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KAPLAN EXTENDED v2 ssta climatology: SST anomaly\0~ data

ssta ssta ssta SST anomaly\0~ from KAPLAN EXTENDED v2: 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\0 àÝX ­.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time
grid: /T (months since 01-Jan) periodic (Jan) to (Dec) by 1.0 N= 12 pts :grid
Longitude
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (30E) to (25E) by 5.0 N= 72 pts :grid
Latitude
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (85S) to (85N) by 5.0 N= 35 pts :grid

Other Info

CE
null
CS
null
datatype
realarraytype
file_missing_value
1.00000002E30
missing_value
NaN
units
degree_Celsius
standard units*
degree_Kelvin
history
KAPLAN EXTENDED v2 ssta climatology
OS extended by NCEP\0$G 
Averaged over T2[1856, 2013] minimum 0.0% data present

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

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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. Average over X Y T | X Y X T Y T | X Y T |
RMS (root mean square with mean *not* removed) over X Y T | X Y X T Y T | X Y T |
RMSA (root mean square with mean removed) over X Y T | X Y X T Y T | X Y T |
Maximum over X Y T | X Y X T Y T | X Y T |
Minimum over X Y T | X Y X T Y T | X Y T |
Detrend (best-fit-line) over X Y T | X Y X T Y T | X Y T |
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