plot | plot
TAUTLOGMODIS | Log-weighted mean optical thickness (all clouds) | plot | plot | plot
TAUIMODIS | Mean optical thickness (ice clouds) | plot | plot | plot
TAUWMODIS | Mean optical thickness (liquid clouds) | plot | plot | plot
TAUTMODIS | Mean optical thickness (all clouds) | plot | plot | plot

*WGNE diagnostic variable