The data are here.
Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperatures (ERSST), beginning January 1854.
References:
Construction of dataset:
Smith, T.M., and R. W. Reynolds, 2002: Extended reconstruction of global seas
surface temperatures based on COADS data 1854-1997. Submitted, J. Climate.
Climatology used for dataset:
Reynolds, R. W., N. A. Rayner, T. M. Smith, D. C. Stokes, and W. Wang, 2002:
An improved in situ and satellite SST analysis. J. Climate, 15, 1609-1625.
Measurement bias correction applied to dataset:
Smith, T. M., and R. W. Reynolds, 2002: Bias correction
for historical sea surface temperatures based on marine air temperatures. J. Climate, 15,
1609-1625.
Structure of data
All fields were
computed on the 2-degree grid. The grid has 180 zonal points on
0E, 2E, ..., 358E, and 89 meridional points on 88S, 86S, ..., 88N.
Over land a value of -99.99 is assigned.
In addition any SST mean value less than -1.8C was set to -1.8C.
Thomas M. Smith (e-mail: Tom.Smith@noaa.gov)
National Climate Data Center
151 Patton Ave., Room 514,
Asheville, NC 28801
Richard W. Reynolds (e-mail: Richard.W.Reynolds@noaa.gov)
National Climate Data Center
151 Patton Ave., Room 514,
Asheville, NC 28801