NOAA Extended Reconstructed SST V3
CF-1.0
created 09/2007 by CAS
The extended reconstructed sea surface temperature (ERSST)\\012was constructed using the most recently available \\012Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (COADS) SST data \\012and improved statistical methods that allow stable \\012reconstruction using sparse data.\\012Currently, ERSST version 2 (ERSST.v2) and version 3 (ERSST.v3) are available from NCDC.\\012 ERSST.v3 is an improved extended reconstruction over version 2.\\012 Most of the improvements are justified by testing with simulated data.\\012 The major differences are caused by the improved low-frequency (LF) tuning of ERSST.v3 \\012which reduces the SST anomaly damping before 1930 using the optimized parameters.\\012 Beginning in 1985, ERSST.v3 is also improved by explicitly including\\012 bias-adjusted satellite infrared data from AVHRR.
Model
NOAA/NESDIS/National Climatic Data Center
NOAA/NESDIS/National Climatic Data Center
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/sst/ersstv3.php\\012http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cdc/data.noaa.ersst.html
Smith, T.M., R.W. Reynolds, Thomas C. Peterson, and Jay Lawrimore 2007: Improvements to NOAA's Historical Merged Land-Ocean Surface Temperature Analysis (1880-2006). In press. Journal of Climate (ERSSTV3).\\012Smith, T.M., and R.W. Reynolds, 2003: Extended Reconstruction of Global Sea Surface Temperatures Based on COADS Data (1854-1997). Journal of Climate, 16, 1495-1510. ERSSTV1\\012 Smith, T.M., and R.W. Reynolds, 2004: Improved Extended Reconstruction of SST (1854-1997). Journal of Climate, 17, 2466-2477.
time
degrees_north
Latitude
88.0000000
-88.0000000
latitude_north
y
center
degrees_east
Longitude
0.00000000
358.000000
longitude_east
x
center
days since 1800-1-1 00:00:00
Time
19723.00000000000
76214.00000000000
0000-01-00 00:00:00
0000-01-00 00:00:00
0000-00-07 00:00:00
time
t
Time Boundaries
Monthly Means of Sea Surface Temperature
-5.00000000
40.0000000
-1.79999995
34.2399979
degC
0.00000000
0.00999999978
32767
2
1
Sea Surface Temperature
NOAA Extended Reconstructed SST V3
Surface
Mean
Mean