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DIAG Set 8 - Annual cycle contour plots of zonal means

| NCEP Reanalysis 1979-98 |
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PREH2O * | Total precipitable water | plot
U 200 * | 200 mb zonal wind | plot
| ERA40 Reanalysis 1980-2001 |
PREH2O * | Total precipitable water | plot
U 200 * | 200 mb zonal wind | plot
| ERA-Interim Reanalysis 1989-2005 |
PREH2O * | Total precipitable water | plot
U 200 * | 200 mb zonal wind | plot
| JRA25 Reanalysis 1979-04 |
PREH2O * | Total precipitable water | plot
U 200 * | 200 mb zonal wind | plot
| NVAP 1988-1999 |
PREH2O * | Total precipitable water | plot
| GPCP 1979-2009 |
PRECT * | Precipitation rate | plot
| CMAP (Xie-Arkin) 1979-98 |
PRECT * | Precipitation rate | plot
| CERES-EBAF March 2000-Feb 2010 |
FLUT | TOA upward longwave flux | plot
| CERES 2000-2003 |
FLUT | TOA upward longwave flux | plot
| ERBE Feb1985-Apr1989 |
FLUT | TOA upward longwave flux | 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

*WGNE diagnostic variable