Independent Variables (Grids)

latitude

grid: /latitude (degree_north) ordered (89.5S) to (89.5N) by 1.0 N= 180 pts :grid

longitude

grid: /longitude (degree_east) periodic (0.5E) to (0.5W) by 1.0 N= 360 pts :grid

time

grid: /time (months since 1948-01-01 00:00:00) ordered (Jan 1948) to (Dec 2000) by 1.0 N= 636 pts :grid

z

grid: /z (level) ordered [ (0.0)] :grid

Other Info

datatype

realarraytype

date

01/01/48

missing_value

2.00000004E20

source

Derived from daily output from the VIC model. Includes evaporation from the soil and canopy, transpiration and snow sublimation

title

mean monthly evapotranspiration

units

kg /m² /s

valid_max

0.002476974

valid_min

-9.02257452E-04

standard units*

kilogram meter^-2 second^-1

References

Sheffield, J., and E. F. Wood (2007), Characteristics of global and regional drought, 1950-2000: Analysis of soil moisture data from off-line simulation of the terrestrial hydrologic cycle, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D17115, doi:10.1029/2006JD008288.

Sheffield, J., G. Goteti, and E. F. Wood, 2006: Development of a 50-yr high-resolution global dataset of meteorological forcings for land surface modeling, J. Climate, 19 (13), 3088-3111.

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