Data: Reynolds and Smith Version 2 monthly sea surface temperature
(deg. C) on a 1.0 x 1.0 deg. lat/lon grid
Base Period for Climatology: 1971-2000
Base Period for Standardization: Dec 1981-present
Data Source: NCEP, Environmental Monitoring Center
Description: Sea surface
temperature anomaly divided by the standard deviation for the given month over the base period indicated. Shading and contours start at +/- 1 standard deviation, and contours are drawn at intervals of 0.5 s.d. Positive anomalies are in shades of yellow and orange, negative anomalies are in shades of blue. |
