NOAA NCDC ERSST version2 SST: Sea Surface Temperature data
SST SST Sea Surface Temperature from NOAA NCDC ERSST version2: Improved extended reconstructed global sea surface temperature data based on COADS data.
Independent Variables (Grids)
Time (time)
grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (16 Jan 1854 - 15 Feb 1854) to (16 Nov 2009 - 15 Dec 2009) by 1.0 N= 1871 pts :grid
Longitude (longitude)
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0) to (2W) by 2.0 N= 180 pts :grid
Latitude (latitude)
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (87S) to (87N) by 2.0 N= 88 pts :grid
Here are some filters that are useful for manipulating data. There
are actually many more available, but they have to be entered
manually. See
Ingrid
Function Documentation for more information.
Monthly Climatology calculates
a monthly climatology by averaging over all years.
anomalies calculates the difference
between the (above) monthly climatology and the original data.