Table 1.

Variables in the ‘Climate, Hydrology and Ecology Research Support System (CHESS)’ dataset for which data was included in the CYCleSS dataset.

Variable	Unit
Near surface air temperature (1.2 m)	degrees K
Daily temperature range	degrees K
Precipitation – GEAR	kg m−2 s−1
Near-Surface Wind Speed (10 m)	m s−1
Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation	W m−2
Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation	W m−2
Near-Surface Specific Humidity (1.2 m)	kg kg−1
Surface Air Pressure	Pa
Potential evapotranspiration over well-watered grass	mm/day
Potential evapotranspiration with interception correction	mm/day