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SOURCESRasmussen-CarpenterSea Surface Temperature

RC sst: Sea Surface Temperature data

Sea Surface Temperature from RC: Sea surface temperature and wind stress climatology for the tropical Pacific Ocean.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time
grid: /T (months since 01-Jan) periodic (Jan) to (Dec) by 1. N= 12 pts :grid
Longitude
grid: /X (degree_east) ordered (101.25E) to (73.125W) by 5.625 N= 34 pts :grid
Latitude
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (29N) to (29S) by 2. N= 30 pts :grid

Other Info

units
unitless
history
Rasmussen-Carpenter climatological sst

References

Rasmusson, E. M., T. H. Carpenter. Variations in tropical sea surface temperature and surface wind fields associated with the Southern Oscillation/El Niño. Mon. Wea. Rev. 110, 1982

Last updated: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:04:29 GMT