List observational references for each variable / metrics

[eguil]

Yann and Jiwoo to propose list of observations (and date range) for each metrics

[lee1043]

ERA Interim

• hfls: 1979.1-2016.12
• hfss: 1980.1-2016.12
• pr: 1979.1-2016.12
• psl: 1980.1-2016.12
• rlds: 1980.1-2016.12
• rlus: 1980.1-2016.12
• rsds: 1979.1-2016.12
• rsus: 1979.1-2016.12
• tauu: 1980.1-2016.12
• tauv: 1980.1-2016.12
• ts: 1989.1-2009.11 (/clim_obs/obs/atm/mo/ts/ERAINT/ts_ERAINT_198901-200911.nc)
• uas: 1980.1-2016.12
• vas: 1980.1-2016.12

@gleckler1 I found some discrepancy in period for the ERA-Interim I've used, which was provided by Jerry a while ago, which I presume that is from the CREATE-IP. Do you think all those variables are ready by obs4mips?

[yyplanton]

Here are the observational datasets I recommend, as well as the period:

• AVISO v6.3 (1993-2018)
  • link: https://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/data/products/sea-surface-height-products/global.html
  • variables: sla
• ERA-Interim (1979-2018)
  • link: https://esgf.nccs.nasa.gov/search/create-ip/
  • variables: hfls, rlds, rlus, pr, psl, hfss, ts, rsds, rsus, tauu
• GPCPv2.3 v2.3 (1979-2018)
  • link: https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/cgi-bin/db_search/DBSearch.pl?Dataset=GPCP+Version+2.3+Combined+Precipitation+Dataset&group=0&submit=Search
  • variables: precip
• HadISST v1.1 (1870-2018)
  • link: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadisst/data/download.html
  • variables: sst
• Tropflux (1979-2018)
  • link: https://incois.gov.in/tropflux/tf_products.jsp
  • variables: lhf, lwr, netflux, shf, sst, swr, taux

[lee1043]

@gleckler1 AVISO data we have seems like still need to be updated to include ~2018. I downloaded it from obs4mips ESGF but it may outdated.
/p/user_pub/PCMDIobs/PCMDIobs2.1/ocean/mon/zos/AVISO-1-0/gn/v20190912/zos_mon_AVISO-1-0_BE_gn_199210-201012.nc

[lee1043]

@gleckler1 HadISSTv1.1 needs to be added for the PCMDIobs. For now I can see there is ts from 20CR, where the 20CR used its SST forcing from the HadISSTv1.1, but the ts from the 20CR is kind of interpolated version of the HadISSTv1.1.

The HadISSTv1.1 at /clim_obs/obs/ocn/mo/tos/UKMETOFFICE-HadISST-v1-1/130122_HadISST_sst.nc covers from 1870-1 to 2012-11.

[lee1043]

@gleckler1 gpcp in our archive, /p/user_pub/PCMDIobs/PCMDIobs2.1/atmos/mon/pr/GPCP-2-3/gn/v20190912/pr_mon_GPCP-2-3_BE_gn_197901-201803.nc, does not cover full period of 2018. Needs update.