Applying Econometrics to the Carbon Dioxide “Control Knob”

Table 7

Specimen of NOAA Data Base. Point Barrow 1960–2006 (selected solar and atmospheric variables, data on average windspeed and relative humidity, and so forth are also available). 700260 BARROW W POST-W ROGERS AK -9 N71 19 W156 37 10 1012.

1960	AVGLO	AVDIR	AVDIF	AVETR	AETRN	TOT	OPQ	H2O	TAU	MAX_T	MIN_T	AVG_T
January	1	28	1	9	399	4.7	3.4	0.31	0.07	−21.89	−28.5	−25.2
February	259	879	174	692	8541	5.1	3.9	0.29	0.08	−24.36	−30.95	−27.66
March	1568	3422	767	2980	15482	4.5	3.1	0.27	0.09	−22.79	−29.52	−26.17
April	3672	5181	1819	6387	21863	5.1	3.8	0.32	0.11	−15.19	−22.82	−19.01
May	4661	2925	3367	9870	29980	8.1	7.4	0.58	0.12	−4.33	−9.8	−7.05
June	4898	3687	3131	11824	31777	7.9	7.1	1.02	0.14	3.49	−1.26	1.13
July	4456	3878	2627	10926	31671	7.7	6.8	1.38	0.14	7.24	0.89	4.08
August	2624	1576	1962	7760	24588	8.9	8.3	1.26	0.13	5.75	0.75	3.26
September	1338	715	1125	4262	17865	9.2	8.7	0.81	0.11	1.01	−2.76	−0.86
October	478	451	413	1450	11513	8.5	7.7	0.46	0.09	−7.74	−12.89	−10.3
November	25	92	21	110	2665	7	6.1	0.32	0.08	−15.85	−21.59	−18.72
December	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.29	0	−20.68	−27.31	−24.01

Source: http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/1961-1990/dsf/ and http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/. AVGLO/DIR/DIF: Average daily total solar radiation for the GLObal horizontal, DlRect normal, and DlFfuse horizontal elements (Wh/m²). SDGLO/DIR/DIF: Standard deviation of daily total global, direct, and diffuse solar radiation (see note (2) below) (Wh/m²). AVETR & AETRN: Average dally total global horizontal (AVETR) and direct normal (AETRN) extraterrestrial solar radiation (Wh/m²). TOT, OPQ, H2O, TAU: Average TOTal and OPaQue sky cover (tenths), precipitable water (cm), and aerosol optical depth (unitless). MAX_T, MIN_T, AVG_T: Average maximum, minimum, and 24-hour temperatures (°C).