Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time)

grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1854) to (May 2015) by 1.0 N= 1937 pts :grid

Longitude (longitude)

grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0) to (2W) by 2.0 N= 180 pts :grid

Latitude (latitude)

grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (88S) to (88N) by 2.0 N= 89 pts :grid

zlev

grid: /zlev (meters) ordered [ (0.0)] :grid

Other Info

datatype

shortarraytype

missing_value

-999

pointwidth

1.0

scale_factor

0.01

units

degree_Celsius

valid_max

1000

valid_min

0

standard units*

degree_Kelvin

history

Version 3b

References

Smith, T.M., R.W. Reynolds, Thomas C. Peterson, and Jay Lawrimore, 2008: Improvements to NOAA's Historical Merged Land-Ocean Surface Temperature Analysis (1880-2006). Journal of Climate, 21, 2283-2296.

Xue, Y., T. M. Smith, and R. W. Reynolds, 2003: Interdecadal changes of 30-yr SST normals during 1871-2000. J. Climate, 16, 1601-1612.

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