LEVITUS MONTHLY temp

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from LEVITUS: Objectively analyzed fields of major ocean parameters at the annual, seasonal, and monthly time scales; Superceded by LEVITUS94.

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) (10.0) (20.0) (30.0) (50.0) (75.0) (100.0) (125.0) (150.0) (200.0) (250.0) (300.0) (400.0) (500.0) (600.0) (700.0) (800.0) (900.0) (1000.0)] :grid

Other Info

datatype
realarraytype
FIELDNAM
Ocean Temperature
FORMAT
F6.3
FORTRAN_format
F6.3
missing_value
-1.00000000E09
scale_max
35.0
scale_min
-5.0
SCALEMAX
35.0
SCALEMIN
-5.0
UNITS
deg C
units
Celsius
valid_max
35.0
valid_min
-5.0
VALIDMAX
35.0
VALIDMIN
-5.0
standard units*
degree_Kelvin above 273.15

References

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

Last updated: Tue, 19 May 2015 19:17:47 GMT

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