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Indices nino EXTENDED NINO3: NINO3 data

EXTENDED NINO3 from Indices nino: Indices representative of the NINO 1 and 2, NINO 3, NINO 3.4, and NINO 4 regions.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time
grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1856) to (Oct 2008) by 1. N= 1834 pts :grid

Other Info

bufferwordsize
8
CE
null
CS
null
datatype
doublearraytype
file_missing_value
1.00000002E30
units
degree_Celsius
standard units*
degree_Kelvin
history
Indices nino EXTENDED NINO3
OS extended by NCEP
$integral dY$ [ ( $integral dX$ { KAPLAN EXTENDED v2 ssta } { 90W - 150W } ) / ( $integral dX$ dataflag { KAPLAN EXTENDED v2 ssta } { 90W - 150W } ) ] [ 5N - 5S ]

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

Reynolds, R.W., N.A. Rayner, T.M. Smith, D.C. Stokes, and W. Wang, 2002: An Improved In Situ and Satellite SST Analysis for Climate. J. Climate, 15, 1609-1625.

Last updated: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:47:06 GMT