Validation Data Sets

1. Other Reanalyses
Acronym Full Name Time Period Grid Resolution Variables Used
GEOS4-CERES NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office 1979 - present 1.0 x 1.25 degree  
ECMWF ERA-40 European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts 1958 - 2002 2.5 x 2.5 degree  
NCEP R-2 National Centers for Environmental Prediction 1948 - present 1.875 x 2 degree  
JRA-25 Japanese Meteorological Agency 1979 - 2003 1.125 x 1.125 degree  
2. Conventional & Satellite Observation Sets NOT Assimilated
Acronym Full Name Time Period Grid Resolution Variables Used
NVAP NASA Water Vapor Project 1988 - 2001 1.0 x 1.0 degree TPW
GPCP Global Precipitation Climatology Project 1979 - prsent 2.5 x 2.5 degree Precip
GSSTF Goddard Satellite-based Surface Turbulent Fluxes 7/1987 - 12/2000 1.0 x 1.0 degree Evap
ISCCP International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project 7/1983 - 12/2004 0.5 x 0.5 degree Clouds, Tskin
CRU Climatic Research Unit time series 2.1 1901 - 2000 5 x 5, 2.5 x 3.75 degree T2m, Precip
ERBE Earth Radiation Budget Experiment 1984 - present ? x ? degree radiation
OAFlux Objectively Analyzed air-sea Fluxes for the global oceans past 50 years 1.0 x 1.0 degree radiation
HOAPS Hamburg Ocean Atmosphere Parameters and fluxes from Satellite (SSM/I) data 1988 - 2002 0.5 x 0.5 degree Precip, radiation
3. Off-Line Land Products
Acronym Full Name Time Period Grid Resolution Variables Used
GLDAS Global Land Data Assimilation System
( CLM2, MOSAIC, NOAH) 		1979 - 2005 1.0 x 1.0 degree LHF, SHF, Evap
GSWP2 Global Soil Wetness Project 1986 -1995 1.0 x 1.0 degree LHF, SHF, Evap
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