root mean sq anom Sea Surface Temperature

pentad-climatology sst Sea Surface Temperature 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.

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Independent Variables (Grids)

Time grid: /T (pentads since 1960-01-01) periodic (1-5 Jan) to (27-31 Dec) by 1.0 N= 73 pts :grid
Latitude (latitude) grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89.5S) to (89.5N) by 1.0 N= 180 pts :grid

Other Info

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8
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null
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-999.90002
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NaN
standard units
degree_Kelvin above 273.15
history
root mean sq anom [ NOAA NCEP EMC CMB GLOBAL Reyn_SmithOIv2 pentad-climatology sst ]
Averaged over T[Jan, Dec] minimum 0.0% data present
Averaged over X[0.5E, 0.5W] 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, 09 Jan 2018 17:35:48 GMT

Data Views

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NOAA NCEP EMC CMB GLOBAL Reyn_SmithOIv2 pentad-climatology[ ]
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0.5E) to (0.5W) by 1.0 N= 360 pts :grid
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89.5S) to (89.5N) by 1.0 N= 180 pts :gridM
grid: /T (pentads since 1960-01-01) periodic (1-5 Jan) to (27-31 Dec) by 1.0 N= 73 pts :gridM
[ Y | T]MM