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CM-SAF sis
more information Surface Solar Radiation Climate Data Record using Heliosat, Edition 2 (SARAH-2); CM SAF
X axis: regular grid with 2601 0.05° steps, first point at 65.00° W, last point at 65.00° E
Y axis: regular grid with 2601 0.05° steps, first point at 65.00° S, last point at 65.00° N

Monthly data available from Jan1983 to Nov2020 ( 455 months)
Variable SIS (Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation) in W m-2
Full metadata.

Get grid points, average area or generate subset
Mask:   add a mask to the list help
Latitude: °N - °N help
Longitude: °E - °E
Year range: -
Boundaries:
Make: average max min set of grid points subset of the field help
Demand at least: % valid points in this region help
helpApply monthly high/low-pass filter
filter
cut-off value months
requiring at least % valid data
helpApply year-on-year high/low-pass filter
filter
cut-off value years
requiring at least % valid data
helpCreate a field with lower time resolution
First fill missing data: ignore, climatology, trend, persistence.
Then apply: -month running mean with direction
Then apply new time scale:
New variable: of sis
Minimum: % valid data
Threshold:
helpCreate a field with lower spatial resolution
Average over blocks of longitude and latitude grid cells
getfieldtype: please ask the administrator to add "SIS" to the lists in getfieldtype

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Please consider downloading this field from the authoritative site.
If you really want to get it here, CM-SAF sis is available as a netcdf file (size 1624.57 MB).
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