sst.mnmean.nc http://xml.opendap.org/ns/DAP/3.2# http://xml.opendap.org/dap/dap3.2.xsd http://xml.opendap.org/transforms/ddxToRdfTriples.xsl 3.2 /data/nc/sst.mnmean.nc.gz NC_GLOBAL Container title String NOAA Extended Reconstructed SST V3 conventions String CF-1.0 history String created 09/2007 by CAS comments String 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. platform String Model source String NOAA/NESDIS/National Climatic Data Center institution String NOAA/NESDIS/National Climatic Data Center references String http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/sst/ersstv3.php\\012http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cdc/data.noaa.ersst.html citation String 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. DODS_EXTRA Container Unlimited_Dimension String time sst sst sst.sst sst long_name String Monthly Means of Sea Surface Temperature valid_range Float32 -5.00000000 40.0000000 actual_range Float32 -1.79999995 34.2399979 units String degC add_offset Float32 0.00000000 scale_factor Float32 0.00999999978 missing_value Int16 32767 precision Int16 2 least_significant_digit Int16 1 var_desc String Sea Surface Temperature dataset String NOAA Extended Reconstructed SST V3 level_desc String Surface statistic String Mean parent_stat String Mean time 1857 lat 89 lon 180 time_bnds time_bnds long_name String Time Boundaries time 1857 nbnds 2