dataset: WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1

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WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1

REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 from WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI: Climate Extreme Indices from the Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices.

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Datasets and variables

Maximum Number of Consecutive Days Per Year with Less Than 1mm of Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 altcdd[ lon lat \| time]
Cold Spell Duration Index Spanning Years	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 altcsdi[ lon lat \| time]
Maximum Number of Consecutive Days Per Year with At Least 1mm of Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 altcwd[ lon lat \| time]
Warm Spell Duration Index Spanning Years	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 altwsdi[ lon lat \| time]
Maximum Number of Consecutive Days with Less Than 1mm of Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 cdd[ lon lat \| time]
Cold Spell Duration Index	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 csdi[ lon lat \| time]
Maximum Number of Consecutive Days with At Least 1mm of Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 cwd[ lon lat \| time]
Mean Diurnal Temperature Range	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 dtr[ lon lat \| time]
Number of Frost Days	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 fd[ lon lat \| time]
Growing Season Length	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 gsl[ lon lat \| time]
Number of Icing Days	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 id[ lon lat \| time]
Annual Total Precipitation in Wet Days	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 prcptot[ lon lat \| time]
Annual Count of Days with At Least 10mm of Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 r10mm[ lon lat \| time]
Annual Count of Days with At Least 1mm of Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 r1mm[ lon lat \| time]
Annual Count of Days with At Least 20mm of Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 r20mm[ lon lat \| time]
Annual Total Precipitation when Daily Precipitation Exceeds the 95th Percentile of Wet Day Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 r95p[ lon lat \| time]
Annual Total Precipitation when Daily Precipitation Exceeds the 99th Percentile of Wet Day Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 r99p[ lon lat \| time]
Annual Maximum 1-day Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 rx1day[ lon lat \| time]
Annual Maximum Consecutive 5-day Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 rx5day[ lon lat \| time]
Simple Precipitation Intensity Index	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 sdii[ lon lat \| time]
Number of Summer Days	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 su[ lon lat \| time]
Percentage of Days when Daily Minimum Temperature is Below the 10th Percentile	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 tn10p[ lon lat \| time]
Percentage of Days when Daily Minimum Temperature is Above the 90th Percentile	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 tn90p[ lon lat \| time]
Annual Minimum of Daily Minimum Temperature	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 tnn[ lon lat \| time]
Annual Maximum of Daily Minimum Temperature	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 tnx[ lon lat \| time]
Number of Tropical Nights	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 tr[ lon lat \| time]
Percentage of Days when Daily Maximum Temperature is Below the 10th Percentile	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 tx10p[ lon lat \| time]
Percentage of Days when Daily Maximum Temperature is Above the 90th Percentile	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 tx90p[ lon lat \| time]
Annual Minimum of Daily Maximum Temperature	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 txn[ lon lat \| time]
Annual Maximum of Daily Maximum Temperature	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 txx[ lon lat \| time]
Warm Spell Duration Index	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI REANALYSES historical ERA40 annual r1i1p1 wsdi[ lon lat \| time]

Independent Variables (Grids)

lat (latitude)	grid: /lat (degree_north) ordered (90N) to (90S) by 2.5 N= 73 pts :grid
lon (longitude)	grid: /lon (degree_east) periodic (0) to (2.5W) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid
time (time)	grid: /time (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (1958) to (2001) by 12.0 N= 44 pts :grid

References

Sillmann, J., V. V. Kharin, X. Zhang, F. W. Zwiers, and D. Bronaugh (2013), Climate extremes indices in the CMIP5 multimodel ensemble: Part 1. Model evaluation in the present climate, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 1716-1733, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50203.

Sillmann, J., V. V. Kharin, F. W. Zwiers, X. Zhang, and D. Bronaugh (2013), Climate extremes indices in the CMIP5 multimodel ensemble: Part 2. Future climate projections, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 2473-2493, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50188.

Last updated: Thu, 14 May 2015 12:08:38 GMT

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