In order to study which mechanisms explain the reduced global surface warming rate since around 2000, and where the excess energy is due to rising greenhouse gas, the radiation fluxes (OLR, ASR and NE
The primary data files consist of date, grid information, incident shortwave irradiance [from ERA-40 reanalysis (1979 - 2002) and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) (2003 -
