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NOAA NCDC ERSST version3b sst: Extended reconstructed sea surface temperature data

Extended reconstructed sea surface temperature 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:SeaSurfaceTemperature
missing_value
-999
pointwidth
1.0
scale_factor
0.01
units
degree_Celsius
valid_max
4500
valid_min
-300
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

Data Views

TXYzlev
[ X Y zlev | T]MMMM


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 |
Convert units from degree_Celsius to

Note on units