Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time)

grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1856) to (Jun 2025) by 1.0 N= 2034 pts :grid

Longitude

grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (27.5E) to (22.5E) by 5.0 N= 72 pts :grid

Latitude

grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (87.5S) to (87.5N) by 5.0 N= 36 pts :grid

Other Info

CE

null

CS

null

datatype

realarraytype

file_missing_value

1.00000002E30

missing_value

NaN

units

degree_Celsius

standard units*

degree_Kelvin

history

KAPLAN EXTENDED v3 ssta
OS extended by AVHRR

v3 ssta_avhrr climatology

NOAA NCDC OISST version2p1 AVHRR_monthly sst 0.0 meters

Final file created using preliminary as first guess, and 3 days of AVHRR data. Preliminary uses only 1 day of AVHRR data.
Boxes with less than 0.0% dropped
Boxes with less than 0.0% dropped
Boxes with less than 0.0% dropped

total [ ( { NOAA NCDC OISST version2p1 AVHRR_monthly sst 0.0 meters } - { GOSTA atlas7 climatology 5deg sst } ) * ( KAPLAN EXTENDED EOFs W_mul ) ]

Averaged over X[0, 0] Y[90S, 90N] minimum 0.0% data present

v3 ssta_avhrr

Averaged over L[0.5, 80.5] minimum 0.0% data present

Averaged over T2[1991, 2020] minimum 0.0% data present

References

Kaplan, A., M. Cane, Y. Kushnir, A. Clement, M. Blumenthal, and B. Rajagopalan, Analyses of global sea surface temperature 1856-1991, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 18,567-18,589, 1998

R. W. Reynolds, T. M. Smith. Improved global sea surface temperature analyses.. J. Climate 7, 1994

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