Independent Variables (Grids)

Time

grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1985) to (Dec 1989) by 1.0 N= 60 pts :grid

Longitude

grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (180W) to (177.5E) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid

Latitude

grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (60S) to (60N) by 2.5 N= 49 pts :grid

Depth

grid: /Z (unitless) ordered [ (0.0)] :grid

Other Info

datatype

realarraytype

file_missing_value

-99.999901

missing_value

NaN

units

unitless

history

[[([ SOLSFC.ISCCP solr ] * $1-a$) [(ISCCP Solar Radation Data) (X regridded on SOLSFC.ISCCP) (Y regridded on SOLSFC.ISCCP)]] [() (U.S. Navy bathymetry plus land heights)]]

References

Seager, R., M. Benno. Blumenthal. Modeling tropical Pacific sea surface temperature with satellite-derived solar radiative forcing. J. Climate, 1994

J. K. B. Bishop, W. B. Rossow. Spatial and temporal variability of global surface solar irradiance. J. Geophys. Res. 96, 1991

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