SST anomaly from KAPLAN EXTENDED v2: Statistically homogenous concatenation of Kaplan et al [1998] OS SST and Reynolds and Smith [1994] NCEP OI analyses; the latter gets degraded to the resolution of the former.
Independent Variables (Grids)
- Time (time)
- grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Feb 1856) to (Dec 2022) by 1.0 N= 2003 pts :grid
- Longitude (longitude)
- grid: /X (degree_east) ordered (25E) to (25E) by 5.0 N= 73 pts :grid
- Latitude (latitude)
- grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (85S) to (85N) by 5.0 N= 35 pts :grid
Other Info
- CE
- null
- CS
- null
- datatype
- realarraytype
- file_missing_value
- 1.00000002E30
- missing_value
- NaN
- units
- 12 degree_Kelvin year-1
- history
- OS extended by NCEP
References
Kaplan, A., M. Cane, Y. Kushnir, A. Clement, M. Blumenthal, and B. Rajagopalan, Analyses of global sea surface temperature 1856-1991, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 18,567-18,589, 1998
R. W. Reynolds, T. M. Smith. Improved global sea surface temperature analyses.. J. Climate 7, 1994
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