Forcing
Dataset Overview
•Observations used to bias
correct the ECMWF Reanalysis
Langley Eight
Year Shortwave and Longwave Surface Radiation Budget
(Gupta et al., 1997)
Long and
Shortwave Radiation
Center for
Climatic Research (Legates and Willmott, 1990a-extended)
GPCP (Huffman
et al. 2001)
Precipitation
Center for
Climatic Research (Legates and Willmott, 1990b)
Climate Research Unit
(New et al., 2000)
2-meter air
temperature
Spatial
Temporal
Resolution
Observational
Data
Reanalysis
Fields