Data: Reynolds and Smith Version 2 monthly sea surface temperature
climatology (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: The maps show the month of the year with the maximum (top) and minimum (middle) monthly mean sea surface temperatures (SSTs), and the annual range (bottom, in deg. C) in the 1971-2000 climatology.
NCEP is an acronym for the US National Centers
for Environmental Prediction. |