CAC smoothed sst: Sea Surface Temperature data

smoothed Sea Surface Temperature from CAC: Climatological, smoothed, and raw sea surface temperature data for the tropical Pacific Ocean from the Climate Analysis Center (now known as the Climate Prediction Center).

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time)
grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1970) to (Mar 2003) by 1.0 N= 399 pts :grid
Longitude (longitude)
grid: /X (degree_east) ordered (124E) to (70W) by 2.0 N= 84 pts :grid
Latitude (latitude)
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (29S) to (29N) by 2.0 N= 30 pts :grid

Other Info

units
Celsius_scale
standard units*
degree_Kelvin above 273.15
history
Climate Analysis Center SST

References

S. D. Woodruff, S. J. Lubker, K. Wolter, S.J. Worley, J.D. Elms. Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (COADS) Release 1a: 1980-1992. NOAA Earth System Monitor 4(1), September, 1993

R. W. Reynolds, T. M. Smith. Improved global sea surface temperature analyses.. J. Climate 7, 1994

Last updated: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:27:17 GMT

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