MONTHLY temp from LEVITUS: Objectively analyzed fields of major ocean parameters at the annual, seasonal, and monthly time scales; Superceded by LEVITUS94.
Independent Variables (Grids)
- Time
- grid: /T (months since 01-Jan) periodic (Jan) to (Dec) by 1.0 N= 12 pts :grid
- Longitude
- grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0.5E) to (0.5W) by 1.0 N= 360 pts :grid
- Latitude
- grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89.5S) to (89.5N) by 1.0 N= 180 pts :grid
- Depth
- grid: /Z (m) ordered [ (0.0) (10.0) (20.0) (30.0) (50.0) (75.0) (100.0) (125.0) (150.0) (200.0) (250.0) (300.0) (400.0) (500.0) (600.0) (700.0) (800.0) (900.0) (1000.0)] :grid
Other Info
- datatype
- realarraytype
- FIELDNAM
- Ocean Temperature
- FORMAT
- F6.3
- FORTRAN_format
- F6.3
- missing_value
- -1.00000000E09
- scale_max
- 35.0
- scale_min
- -5.0
- SCALEMAX
- 35.0
- SCALEMIN
- -5.0
- UNITS
- deg C
- units
- Celsius
- valid_max
- 35.0
- valid_min
- -5.0
- VALIDMAX
- 35.0
- VALIDMIN
- -5.0
- standard units*
- degree_Kelvin above 273.15
References
Levitus, S. E.. Climatological atlas of the world ocean, NOAA Professional Paper 13, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
Last updated: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 18:39:07 GMT