COMPARISON of several ATLAS

Available diagnostics for the Atmosphere

Global diagnostics

Means	ANN	W	S	S	F

RMSE	RMSE

TimeSeries

TOA rad. fluxes	Total	(RTNA=RLUT+RST)	ANN	W	S	S	F	Short wave	(RST)	ANN	W	S	S	F
								Long wave	(RLUT)	ANN	W	S	S	F
Surface net fluxes	Total	(NHFSA=RSNA+TSNA)	ANN	W	S	S	F	radiative	(RSNA=NLFS+NSFS)	ANN	W	S	S	F
								turbulent	(TSNA=HFLS+HFSS)	ANN	W	S	S	F
	latent	(HFLS - up is >0)	ANN	W	S	S	F	sensible	(HFSS - up is >0)	ANN	W	S	S	F
Cloud area fraction	Total	(CLT)	ANN	W	S	S	F	Low clouds	(CLTL)	ANN	W	S	S	F
	Middle clouds	(CLTM)	ANN	W	S	S	F	High clouds	(CLTH)	ANN	W	S	S	F
CRE (net)	TOA	(RNTCRE)	ANN	W	S	S	F	Surface	(RNSCRE)	ANN	W	S	S	F
CRE atmosph.(net)	Total	(RNACRE)	ANN	W	S	S	F	LW	(RLACRE)	ANN	W	S	S	F	SW	(RSACRE)	ANN	W	S	S	F
Incoming water flux	at surface	(WDS)	ANN	W	S	S	F
Albedo		(ALBS)	ANN	W	S	S	F

Latitude-pressure zonal mean cross-sections

Geopotential height	(ZG)	ANN	W	S	S	F	Temperature	(TA)	ANN	W	S	S	F	Specific humidity	(HUS)	ANN	W	S	S	F
Zonal wind	(UA)	ANN	W	S	S	F	Meridional wind	(VA)	ANN	W	S	S	F	Merid. stream funct.	(STF)	ANN	W	S	S	F

Maps

Temperature 2m		(TAS)	ANN	W	S	S	F
Surface temperature	Mean	(SST)	ANN	W	S	S	F	Variance	(SST)	ANN	W	S	S	F
Humidity	2m	(HUSS)	ANN	W	S	S	F	850 hPa	(HUS)	ANN	W	S	S	F
Cloud area fraction		(CLT)	ANN	W	S	S	F	Low clouds	(CLTL)	ANN	W	S	S	F	Middle clouds	(CLTM)	ANN	W	S	S	F	High clouds	(CLTH)	ANN	W	S	S	F
Precipitation	Global	(PR)	ANN	W	S	S	F	Land	(PR_C)	ANN	W	S	S	F	P - E	(WDS)	ANN	W	S	S	F

Radiative Fluxes

		SW						LW						Total						Clear sky
TOA	Net	(RST)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(RLUT)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(RTNA)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(RNTCS)	ANN	W	S	S	F
Surface	Net	(RSS)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(RLS)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(RSNA)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(RNSCS)	ANN	W	S	S	F
	Down	(RSDS)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(RLDS)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(RTDS)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(RTDSCS)	ANN	W	S	S	F
CRE (net)	TOA	(RSTCRE)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(RLTCRE)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(RNTCRE)	ANN	W	S	S	F
	Surface	(RSSCRE)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(RLSCRE)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(RNSCRE)	ANN	W	S	S	F
	Atm.	(RSACRE)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(RLACRE)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(RNACRE)	ANN	W	S	S	F
Albedo	Surface	(ALBS)	ANN	W	S	S	F							(ALBT)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(ALBSCS)	ANN	W	S	S	F

Other Surface Fluxes

Surface net fluxes	Total	(NHFSA)	ANN	W	S	S	F
Breakdown - Global	Turbulent	(TSNA)	ANN	W	S	S	F	Latent	(HFLS)	ANN	W	S	S	F	Sensible	(HFSS)	ANN	W	S	S	F
Breakdown - Ocean	Turbulent	(TSNA_O)	ANN	W	S	S	F	Latent	(HFLS_O)	ANN	W	S	S	F	Sensible	(HFSS_O)	ANN	W	S	S	F
wind stress	Zonal	(TAUU)	ANN	W	S	S	F	Meridional	(TAUV)	ANN	W	S	S	F

Dynamics

Sea surface pressure		(PSL)	ANN	W	S	S	F	Standard deviation	(PSL)	ANN	W	S	S	F
Geopotential height at 500 mb		(Z500)	ANN	W	S	S	F	Standard deviation	(Z500)	ANN	W	S	S	F

	200 mb						850 mb							200 mb						850 mb
Z / T	(Z200)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(TA850)	ANN	W	S	S	F
Zonal wind	(UA200)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(UA850)	ANN	W	S	S	F	Meridional wind	(VA200)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(VA850)	ANN	W	S	S	F
Streamfunction	(STF200)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(STF850)	ANN	W	S	S	F	Velocity potential	(VP200)	ANN	W	S	S	F	(VP850)	ANN	W	S	S	F

EOF

Precipitation	(PR)	W	S	W	S	W	S
	North Pacific							N-Atlantic							Trop. Pacific
Surface temperature	(SST)	W	S	W	S	W	S		W	S	W	S	W	S		W	S	W	S	W	S
Sea surface pressure	(PSL)	W	S	W	S	W	S		W	S	W	S	W	S
Geopotential at 500 mb	(Z500)	W	S	W	S	W	S		W	S	W	S	W	S

Regression of SST, PSL and Z500 on EOFs of ...

	North Pacific							N-Atlantic							Trop. Pacific
Surface temperature	on SST															W	S	W	S	W	S
	on PSL	W	S	W	S	W	S		W	S	W	S	W	S
	on Z500	W	S	W	S	W	S		W	S	W	S	W	S
Sea level pressure	on SST								W	S	W	S	W	S
Geopotential at 500 mb	on SST	W	S	W	S	W	S

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