20CRv3

reference

source
CIRES; NOAA; DOE
data type
Global atmospheric reanalysis
spatial domain
Global
spatial resolution
T254 (approximately 75 km at the equator)
temporal coverage
20CRv3.SI is available for years 1836-1980 and 20CRv3.MO is available for years 1981-2015
time step
3h; Daily; Monthly
data format
NetCDF
comments
NCEP Global Spectral Model atmosphere coupled to Noah land surface model (single snow layer). Assimilates only surface observations of synoptic pressure and boundary conditions of pentad sea surface temperature and monthly sea ice concentration and time-varying solar, volcanic, and carbon dioxide radiative forcings are prescribed. More information is provided by Slivinski et al. (2019)