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NASA ISLSCP GDSLAM Radiation-Clouds mth_mean

mth_mean from NASA ISLSCP GDSLAM Radiation-Clouds: Global data sets for land-atmosphere models, including radiation and cloud properties.

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Datasets and variables

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lwdn
lwnt
swdn
swnt
tont

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1987) to (Dec 1988) by 1. N= 24 pts :grid
Longitude grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (179.5W) to (179.5E) by 1. N= 360 pts :grid
Latitude grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89.5N) to (89.5S) by 1. N= 180 pts :grid

References

Darnell, W. L., W. F. Staylor, S. K. Gupta, N. A. Ritchey, and A. C. Wilber, 1992. Seasonal variation of surface radiation budget derived from ISCCP-C1 data. J. Geophys. Res., 97:15741-15760.

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