Lists 1-6 are tropical data used in Lindzen and Choi (2011) -- 1. SST 36-day mean for 1985-1999 (tropic 20S-20N) Name : oisst_36_20n20s_1985_1999.txt Folder : ./obs/ 2. ERBE 36-day mean flux for 1985-1999 (tropic 20S-20N) Name : erbe_s10n_36_20n20s_1985_1999.txt Folder : ./obs/ Content: Day# Year Mon Day LW SW -- 3. SST monthly mean for 1985-2008 (tropic 20S-20N) Source : www-pcmdi.llnl.gov Name : amipsst_mon_20n20s_1985_2008.txt Folder : ./obs/ Comments : LC11 used this SST for fair comparison with AMIP models 4. CERES monthly mean flux for 2000-2008 (tropic 20S-20N) Name : ceres_es4_mon_20n20s_2000_2008.txt Folder : ./obs/ -- AMIP (Atmospheric model simulations) (for model names, refer to Lindzen and Choi, 2011) -- 5. AMIP OLR (LW), tropical (20S-20N) 11 models, different realizations Folder: ./amip_olr/ 6. AMIP OSR (SW), tropical (20S-20N) 11 models, different realizations Folder: ./amip_osr/ * These fluxes should be compared with #3 -- IDL programs -- 7. main.pro This is the main program calling all procedures, calculating feedbacks, and displaying figures. To run this program, IDL> main *Important user-defined parameter: flux Select LW, SW, or LW+SW at Line 48, Line 168 The sample figure 'Fig.jpg' is feedback estimates for LW. 8. obs.pro This procedure opens all observed data, SST, ERBE&CERE fluxes. 9. amip.pro This procedure opens 11 AMIP model outputs (LW, SW fluxes). 10. lc11.pro This procedure calculates feedback parameters by Lindzen-Choi method as well as simple linear regression.