KAPLAN OSxbNCEP2
KAPLAN OSxbNCEP2: 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.
Documents
| outline | an outline showing all sub-datasets and variables contained in this dataset |
Datasets and variables
Independent Variables (Grids)
| Time | grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1856) to (Apr 2012) by 1.0 N= 1876 pts :grid
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| Longitude | grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (27.5E) to (22.5E) by 5.0 N= 72 pts :grid
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| Latitude | grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (87.5S) to (87.5N) by 5.0 N= 36 pts :grid
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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
Last updated: Mon, 07 May 2012 15:04:15 GMT
