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Weekly Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Past 20 Weeks (deg. C)

Data:   Reynolds and Smith Version 2 weekly sea surface temperature anomaly (deg. C) on a 1.0 x 1.0 deg. lat/lon grid (1981-present) Base Period for Climatology:  1971-2000  Data Source:  NCEP, Environmental Monitoring Center Description:  Sea surface temperature anomaly (deg. C) with contours drawn at 0.5 deg. C intervals.  Shading starts at +/- 0.5 deg. C. NCEP is an acronym for the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction.