Data supplementing the article: Schultz, N.M., Lawrence P.J, Lee X., Global satellite data highlights the diurnal asymmetry of the surface temperature response to deforestation. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences

<p>These data supplement the article: Schultz, N.M., Lawrence P.J, Lee X. Global satellite data highlights the diurnal asymmetry of the surface temperature response to deforestation, under review at the Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences.</p> <p>contact: Natalie M. Schultz, natalie.schultz@yale.edu</p> <p>Below are descriptions of the data files included here:</p> <p><br> (1) Global LST data: globalLST_Forest_Open.YYYY.nc [2003-2013]</p> <p>- DayLST1/NightLST1 and DayLST2/NightLST2 are the final (after the DEM correction) LST values for forest, and open land cover classes, respectively.<br> - Count variables show the number of pixels of each land cover class in each 0.5 degree grid<br> - The average elevation of each class is given by the DEM1 and DEM2 vars<br> - The DEM correction is the dLSTdDEM vars</p> <p>(2) Global fluxes data: globalFluxes_Forest_Open.YYYY.nc [2003-2013]<br> - Again, forest class = var1, open class = var2<br> - SWRABS is absorbed solar radiation<br> - LE is the latent heat flux<br> - HP is the heating potential term, as defined in the manuscript<br> - As described for the LST data, class pixel counts and DEM data are included</p> <p>(3) climzones3.nc<br> - The delineation of the three climate zones defined in this paper</p> <p>(4) MERRA inversion data: MERRA_11yr_TS_T10M.mat [2003-2013]<br> - 11 years of daily 1am local data averaged over 8-day intervals for 2003-2013<br> - TS = surface temperature<br> - T10M = 10M air temperature (above d)</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>