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DIAG Set 10 - Annual cycle line plots of global means

| HadISST/OI.v2 1982-2001 |
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ICEFRAC | Sea-ice area (Northern) | plot
ICEFRAC | Sea-ice area (Southern) | plot
SST | Sea surface temperature | plot
| SMMR & SSM/I 1979-1999 |
ICEFRAC | Sea-ice area (Northern) | plot
ICEFRAC | Sea-ice area (Southern) | plot
| Legates & Willmott 1920-80 |
PRECT | Precipitation rate | plot
TREFHT | 2-meter air temperature | plot
| Willmott & Matsuura 1950-99 |
TREFHT | 2-meter air temperature (land) | plot
| NCEP Reanalysis 1979-98 |
PREH2O | Total precipitable water | plot
PSL | Sea-level pressure | plot
SHFLX | Surface sensible heat flux | plot
T 850 | 850 mb temperature | plot
T 200 | 200 mb temperature | plot
TS | Surface temperature | plot
U 200 | 200 mb zonal wind | plot
Z 500 | 500 mb geopotential height | plot
Z 300 | 300 mb geopotential height | plot
| ERA40 Reanalysis 1980-2001 |
EP | Evaporation - precipitation | plot
LHFLX | Surface latent heat flux | plot
PREH2O | Precipitable water | plot
QFLX | Surface water flux | plot
T 850 | 850 mb temperature | plot
T 200 | 200 mb temperature | plot
U 200 | 200 mb zonal wind | plot
Z 500 | 500 mb geopotential height | plot
Z 300 | 300 mb geopotential height | plot
| ERA-Interim Reanalysis 1989-2005 |
PREH2O | Precipitable water | plot
T 850 | 850 mb temperature | plot
T 200 | 200 mb temperature | plot
U 200 | 200 mb zonal wind | plot
Z 500 | 500 mb geopotential height | plot
Z 300 | 300 mb geopotential height | plot
| JRA25 Reanalysis 1979-04 |
PREH2O | Total precipitable water | plot
PSL | Sea-level pressure | plot
SHFLX | Surface sensible heat flux | plot
T 850 | 850 mb temperature | plot
T 200 | 200 mb temperature | plot
TREFHT | 2-meter surface air temperature | plot
U 200 | 200 mb zonal wind | plot
Z 500 | 500 mb geopotential height | plot
Z 300 | 300 mb geopotential height | plot
| AIRS IR Sounder 2002-06
T 850 * | 850 mb temperature | plot
T 200 | 200 mb temperature | plot
| Large-Yeager 1984-2004
SHFLX | Surface sensible heat flux | plot
QFLX | Surface water flux | plot
FLNS | Surf Net LW flux | plot
FSNS | Surf Net SW flux | plot
| NVAP 1988-1999 |
PREH2O | Total precipitable water | plot
TGCLDLWP | Cloud liquid water (ocean) | plot
| Woods Hole OAFLUX 1958-2006
LHFLX | Latent Heat Flux | plot
QFLX | Surface Water Flux | plot
| GPCP 1979-2009 |
PRECT | Precipitation rate | plot
| CMAP (Xie-Arkin) 1979-98 |
PRECT | Precipitation rate | plot
| UWisc (v3) 1988-2008 |
TGCLDLWP | cloud liquid water (ocean) | plot
| SSM/I (Wentz) 1987-2000 |
PRECT | Precipitation rate (ocean) | plot
PREH2O | Precipitable water (ocean) | plot
| TRMM (3B43) 1998-2009 |
PRECT | Precipitation rate (38S-38N) | plot
| ERBE Feb1985-Apr1989 |
FLUT | TOA upward longwave flux | plot
FLUTC | TOA clearsky upward longwave flux | plot
FSNTOA | TOA net shortwave flux | plot
FSNTOAC | TOA clearsky net shortwave flux | plot
LWCF | TOA longwave cloud forcing | plot
RESTOA | TOA residual energy flux | plot
SWCF | TOA shortwave cloud forcing | plot
| CERES-EBAF March 2000-Feb 2010
ALBEDO | TOA albedo | plot
ALBEDOC | TOA clearsky albedo | plot
FLUT * | TOA upward LW flux | plot
FLUTC | TOA clearsky upward LW flux | plot
FSNTOA * | TOA net SW flux | plot
FSNTOAC | TOA clearsky net SW flux | plot
LWCF * | TOA longwave cloud forcing | plot
SWCF * | TOA shortwave cloud forcing | plot
| CERES 2000-2003
ALBEDO | TOA albedo | plot
ALBEDOC | TOA clearsky albedo | plot
FLUT * | TOA upward LW flux | plot
FLUTC | TOA clearsky upward LW flux | plot
FSNTOA * | TOA net SW flux | plot
FSNTOAC | TOA clearsky net SW flux | plot
LWCF * | TOA longwave cloud forcing | plot
SWCF * | TOA shortwave cloud forcing | plot
| ISCCP FD Jul1983-Dec2000 |
FLDS | Surface LW downwelling flux | plot
FLNS | Surface Net LW flux | plot
FSDS | Surface SW downwelling flux | plot
FSNS | Surface Net SW flux | plot
| ISCCP D2 1983-2001 |
CLDHGH (IR clouds) | High-level cloud amount | plot
CLDHGH (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) | High-level cloud amount | plot
CLDLOW (IR clouds) | Low-level cloud amount | plot
CLDLOW (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) | Low-level cloud amount | plot
CLDMED (IR clouds) | Medium-level cloud amount | plot
CLDMED (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) | Medium-level cloud amount | plot
CLDTOT (IR clouds) | Total cloud amount | plot
CLDTOT (VIS/IR/NIR clouds) | Total cloud amount | plot
| CFMIP Observation Simulator Package (COSP) Primary Diagnostics
| ISCCP-COSP From D1 Daytime Jul1983-Jun2008
| CALIPSO GOCCP 2007-2010
CLDTOT_CAL | Total cloud amount | plot
CLDLOW_CAL | Low-level cloud amount | plot
CLDMED_CAL | Mid-level cloud amount | plot
CLDHGH_CAL | High-level cloud amount | plot
| ISCCP-COSP From D1 Daytime Jul1983-Jun2008
CLDTOT_ISCCPCOSP | Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot
CLDTHICK_ISCCPCOSP | Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) | plot
| MISR L3 CTH-OD V5 Mar2000-Nov2009
CLDTOT_MISR | Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot
CLDTHICK_MISR | Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) | plot
| MODIS-COSP 2003-2010
CLDTOT_MODIS | Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot
CLDTHICK_MODIS | Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) | plot
| Additional COSP Diagnostics
| CALIPSO GOCCP 2007-2010
CLDTOT_CAL | Total cloud amount | plot
CLDLOW_CAL | Low-level cloud amount | plot
CLDMED_CAL | Mid-level cloud amount | plot
CLDHGH_CAL | High-level cloud amount | plot
| CLOUDSAT-COSP From Level 2 GEOPROF Jun2006-Nov2010
CLDTOT_CS2 | Total cloud amount | plot
| ISCCP-COSP From D1 Daytime Jul1983-Jun2008
CLDTOT_ISCCPCOSP | Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot
CLDLOW_ISCCPCOSP | Low-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot
CLDMED_ISCCPCOSP | Mid-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot
CLDHGH_ISCCPCOSP | High-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot
CLDTHICK_ISCCPCOSP | Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) | plot
MEANPTOP_ISCCPCOSP | Mean cloud top pressure | plot
MEANCLDALB_ISCCPCOSP | Mean cloud albedo | plot
| MISR L3 CTH-OD V5 Mar2000-Nov2009
CLDTOT_MISR | Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot
CLDLOW_MISR | Low-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot
CLDMED_MISR | Mid-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot
CLDHGH_MISR | High-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot
CLDTHICK_MISR | Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) | plot
| MODIS-COSP 2003-2010
CLDTOT_MODIS | Total cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot
CLDLOW_MODIS | Low-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot
CLDMED_MODIS | Mid-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot
CLDHGH_MODIS | High-topped cloud amount (tau > 0.3) | plot
CLDTHICK_MODIS | Optically thick cloud amount (tau > 23.0) | plot
CLIMODIS | Total ice cloud amount | plot
CLWMODIS | Total liquid cloud amount | plot
IWPMODIS | Mean ice water path | plot
LWPMODIS | Mean liquid water path | plot
PCTMODIS | Mean cloud top pressure | plot
REFFCLIMODIS | Mean effective radius (ice clouds) | plot
REFFCLWMODIS | Mean effective radius (liquid clouds) | plot
TAUILOGMODIS | Log-weighted mean optical thickness (ice clouds) | plot
TAUWLOGMODIS | Log-weighted mean optical thickness (liquid clouds) | plot
TAUTLOGMODIS | Log-weighted mean optical thickness (all clouds) | plot
TAUIMODIS | Mean optical thickness (ice clouds) | plot
TAUWMODIS | Mean optical thickness (liquid clouds) | plot
TAUTMODIS | Mean optical thickness (all clouds) | plot