Independent Variables (Grids)

Latitude (projection_y_coordinate)

grid: /lat (degree_north) ordered (89.875S) to (89.875N) by 0.25 N= 720 pts :grid

Longitude (projection_x_coordinate)

grid: /lon (degree_east) periodic (0.125E) to (0.125W) by 0.25 N= 1440 pts :grid

Time

grid: /T (pentads since 1960-01-01) periodic (1-5 Jan) to (27-31 Dec) by 1.0 N= 73 pts :grid

zlev

grid: /zlev (meters) ordered [ (0.0)] :grid

Other Info

bufferwordsize

8

CE

35

colorscalename

sstcolorscale

CS

-2

datatype

doublearraytype

missing_value

NaN

pointwidth

1.0

scale_max

35.0

scale_min

-2.0

units

Celsius_scale

standard units*

degree_Kelvin above 273.15

history

NOAA NCDC OISST version2p1 AVHRR_pentad sst

Final file created using preliminary as first guess, and 3 days of AVHRR data. Preliminary uses only 1 day of AVHRR data.
Boxes with less than 0.0% dropped

NOAA NCDC OISST version2p1 AVHRR_pentad sst_c9120

Averaged over T2[0.5, 2190.5] minimum 0.0% data present

colorscale

Last updated: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 16:14:58 GMT
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