Data Library KAPLAN EXTENDED v2
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KAPLAN EXTENDED v2

KAPLAN EXTENDED v2: Statistically homogenous concatenation of Kaplan et al [1998] OS SST and Reynolds and Smith [1994] NCEP OI analyses; the latter gets degraded to the resolution of the former.

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Datasets and variables

KAPLAN EXTENDED v2 ssta[ X Y | T]
KAPLAN EXTENDED v2 ssta_c9120[ X Y | T]

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time) grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1856) to (Jan 2023) by 1.0 N= 2005 pts :grid
Longitude (longitude) grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (27.5E) to (22.5E) by 5.0 N= 72 pts :grid
Latitude (latitude) grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (87.5S) to (87.5N) by 5.0 N= 36 pts :grid

Other Info

note
revised 13 Sep 2005 and 24 Oct 2005, following the 13 Sep 2005 revision of the Reynolds and Smith Version 2 data set that affected fields from Nov 1981 to Apr 2002

References

Kaplan_etal1998

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

Last updated: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 15:45:35 GMT

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