@manual{73353, author = {A. Betts and Anton Beljaars}, title = {ECMWF ISLSCP-II near-surface dataset from ERA-40.}, abstract = {This report summarizes the ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts) near-surface data set for the second International Land-Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP-II), which has been extracted for the years 1986-95 from the ECMWF ‘40-year' re-analysis (ERA-40, 1958-2002; Simmons and Gibson, 2000), which was extended to span 45 years: Sept. 1957- August, 2002. The components of the dataset are described, and some comparisons with other ISLSCP datasets are shown.}, year = {2003}, journal = {ERA-40 Project Report Series}, number = {8}, month = {10/2003}, publisher = {ECMWF}, address = {Shinfield Park, Reading}, language = {eng}, }