This dataset provides near-surface meteorological data for driving land surface models and other terrestrial modeling systems. It blends reanalysis data with observations and disaggregates in time and space. The dataset is currently available at 1.0 degree (plus 0.5 and 0.25 degree), 3-hourly (plus daily and monthly) resolution globally for 1948-2008. Experimental updates include a 1901-2012 version (that will become V2), real-time updates, higher resolution versions for Africa (that assimilates all available gauge data) and future climate projections based on bias-corrected climate model output.
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The dataset is freely available but we ask that you leave a few details about yourself and how you intend to use the dataset. Also, please cite the reference below if you use the data. The dataset is updated periodically, and these updates are listed below. The data is best used for research into long-term and broad scale problems, rather than applications for specific locations and/or dates. Data are provided for the oceans as well, but have not been evaluated.
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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