a8_def.txt        --- GOSTAplus (Atlas 8) definitions
a8_tbl.txt        --- GOSTAplus (Atlas 8) table of file names
atlas8_doc        --- GOSTAplus (Atlas 8) documentation for each file

la_def.txt        --- Blended Land Surface and SST definitions
la_tbl.txt        --- Land/SST table of file names
landsst_doc       --- Land/SST documentation for each file

papers            --- subdirectory containing publications relevant to
                      GOSTAplus and the Blended Land/SST datasets

read5d.f          --- fortran read access code for the 5x5 degree data