Independent Variables (Grids)

time

grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1851) to (Dec 1998) by 1.0 N= 1776 pts :grid

Longitude

grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (177.5W) to (177.5E) by 5.0 N= 72 pts :grid

Latitude

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

Other Info

datatype

shortarraytype

missing_value

-9999

scale_factor

0.01

units

degree_Celsius

standard units*

degree_Kelvin

References

Jones, P.D. and Moberg, A., 2003: Hemispheric and large-scale surface air temperature variations: an extensive revision and an update to 2001. J. Climate 16, 206-223

Jones, P.D., Osborn, T.J., Briffa, K.R., Folland, C.K., Horton, B., Alexander, L.V., Parker, D.E. and Rayner, N.A., 2001: Adjusting for sampling density in grid-box land and ocean surface temperature time series. J. Geophys. Res. 106, 3371-3380.

Brohan, P., J. J. Kennedy, I. Harris, S. F. B. Tett, and P. D. Jones (2006), Uncertainty estimates in regional and global observed temperature changes: A new data set from 1850, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D12106, doi:10.1029/2005JD006548.

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