• GlobalMeanSST

• GlobalMeanSSS

• WarmWaterVolume (WWV)
  • Integrated above the 20C isotherm between 5N - 5S, 120E - 80W

• MeridionalOverturningCirculation (MOC)
  • Atlantic meridional overturning stream function averaged to a depth of 1000m and over the latitude band 20-80N

• HeatTransport
  • Atlantic Ocean Northward heat transport, 0-70N average

• NINO
  • NINO1+2
    • (0-10S, 80-90W) The region that typically warms first when an EL Niño event develops
  • NINO 3
    • (5S-5N, 150W-90W) The region of the tropical Pacific that has the largest variability in sea-surface temperature on EL iño time scales
  • NINO 3.4 (AlsoComparisonWithWWV)
    • (5S-5N, 170W-120W) The region that has large variability on EL Niño time scales, and that is closer (than NINO3) to the region where changes in local sea-surface temperature are important for shifting the large region of rainfall typically located in the far western Pacific.
  • NINO 4
    • (5S-5N, 160E-150W) The region where changes of sea-surface temperature lead to total values around 27.5C, which is thought to be an important threshold in producing rainfall

• Sea Ice
  • Southern and Northern hemisphere sea ice cover area and volume
  • Southern Annual Mode (SAM) index (40S-65S, zonal average of sea level pressure, normalised)
  • The volume ice export at the 79deg N section (Fram Strait, integrated from 20W-10E) and something comparable for Antarctic

• Snow covered area
  • monthly, km^2
  • Means for North America, Eurasia, Northern Hemisphere

• Mean SWE / snow mass
  • monthly, km^3 (for SWE) / kg (for mass)
  • Means for North America, Eurasia, Northern Hemisphere

• Soil Moisture
  • Plant available soil moisture, top 0.1m
    • Monthly mean, cm
    • Spatial fields
      • Illinois, area: 37.5-42.5 deg N, 87.5-91.5 degE
      • Central China: 30-40 deg N, 105-120 deg E
      • Russia, area: 55-65 deg N, 20-60deg E
  • Plant available soil moisture, top 2m
    • Monthly mean, cm
    • Spatial fields * Illinois, area: 37.5-42.5 deg N, 87.5-91.5 degE * Central China: 30-40 deg N, 105-120 deg E * Russia, area: 55-65 deg N, 20-60deg E

-- ChunLeiLiu - 06 Oct 2006