Reanalyses Comparisons: Suggested Practices

Created by Cathy.Smith@noaa.gov on Thu, 07/13/2017 - 10:15 - Updated on 12/20/2021 10:08

Suggested Colors for Intercomparing Reanalysis Timeseries from S-RIP:

 

The Sparc Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP --> https://s-rip.github.io/) has a suggested list of colors to use for comparing reanalysis time-series. The list can be viewed here https://s-rip.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/mediawiki/index.php/Notes_for_Authors --> https://s-rip.github.io/report/colourdefinition.html The colors are available in CVS format below, in NCL, and in XLS. The link to the S-RIP page has examples for Python and IDL --> https://s-rip.github.io/report/colourtables.html.

Note that the URLs have changed. 

The colors are available in CVS format below, in NCL, and in XLS

 

CSV:

r,g,b,c,m,y,k,RGB Hexadecimal,reanalysis
226, 31, 38,  0,86.28,83.19,11.37,  E21F26,  MERRA-2
246, 153, 153,  0,37.8,37.8,3.53,  F69999,  MERRA
41, 95, 138,  70.29,31.16,0,45.88,  295F8A,  ERA-Interim
95, 152, 198,  52.02,23.23,0,22.35,  5F98C6,  ERA5
175, 203, 227,  22.91,10.57,0,10.98,  AFCBE3,  ERA-40
114, 59, 122,  6.56,51.64,0,52.16,  723B7A,  JRA-55
173, 113, 181,  4.42,37.57,0,29.02,  AD71B5,  JRA-55C or JRA-55 AMIP
214, 184, 218,  1.83,15.6,0,14.51,  D6B8DA,  JRA-25
245, 126, 32,  0,48.57,86.94,3.92,  F57E20,  NCEP-R1
253, 191, 110,  0,24.51,56.52,0.78,  FDBF6E,  NCEP-R2
236, 0, 140,  0,100,40.68,7.45,  EC008C,  20CRv2c
247, 153, 209,  0,38.06,15.38,3.14,  F799D1,  20CRv2
0, 174, 239,  100,27.2,0,6.27,  00AEEF,  CERA-20C
96, 200, 232,  58.62,13.79,0,9.02,  60C8E8,  ERA-20C
52, 160, 72,  67.5,0,55,37.25,  34A048,  CFSR
179, 91, 40,  0,49.16,77.65,29.8,  B35B28,  REM
255,215,0,  0,15.69,100,0,  FFD700,  Other
0, 0, 0,  0,0,0,100,  000000,  Obs
119, 119, 119,  0,0,0,53.33,  777777,  Other Obs

This image shows how the colors can be used.

SRIP color scale

 

Suggested Practices: Climatologies:

 

Use 1981-2010.

ningxin (not verified)

Sun, 11/07/2021 - 21:50

Thanks for your help, I really appreciate your help since I don't have alternative link to get access to the data.

Lyndon Mark Olaguera (not verified)

Sat, 01/26/2019 - 09:42

Dear Sir/Madam,

I hope this message finds you well.

I would like to ask if you have alternative links in downloading the 20CR V1 and 2 reanalysis data sets. With the US Government shutdown, the esrl website does not work.

I'll appreciate any help.

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