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LEVITUS MONTHLY

MONTHLY from LEVITUS: Objectively analyzed fields of major ocean parameters at the annual, seasonal, and monthly time scales; Superceded by LEVITUS94.

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Datasets and variables

temp LEVITUS MONTHLY temp[ Z Y X | T]

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 (0.5E) to (0.5W) by 1.0 N= 360 pts :grid
Latitude grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89.5S) to (89.5N) by 1.0 N= 180 pts :grid
Depth grid: /Z (m) ordered [ (0.0) (10.) (20.) (30.) (50.) (75.) (100.) (125.) (150.) (200.) (250.) (300.) (400.) (500.) (600.) (700.) (800.) (900.) (1000.)] :grid

References

Levitus, S. E.. Climatological atlas of the world ocean, NOAA Professional Paper 13, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982

Last updated: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:27:23 GMT