dataset: NOAA NCEP EMC CMB GLOBAL Reyn

NOAA NCEP EMC CMB GLOBAL Reyn_SmithOIv2 monthly

monthly 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.

Documents

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Datasets and variables

Land-Sea Mask	NOAA NCEP EMC CMB GLOBAL Reyn_SmithOIv2 monthly mask[ X Y \|]
Sea Ice Concentration	NOAA NCEP EMC CMB GLOBAL Reyn_SmithOIv2 monthly sea_ice[ X Y \| T]
Sea Surface Temperature	NOAA NCEP EMC CMB GLOBAL Reyn_SmithOIv2 monthly sst[ X Y \| T]
Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly	NOAA NCEP EMC CMB GLOBAL Reyn_SmithOIv2 monthly ssta[ X Y \| T]

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
Latitude (latitude)	grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89.5S) to (89.5N) by 1.0 N= 180 pts :grid

Other Info

note: revised 13 Sep 2005: replaced pre Apr 2002 files with Apr 2002 versions

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

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