National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service(NESDIS)

Global Monthly AVHRR Climatology Over Land
Clear-sky top-of-the-atmosphere variables


by Garik Gutman, Dan Tarpley, Aleksandr Ignatov, NOAA/NESDIS Satellite Research Laboratory, Camp Springs, Maryland
and Steve Olson, Research and Data Systems Corporation, Greenbelt, Maryland.


This is Volume 3 in the Global Change Data Base:
Editor David Hastings, NOAA/NESDIS National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, Colorado

The data contained in this directory come from the Global Ecosystems Database, TerrainBase, and other data from


NOAA National Geophysical Data Center
325 Broadway
Boulder CO 80303

fax: 303-497-6513
email: info@ngdc.noaa.gov

Documentation for these data is contained in the \DOCUMENT\NCILLARY directory of this CD-ROM. Check this documentation for more information about the data layers..


The data are:
FileName Size Brief Description
AAREADME 1ST 2,000 this file
AAREADME HTM 2,000 Hypertext Markup Language version of this file
BEC IMG 2,332,800 Bailey Ecoregions
BECDIV IMG 2,332,800 Bailey Ecoregions Diversity
BECDOM IMG 2,332,800 Bailey Ecoregions
CELLHD GRASS GIS header files for these data
FAOSOIL IMG 58,320,000 FAO Soils ( orig. 2-minute grid)
FSOILDIV IMG 2,260,000 FAO Soils Diversity (registers with NOAA GVI 2500x904 grid (authors' data on Disc 1)
FSOILMOD IMG 2,260,000 FAO Soils Mode (most common 2-minute value in the NOAA GVI grid)
FSOILNN IMG 2,260,000 FAO Soils Nearest Neighbor value (e.g. 2-minute FAO soil value at center of NOAA GVI grid)
HAURB IMG 2,332,800 Hastings & Amano Percentage of Urban Development
IDRISDOC Idrisi GIS header files for these data
LCCLD01 IMG 259,200 Leemans & Cramer Cloudiness for January
LCCLD02 IMG 259,200 for February
LCCLD03 IMG 259,200 etc.
LCCLD04 IMG 259,200
LCCLD05 IMG 259,200
LCCLD06 IMG 259,200
LCCLD07 IMG 259,200
LCCLD08 IMG 259,200
LCCLD09 IMG 259,200
LCCLD10 IMG 259,200
LCCLD11 IMG 259,200
LCCLD12 IMG 259,200
LCPRC01 IMG 518,400 Leemans & Cramer Corrected Precipitation for January
LCPRC02 IMG 518,400 etc.
LCPRC03 IMG 518,400
LCPRC04 IMG 518,400
LCPRC05 IMG 518,400
LCPRC06 IMG 518,400
LCPRC07 IMG 518,400
LCPRC08 IMG 518,400
LCPRC09 IMG 518,400
LCPRC10 IMG 518,400
LCPRC11 IMG 518,400
LCPRC12 IMG 518,400
LCTMP01 IMG 518,400 Leemans & Cramer Mean Temperature for January
LCTMP02 IMG 518,400 etc.
LCTMP03 IMG 518,400
LCTMP04 IMG 518,400
LCTMP05 IMG 518,400
LCTMP06 IMG 518,400
LCTMP07 IMG 518,400
LCTMP08 IMG 518,400
LCTMP09 IMG 518,400
LCTMP10 IMG 518,400
LCTMP11 IMG 518,400
LCTMP12 IMG 518,400
LHOLD IMG 259,200 Leemans Holdridge Life Zones
LHOLDAG IMG 259,200 Leemans Holdridge Aggregated Life Zones
LMFCAML IMG 259,200 Lerner, Matthews and Fung camel density
LMFCARB IMG 259,200 Caribou density
LMFCOW IMG 259,200 Cattle density (dairy and non-dairy)
LMFDCOW IMG 259,200 Dairy cow density
LMFGOAT IMG 259,200 Goat density
LMFHORS IMG 259,200 Horse density
LMFMETH IMG 259,200 Annual methane emissions from animals
LMFNCOW IMG 259,200 Non-dairy cattle density
LMFPIG IMG 259,200 Pig density
LMFSHEP IMG 259,200 Sheep density
LMFWBUF IMG 259,200 Water buffalo density
LWCPR00 IMG 518,400 Legates & Willmott annual corrected cumulative precipitation
LWCPR01 IMG 518,400 Corrected precipitation for January
LWCPR02 IMG 518,400 etc.
LWCPR03 IMG 518,400
LWCPR04 IMG 518,400
LWCPR05 IMG 518,400
LWCPR06 IMG 518,400
LWCPR07 IMG 518,400
LWCPR08 IMG 518,400
LWCPR09 IMG 518,400
LWCPR10 IMG 518,400
LWCPR11 IMG 518,400
LWCPR12 IMG 518,400
LWCSD00 IMG 518,400 Legates & Willmott standard deviation for annual corrected cumulative precipitation
LWCSD01 IMG 518,400 for January
LWCSD02 IMG 518,400 etc.
LWCSD03 IMG 518,400
LWCSD04 IMG 518,400
LWCSD05 IMG 518,400
LWCSD06 IMG 518,400
LWCSD07 IMG 518,400
LWCSD08 IMG 518,400
LWCSD09 IMG 518,400
LWCSD10 IMG 518,400
LWCSD11 IMG 518,400
LWCSD12 IMG 518,400
LWERR00 IMG 518,400 Legates & Willmott standard error of annual precipitation
LWERR01 IMG 518,400 for January
LWERR02 IMG 518,400 etc.
LWERR03 IMG 518,400
LWERR04 IMG 518,400
LWERR05 IMG 518,400
LWERR06 IMG 518,400
LWERR07 IMG 518,400
LWERR08 IMG 518,400
LWERR09 IMG 518,400
LWERR10 IMG 518,400
LWERR11 IMG 518,400
LWERR12 IMG 518,400
LWMPR00 IMG 518,400 Legates & Willmott annual measured precipitation
LWMPR01 IMG 518,400 for January
LWMPR02 IMG 518,400 etc.
LWMPR03 IMG 518,400
LWMPR04 IMG 518,400
LWMPR05 IMG 518,400
LWMPR06 IMG 518,400
LWMPR07 IMG 518,400
LWMPR08 IMG 518,400
LWMPR09 IMG 518,400
LWMPR10 IMG 518,400
LWMPR11 IMG 518,400
LWMPR12 IMG 518,400
LWMSD00 IMG 518,400 Legates & Willmott standard deviation for measured annual precipitation
LWMSD01 IMG 518,400 for January
LWMSD02 IMG 518,400 etc.
LWMSD03 IMG 518,400
LWMSD04 IMG 518,400
LWMSD05 IMG 518,400
LWMSD06 IMG 518,400
LWMSD07 IMG 518,400
LWMSD08 IMG 518,400
LWMSD09 IMG 518,400
LWMSD10 IMG 518,400
LWMSD11 IMG 518,400
LWMSD12 IMG 518,400
LWTMP00 IMG 518,400 Legates & Willmott annual mean temperature
LWTMP01 IMG 518,400 mean temperature for January
LWTMP02 IMG 518,400 etc.
LWTMP03 IMG 518,400
LWTMP04 IMG 518,400
LWTMP05 IMG 518,400
LWTMP06 IMG 518,400
LWTMP07 IMG 518,400
LWTMP08 IMG 518,400
LWTMP09 IMG 518,400
LWTMP10 IMG 518,400
LWTMP11 IMG 518,400
LWTMP12 IMG 518,400
LWTSD00 IMG 518,400 Legates & Willmott standard deviation of mean annual temperature
LWTSD01 IMG 518,400 standard deviation for January
LWTSD02 IMG 518,400 etc.
LWTSD03 IMG 518,400
LWTSD04 IMG 518,400
LWTSD05 IMG 518,400
LWTSD06 IMG 518,400
LWTSD07 IMG 518,400
LWTSD08 IMG 518,400
LWTSD09 IMG 518,400
LWTSD10 IMG 518,400
LWTSD11 IMG 518,400
LWTSD12 IMG 518,400
MACULT IMG 64,800 Matthews cultivation intensity
MALBFA IMG 129,600 Matthews seasonal albedo (autumn)
MALBSM IMG 129,600 (summer)
MALBSP IMG 129,600 (spring)
MALBWN IMG 129,600 (winter)
MAVEG IMG 64,800 Matthews vegetation classes
MFWFRIN IMG 129,600 Matthews & Fung fractional innundation
MFWSOL IMG 129,600 Matthews & Fung wetland locations
MFWSRC IMG 129,600 Matthews & Fung wetland data source
MFWVEG IMG 129,600 Matthews & Fung vegetation type
MFWWET IMG 129,600 Matthews & Fung wetland type
OWE13A IMG 259,200 Olson World Ecosystems version 13A
OWE14D IMG 2,332,800 version 14D
OWE14DR IMG 2,332,800 version 14DR
SRZAREA IMG 64,800 Staub and Rosenzweig Zobler soil area
SRZCODE IMG 64,800 soil code
SRZPHAS IMG 64,800 soil phase
SRZSLOP IMG 64,800 soil slope
SRZSOIL IMG 64,800 soil units
SRZSUBS IMG 129,600 subsidiary soil units
SRZTEXT IMG 64,800 near-surface soil texture
TBASE IMG 18,662,400 TerrainBase digital elevation model
WHCOV1 IMG 64,800 Wilson & Henderson-Sellers primary land cover type
WHCOV2 IMG 64,800 Wilson & Henderson-Sellers secondary land cover type
WHLREL IMG 64,800 land-cover class reliability
WHSOIL IMG 64,800 code and properties of soil classes
WHSREL IMG 64,800 land class reliability
WRCLA01I IMG 129,600 Webb, Rosenzweig & Levine clay in soil horizon 1
WRCLA02I IMG 129,600 horizon 2
WRCLA03I IMG 129,600 etc.
WRCLA04I IMG 129,600
WRCLA05I IMG 129,600
WRCLA06I IMG 129,600
WRCLA07I IMG 129,600
WRCLA08I IMG 129,600
WRCLA09I IMG 129,600
WRCLA10I IMG 129,600
WRCLA11I IMG 129,600
WRCLA12I IMG 129,600
WRCLA13I IMG 129,600
WRCLA14I IMG 129,600
WRCLA15I IMG 129,600
WRCONT IMG 64,800 Webb et al continent code
WRDEP01I IMG 129,600 Webb et al depth for soil horizon 1
WRDEP02I IMG 129,600 horizon 2
WRDEP03I IMG 129,600 etc.
WRDEP04I IMG 129,600
WRDEP05I IMG 129,600
WRDEP06I IMG 129,600
WRDEP07I IMG 129,600
WRDEP08I IMG 129,600
WRDEP09I IMG 129,600
WRDEP10I IMG 129,600
WRDEP11I IMG 129,600
WRDEP12I IMG 129,600
WRDEP13I IMG 129,600
WRDEP14I IMG 129,600
WRDEP15I IMG 129,600
WRMODII IMG 129,600 Model II soil water (mm)
WRPROF IMG 129,600 potential storage of water in soil profile (mm)
WRROOT IMG 129,600 potential storage of water in root zone (mm)
WRSAN01I IMG 129,600 sand in soil horizon 1
WRSAN02I IMG 129,600 horizon 2
WRSAN03I IMG 129,600 etc.
WRSAN04I IMG 129,600
WRSAN05I IMG 129,600
WRSAN06I IMG 129,600
WRSAN07I IMG 129,600
WRSAN08I IMG 129,600
WRSAN09I IMG 129,600
WRSAN10I IMG 129,600
WRSAN11I IMG 129,600
WRSAN12I IMG 129,600
WRSAN13I IMG 129,600
WRSAN14I IMG 129,600
WRSAN15I IMG 129,600
WRSIL01I IMG 129,600 silt in soil horizon 1
WRSIL02I IMG 129,600 etc.
WRSIL03I IMG 129,600
WRSIL04I IMG 129,600
WRSIL05I IMG 129,600
WRSIL06I IMG 129,600
WRSIL07I IMG 129,600
WRSIL08I IMG 129,600
WRSIL09I IMG 129,600
WRSIL10I IMG 129,600
WRSIL11I IMG 129,600
WRSIL12I IMG 129,600
WRSIL13I IMG 129,600
WRSIL14I IMG 129,600
WRSIL15I IMG 129,600
WRSOIL IMG 129,600 soil profile thickness (cm)
WRTEXT IMG 129,600 texture-based potential storage of water (mm)
WRZSOIL IMG 64,800 Webb et al Zobler soil types

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