ssta SST anomaly from KAPLAN OSxbNCEP2: 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.
Independent Variables (Grids)
- Time
- grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1856) to (Nov 2013) by 1.0 N= 1895 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 (85S) to (85N) by 5.0 N= 35 pts :grid
Other Info
- datatype
- realarraytype
- file_missing_value
- 1.00000002E30
- missing_value
- NaN
- units
- degree_Celsius
- standard units*
- degree_Kelvin
- history
- OS extended by NCEP
References
Kaplan_etal1998
R. W. Reynolds, T. M. Smith. Improved global sea surface temperature analyses.. J. Climate 7, 1994
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