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. |