INFORMATION ON NEAREST GRID POINT MONTHLY SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE DATA FOR THE ESPER NETWORK There are five (5) files giving monthly surface air temperature at the model grid nodes nearest to the proxy location. example from: esper_mpiE1_sites_sat_01.1850.txt <== File name give ensemble number "01" - "sat" ==> Surface Air Temperature Header gives: site number (of 14), number of years, latitude and longitude Data lines give year and 12 monthly average SAT values (K). After 156 data lines for site #1, the next line would read: 2 156 latitude_site_2 longitude_site_2 then the site 2 data. . . . on through 14 156 latitude_site_14 longitude_site_14 then the site 14 data. 1 156 67.83 -133.01 1850 244.0 243.9 255.9 263.7 270.6 276.3 280.9 280.1 271.5 263.1 257.0 243.5 1851 244.7 243.1 254.2 261.8 273.5 281.7 285.0 278.3 270.8 260.8 250.1 246.7 1852 242.6 242.3 246.1 264.9 270.8 283.3 281.7 280.0 271.9 260.7 249.5 247.6 1853 244.7 249.0 253.9 263.9 273.9 279.7 283.9 280.7 273.5 260.4 253.2 245.3 1854 247.0 245.1 251.2 261.3 271.4 277.7 282.9 278.9 272.3 260.8 251.8 246.9 1855 243.9 248.7 249.9 263.7 277.8 282.9 285.7 282.4 273.3 263.2 255.5 256.3 1856 250.4 244.7 252.0 260.0 271.1 279.0 283.7 282.0 275.9 262.7 251.2 247.0 1857 245.7 247.9 252.2 264.5 275.0 283.1 281.7 278.0 270.7 262.8 256.5 242.3 1858 238.7 243.4 253.3 262.8 271.7 279.0 284.3 280.0 270.8 263.3 253.7 247.0 1859 237.2 239.1 252.1 264.8 273.0 280.0 281.4 279.7 270.7 261.4 253.1 241.7 1860 238.8 239.1 246.9 261.9 274.8 282.8 283.4 279.2 272.2 259.6 249.3 248.6 1861 236.3 252.5 248.2 261.2 271.1 278.6 284.6 281.2 272.9 265.4 255.6 257.2 1862 248.7 243.3 245.7 262.3 273.0 279.6 286.6 280.1 270.6 266.5 249.7 244.3 1863 242.7 246.9 252.0 262.0 272.5 280.5 286.1 280.3 271.5 260.1 251.5 250.5 1864 242.0 248.8 244.2 260.4 271.6 279.5 280.8 275.4 270.1 257.7 255.4 240.1 1865 234.6 236.6 245.4 263.6 272.1 280.9 285.4 281.6 272.4 265.6 249.5 245.8 1866 245.1 243.9 250.1 266.1 273.2 280.7 284.2 280.1 272.5 266.3 254.0 252.2 1867 240.8 243.8 253.0 265.1 274.2 282.0 283.8 278.2 274.3 267.1 254.1 241.6 1868 240.5 240.3 249.6 264.6 274.7 283.5 285.5 279.6 271.0 260.6 254.4 253.6 1869 238.1 246.5 256.5 264.7 271.8 283.9 286.8 283.0 274.0 262.5 253.5 253.1 1870 252.5 256.2 257.8 263.0 271.3 282.6 286.8 280.7 273.4 265.1 247.6 249.4 1871 244.0 240.9 250.5 259.2 273.5 282.1 283.0 278.9 271.7 261.1 253.5 248.8 1872 244.4 240.2 246.7 257.7 272.0 278.8 284.2 281.4 270.4 262.4 253.6 249.1 1873 248.3 246.7 257.3 266.5 272.4 288.1 286.5 283.0 274.9 261.0 251.9 242.2 1874 240.6 246.7 249.8 261.6 270.5 278.4 283.8 277.9 270.3 260.9 248.9 247.5 1875 238.0 250.9 251.2 258.9 270.5 277.8 283.1 276.9 268.0 263.9 253.4 252.4 1876 243.6 244.4 250.7 263.6 276.4 284.1 290.2 283.4 271.8 264.3 246.7 247.8 1877 250.8 248.0 249.2 263.9 270.1 277.2 285.4 280.2 272.8 263.1 258.9 254.8 1878 253.3 244.5 249.4 262.1 272.3 284.0 282.8 280.1 273.5 267.1 254.4 248.0