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SOURCESJONES*climsurface temperature climatology

JONES clim temp: surface temperature climatology data

JONES clim surface temperature climatology: Combined land/ocean temperature climatology grids, by Phil Jones.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time
grid: /T (months since 01-Jan) periodic (Jan) to (Dec) by 1.0 N= 12 pts :grid
longitude
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (2.5E) to (2.5W) by 5.0 N= 72 pts :grid
latitude
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (87.5S) to (87.5N) by 5.0 N= 36 pts :grid

Other Info

datatype
shortarraytype
missing_value
32767
scale_factor
0.01
units
degreeC
standard units*
degree_Kelvin

References

Jones, P. D., S. C. B. Raper, R. S. Bradley, H. F. Diaz, P. M. Kelly, and T. M. L. Wigley, 1986a: Northern Hemisphere surface air temperature variations, 1851--1984. J. Clim. Appl. Met., 25, 161--179.

Jones, P. D., S. C. B. Raper, R. S. Bradley, H. F. Diaz, P. M. Kelly, and T. M. L. Wigley, 1986b: Southern Hemisphere surface air temperature variations, 1851--1984. J. Clim. Appl. Met., 25, 1213--1230.

Last updated: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:58:01 GMT