Accession Number:

AD0744633

Title:

Supplemental Global Climatic Data: January

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA

Personal Author(s):

• Schutz, C.
• Gates, W. L.

Report Date:

1972-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

47.0

Abstract:

The global distributions of the surface albedo for January, the planetary albedo for January, and the total precipitation for December, January, and February are presented as a supplement to the January data previously published Schutz and Gates, 1971. A number of refinements of the high- latitude sea-surface temperature data have also been made, and the revised global January distribution is given. All data are presented on a global grid of 4-deg latitude and 5-deg longitude, as in the past, and are given in the form of both tabulated values and machine-analyzed maps. These data will be used as a guide in Rands evaluation of climate simulations based on the Mintz-Arakawa general circulation model.

Descriptors:

• *CLIMATE
• ALBEDO
• ATLANTIC OCEAN
• ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION
• INDIAN OCEAN
• PACIFIC OCEAN
• SIMULATION
• STATISTICAL DATA
• TABLES(DATA)
• TEMPERATURE

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE