data: KAPLAN EXTENDED v1 ssta

KAPLAN EXTENDED v1 ssta: SST anomaly data

SST anomaly from KAPLAN EXTENDED v1: Statistically homogenous concatenation of Kaplan et al [1998] OS SST and Reynolds and Smith [1994] NCEP OI analyses; the latter gets degraded to the resolution of the former.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time: grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1856) to (Mar 2003) by 1.0 N= 1767 pts :grid
Longitude: grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (27.5E) to (22.5E) by 5.0 N= 72 pts :grid
Latitude: grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (87.5S) to (87.5N) by 5.0 N= 36 pts :grid

Other Info

datatype: realarraytype
missing_value: 1.00000002E30
units: degree_Celsius
standard units*: degree_Kelvin
history: OS extended by NCEP

References

Kaplan, A., M. Cane, Y. Kushnir, A. Clement, M. Blumenthal, and B. Rajagopalan, Analyses of global sea surface temperature 1856-1991, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 18,567-18,589, 1998

R. W. Reynolds, T. M. Smith. Improved global sea surface temperature analyses.. J. Climate 7, 1994

Last updated: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 08:02:46 GMT

Data Views

	T	X	Y
KAPLAN EXTENDED v1[ssta ]
KAPLAN EXTENDED v1 ssta[ X Y \| T]	M	M	M

Filters

Here are some filters that are useful for manipulating data. There are actually many more available, but they have to be entered manually. See Ingrid Function Documentation for more information.

Monthly Climatology calculates a monthly climatology by averaging over all years.
anomalies calculates the difference between the (above) monthly climatology and the original data.
Integrate along X Y T
Differentiate along X Y T
Take differences along X Y T