ØForcing Data Sets
ØECMWF Re-analysis Advanced Global
Data
Ø 4x/day,
01/79 - 12/93
Ø1.125 degrees
ØNCEP/NCAR Reanalysis
Ø4x/day, 1985-1999
Ø2.5 x 2.5 degrees
ØBias Reduced Data Set
Ø4x/day, 1979-1993
ØCatchment based
ØObservational Data Sets
ØClimate Research Unit (University of
East Anglia) Temperature and Precipitation
Ø01/01 - 12/98
Ø0.5 x 0.5 degrees - global land
surface
ØCenter for Climatic Research
(University of Delaware) Terrestrial Temperature and Precipitation
Ø01/50 - 12/96
Ø0.5 x 0.5 degree - global land surface
ØGlobal Precipitation Climatology
Project (GPCP)
Ø01/86 - 03/95
Ø2.5 x 2.5 degree
ØLangley Eight Year Shortwave and
Long-wave Surface Radiation Budget
Ø07/83 - 06/91 - in process of being
extended
Ø2.5 x 2.5 degree - global