root mean sq anom [ NOAA NCEP EMC CMB GLOBAL Reyn_SmithOIv2 monthly ssta anomalies ]: Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly data

monthly ssta ssta Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly from NOAA NCEP EMC CMB GLOBAL Reyn_SmithOIv2: SST fields updated from version 1 with more COADS data, new sea-ice to SST conversion algorithm, and 1971-2000 climatology.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time)
grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Nov 1981) to (Dec 2010) by 1.0 N= 350 pts :grid
Longitude (longitude)
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0.5E) to (0.5W) by 1.0 N= 360 pts :grid

Other Info

bufferwordsize
8
CE
null
colorscalename
sstacolorscale
CS
null
datatype
doublearraytype
file_missing_value
-999.90002
maxncolor
254
missing_value
NaN
units
degree_Celsius
standard units*
degree_Kelvin
history
root mean sq anom [ NOAA NCEP EMC CMB GLOBAL Reyn_SmithOIv2 monthly ssta anomalies ]
Averaged over T2[Nov 1981 - Oct 1982, Nov 2009 - Oct 2010] minimum 0.0% data present
Averaged over Y[89.5S, 89.5N] minimum 0.0% data present

References

Reynolds, R.W., N.A. Rayner, T.M. Smith, D.C. Stokes, and W. Wang, 2002: An Improved In Situ and Satellite SST Analysis for Climate. J. Climate, 15, 1609-1625.

Last updated: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 14:04:01 GMT
Expires: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Data Views

TX
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0.5E) to (0.5W) by 1.0 N= 360 pts :gridM
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89.5S) to (89.5N) by 1.0 N= 180 pts :grid
grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Nov 1981) to (Dec 2010) by 1.0 N= 350 pts :gridM
[ X | T]MM


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 T | X T |
RMS (root mean square with mean *not* removed) over X T | X T |
RMSA (root mean square with mean removed) over X T | X T |
Maximum over X T | X T |
Minimum over X T | X T |
Detrend (best-fit-line) over X T | X T |
Convert units from degree_Celsius to

Note on units