Introduction
This auxiliary dataset provides estimates of diabatic heating associated with the clouds of midlatitude cyclones. Diabatic heating is estimated by composites of latent heating (precipitation) and cloud radiative effect (in-atmosphere flux divergence). These composites are produced using cyclone-tracking information from MCMS, which this auxiliary dataset is intended to accompany. Using MCMS-reported quantities, additional cyclone properties are calculated and included herein.
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