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Monthly Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Anomaly (deg. C) Past 24 Months

Data: Reynolds and Smith Version 2 Monthly Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly (deg. C) on a 1.0 x 1.0 deg. lat/lon grid Base Period for Climatology:  1971-2000 Data Source:  NCEP, Environmental Monitoring Center Description:  Monthly sea surface temperature anomalies contoured 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.