Extended reconstructed SST anomalies from NOAA NCDC ERSST version3b: ERSST.v3b: Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Dataset, Verson 3b.
Independent Variables (Grids)
- Time (time)
- grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1854) to (May 2015) by 1.0 N= 1937 pts :grid
- Longitude (longitude)
- grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0) to (2W) by 2.0 N= 180 pts :grid
- Latitude (latitude)
- grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (88S) to (88N) by 2.0 N= 89 pts :grid
- zlev
- grid: /zlev (meters) ordered [ (0.0)] :grid
Other Info
- datatype
- shortarraytype
- iridl:hasSemantics
- iridl:SeaSurfaceTemperatureAnomaly
- missing_value
- -999
- pointwidth
- 1.0
- scale_factor
- 0.01
- units
- degree_Celsius
- valid_max
- 1200
- valid_min
- -1200
- standard units*
- degree_Kelvin
- history
- Version 3b
References
Smith, T.M., R.W. Reynolds, Thomas C. Peterson, and Jay Lawrimore, 2008: Improvements to NOAA's Historical Merged Land-Ocean Surface Temperature Analysis (1880-2006). Journal of Climate, 21, 2283-2296.
Xue, Y., T. M. Smith, and R. W. Reynolds, 2003: Interdecadal changes of 30-yr SST normals during 1871-2000. J. Climate, 16, 1601-1612.
Last updated: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 13:35:46 GMT
Expires: Thu, 02 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMT