IGOSS TOGA-TAO.cdf sst: sea surface temperature data

sst sea surface temperature from IGOSS TOGA-TAO.cdf: Wind vectors and sea surface temperatures from the TOGA-TAO array in the tropical Pacific.

Independent Variables (Grids)

depth
grid: /depth (m) ordered [ (0.0)] :grid
time
grid: /time (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1991) to (Oct 2014) by 1.0 N= 286 pts :grid
Longitude
grid: /X (degree_east) ordered (130E) to (95W) by 1.0 N= 136 pts :grid
Latitude
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (9S) to (12N) by 1.0 N= 22 pts :grid

Other Info

CE
35
CI
0.5
colorscalename
sstcolorscale
CS
-2
datatype
realarraytype
epic_code
20
FORTRAN_format
f10.2
generic_name
temp
missing_value
1.00000004E35
scale_max
35.0
scale_min
-2.0
units
C
standard units*
ampere second
history
[(Mean surface wind vectors (m/s) and sea surface temperature (C) as well as anomalies in the tropical Pacific.) (COADS Wind and Reynold-Smith (1994) climatologies.) (USA-FRANCE-JAPAN-KOREA-TAIWAN)]
colorscale

References

Mangum,L.J., H.P. Freitag, and M.J. McPhaden.TOGA-TAO Array Sampling Schemes and Sensor Evaluations. Proceedings of the Oceans '94 OSATES, Brest, France, 13-16 September 1994, Vol II, pp. 402-406.

Soreide, N.N., D.C. McClurg, W.H. Zhu, M.J. McPhaden, L.J. Mangum, and D.W. Denbo, Distribution and Display of TOGA-TAO Buoy Data, Proceedings of Oceans 94, OSATES, Brest, France, 13-16 September 1994, Vol II

Last updated: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 21:51:22 GMT

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