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CDC Derived NCEP Reanalysis Products Other Gaussian Grid
CDC Derived NCEP Reanalysis Products Pressure Level
CDC Derived NCEP Reanalysis Products Sigma Level Data
CDC Derived NCEP Reanalysis Products Surface Flux
CDC Derived NCEP Reanalysis Products Surface Level
CDC Derived NCEP Reanalysis Products Tropopause Level
COBE Sea Surface Temperature
COBE-SST2 Sea Surface Temperature
CPC 2x2.5 Hourly US Precipitation
CPC Global Precipitation
CPC Global Temperature
CPC Merged Analysis Of Precipitation Enhanced
CPC Merged Analysis Of Precipitation Standard
CPC Monthly Soil Moisture
CPC Unified Gauge-Based Analysis Of Daily Precipitation Over CONUS
CPC Unified Gauge-Based Analysis Of Daily Precipitation Over CONUS RT
CRUTEM4
Dai Palmer Drought Severity Index
Dai Palmer Drought Severity Index: Self-calibrated
GHCN Version 2 Gridded Land Precipitation Dataset
GHCN Version 3 Gridded Land Temperature Dataset
GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (GISTEMP)
GPCC Precipitation 0.5degree V2018 Full Reanalysis
GPCC Precipitation 0.5degree V7 Full Reanalysis
GPCC Precipitation 1.0degree V2018 Full Reanalysis
GPCC Precipitation 1.0degree V7 Full Reanalysis
GPCC Precipitation 2.5degree V2018 Full Reanalysis
GPCC Precipitation 2.5degree V7 Full Reanalysis
GPCC Precipitation First Guess (1.0x1.0)
GPCC Precipitation Full V6 (0.5x0.5)
GPCC Precipitation Full V6 (1.0x1.0)
GPCC Precipitation Full V6 (2.5x2.5)
GPCC Precipitation Monitoring V6 (1.0x1.0)
GPCP Version 2.2 Combined Precipitation Dataset
GPCP Version 2.3 Combined Precipitation Dataset
ICOADS 1-degree Enhanced
ICOADS 1-degree Equatorial Enhanced
ICOADS 1-degree Equatorial Standard
ICOADS 1-degree Standard
ICOADS 2 Degree Enhanced LTMs 1971-2000
ICOADS 2 Degree Enhanced LTMs 1981-2010
ICOADS 2 Degree LTMs 1950-1979
ICOADS 2-degree Enhanced
ICOADS 2-degree Standard
ICOADS 2.5 1-degree Enhanced
ICOADS 2.5 1-degree Equatorial Enhanced
ICOADS 2.5 1-degree Equatorial Standard
ICOADS 2.5 1-degree Standard
ICOADS 2.5 2-Degree LTMs 1971-2000
ICOADS 2.5 2-Degree LTMs 1981-2010
ICOADS 2.5 2-degree Enhanced
ICOADS 2.5 2-degree LTMs 1950-1979
ICOADS 2.5 2-degree Standard
Kaplan Extended SST V2
Livneh Daily CONUS Near-surface Gridded Derived Hydrometeorological Data
Livneh Daily CONUS Near-surface Gridded Observed Meteorological Data
NCEP
NCEP GODAS
NCEP Reanalysis
NCEP Reanalysis Daily Averages
NCEP Reanalysis Daily Values
NCEP Reanalysis Derived Products
NCEP/DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis (Reanalysis-2)
NCEP/DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis (Reanalysis-2) Daily Averages
NCEP/DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis (Reanalysis-2) Daily Values
NCEP/DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis (Reanalysis-2) Monthly Averages
NCEP/DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis (Reanalysis-2) Monthly Values
NOAA Daily OLR TCDR (PSD)
NOAA Extended Reconstructed SST V2
NOAA Extended Reconstructed SST V3b
NOAA Extended Reconstructed SST V4
NOAA Extended Reconstructed SST V5
NOAA Global Temperature
NOAA High-resolution Blended Analysis
NOAA Highly Reflective Clouds
NOAA Interpolated OLR
NOAA Optimum Interpolation (OI) SST V2
NOAA Uninterpolated OLR
NOAA-CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis Version 2
NOAA-CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis Version 2 Daily Averages
NOAA-CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis Version 2 Derived Products
NOAA-CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis Version 2 Monthly Averages
NOAA-CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis Version 2c
NOAA-CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis Version 2c Daily Averages
NOAA-CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis Version 2c Daily Values
NOAA-CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis Version 2c Derived Products
NOAA-CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis Version 2c Monthly Averages
NOAA/CIRES/DOE 20th Century Reanalysis Version 3 Derived Products
NOAA/CIRES/DOE 20th Century Reanalysis Version 3mo
NOAA/CIRES/DOE 20th Century Reanalysis Version 3mo Daily Averages
NOAA/CIRES/DOE 20th Century Reanalysis Version 3mo Daily Values
NOAA/CIRES/DOE 20th Century Reanalysis Version 3si
NOAA/CIRES/DOE 20th Century Reanalysis Version 3si Daily Averages
NOAA/CIRES/DOE 20th Century Reanalysis Version 3si Daily Values
NOAA/CIRES/DOE 20th Century Reanalysis Version 3si-mo Monthly Averages
NOAA/NCEP GHCN CAMS
NODC (Levitus) World Ocean Atlas
NODC World Ocean Atlas 1998
NODC World Ocean Atlas 1998 (5 Degree)
Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid Weekly Snow Cover And Sea Ice Extent
Precipitation Reconstruction (PREC)
Precipitation Reconstruction Over Land (PREC/L):0.5x0.5
Precipitation Reconstruction Over Land (PREC/L):1x1
Precipitation Reconstruction Over Land (PREC/L):2.5x2.5
Univ. Of Delaware Precipitation And Air Temp V4.01
Univ. Of Delaware Precipitation And Air Temp V5.01
Univ. Of Delaware Precipitation And Air Temp. V3.01

Aerodynamic Conductance
Air Temperature
Air Temperature 2.5 Bias
Air Temperature 97.5 Bias
Air Temperature At Cloud Layer Top
Air Temperature Sampling Error
Air Temperature Station Error
Air Temperature: 1200km Smoothing Combined
Air Temperature: 1200km Smoothing Land Only
Air Temperature: 250km Smoothing Combined
Air Temperature: 250km Smoothing Land Only
Albedo
Average Radiative Surface Temperature
Baseflow
Best (4-layer) Lifted Index
Canopy Water
Canopy Water Evaporation
Categorical Freezing Rain
Categorical Ice Pellets
Categorical Rain
Categorical Snow
Clear Sky Downward Longwave Flux
Clear Sky Downward Solar Flux
Clear Sky UV-B Downward Solar Flux
Clear Sky Upward Longwave Flux
Clear Sky Upward Shortwave Flux
Clear Sky Upward Solar Flux
Cloud Forcing Net Longwave Flux
Cloud Forcing Net Solar Flux
Cloud Layer Pressure
Cloud Water Content
Cloud Work Function
Cloudiness
Convective Available Potential Energy
Convective Inhibition
Convective Precipitation Accumulation
Convective Precipitation Rate
Cooling Degree Days
Direct Evaporation From Bare Soil
Divergence
Downward Longwave Radiation Flux
Downward Shortwave Radiation Flux
Downward Solar Radiation Flux
Estimated Error
Evapotranspiration
Exchange Coefficient
Extent Of Snow Cover
Field Capacity
Frictional Velocity
Geometric Vertical Velocity
Geopotential Height
Ground Heat Flux
Heating Degree Days
Highly Reflective Clouds
Ice Concentration
Ice Thickness
Land Mask
Land-sea Mask
Land/Sea Mask
Latent Heat Net Flux
Latent Heat Parameter
Latent Heat Trans Eastward Param
Latent Heat Trans Northward Param
Liquid Volumetric Soil Moisture (non-frozen) Fraction
Maximum Specific Humidity
Maximum Temperature
Mean Sea Level Pressure
Meridional Gravity Wave Stress
Meridional Latent Heat Parameter
Meridional Momentum Flux
Minimum Specific Humidity
Minimum Temperature
Mixed Layer Depth Via Pot. Dens.
Mixed Layer Depth Via Pot. Temp.
Model Topography
Momentum Flux, U-component
Momentum Flux, V-component
Monthly Mean Precipitation Rate
Near IR Beam Downward Solar Flux
Near IR Diffuse Downward Solar Flux
Net Downward Radiation Flux
Net Heat Flux Into Ground
Net Longwave Radiation Flux
Net Shortwave Radiation Flux
Net Solar Radiation Flux
Net Upward Latent Heat Flux
Net Upward Sensible Heat Flux
Normalized Error Variance
Number Of Observations
Ocean Isothermal Layer Depth Below Sea Surface
Ocean Mixed Layer Depth Below Sea Surface
Ocean Salinity
Ocean Salinity, Analyzed Mean
Ocean Salinity, Analyzed Mean - Analyzed Annual Mean
Ocean Salinity, Data Distribution
Ocean Salinity, Raw - Analyzed
Ocean Salinity, Raw Nobs
Ocean Salinity, Standard Deviation
Ocean Salinity, Standard Error
Ocean Salinity, Unanalyzed
Ocean Temperature
Ocean Temperature, Analyzed Mean
Ocean Temperature, Analyzed Mean - Analyzed Annual Mean
Ocean Temperature, Data Distribution
Ocean Temperature, Raw - Analyzed
Ocean Temperature, Raw Nobs
Ocean Temperature, Standard Deviation
Ocean Temperature, Standard Error
Ocean Temperature, Unanalyzed
Omega (dp/dt)
Outgoing Longwave Radiation
Palmer Drought Severity Index
Percent Of Frozen Precipitation
Percent Of Grid That Is Land
Planetary Boundary Layer Height
Plant Canopy Surface Water
Potential Evaporation Rate
Potential Temperature
Potential Vorticity
Precipitable Water Content
Precipitation
Precipitation Amount
Precipitation Anomaly
Precipitation Rate
Pressure
Pressure Forecast
Relative Humidity
Relative Vorticity
Salinity
Salt Flux
Sat Sp Hum At Sst Minus Sp Hum
Sea Ice Concentration
Sea Level Pressure
Sea Surface Height Relative To Geoid
Sea Surface Temperature
Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies
Sea-air Temperature Difference
Sensible Heat Net Flux
Sensible Heat Parameter
Sensible Heat Trans Eastward Param
Sensible Heat Trans Northward Param
Skin Temperature
Snow Cover
Snow Depth
Snow Phase Change Heat Flux
Snow Water Equivalent
Soil Moisture
Soil Moisture Content
Soil Temperature
Soil Type (Zobler)
Specific Humidity
Station Pressure
Storm Surface Runoff
Streamfunction
Sublimation (Evaporation From Snow)
Surface Lifted Index
Surface Potential Temperature
Surface Pressure
Surface Roughness
Surface Runoff
Surface Slope Type
Temperature
Thickness
Total Cloud Cover
Total Columnar Ozone
Total Downward Heat Flux At Surface
Transpiration
Tropopause Pressure
Tropopause Temperature
U Of Current
U-wind
U-wind PseudoStress
U-wind Stress
UV-B Downward Solar Flux
Upward Longwave Radiation Flux
Upward Shortwave Radiation Flux
Upward Solar Radiation Flux
V Of Current
V-wind
V-wind PseudoStress
V-wind Stress
Validity
Validity Mask
Vegetation Percent
Vegetation Type (as In SiB)
Velocity Potential
Vertical Wind Shear
Visible Beam Downward Solar Flux
Visible Diffuse Downward Solar Flux
Volumetric Soil Moisture
Water Equiv. Of Accum. Snow Depth
Water Runoff
Wilting Point
Wind Speed
Wind Speed Cubed
Zonal Gravity Wave Stress
Zonal Latent Heat Parameter
Zonal Momentum Flux