Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time)	grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1854) to (Feb 2020) by 1.0 N= 1994 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

cdm_data_type

Grid

climatology

Climatology is based on 1971-2000 SST, Xue, Y., T. M. Smith, and R. W. Reynolds, 2003: Interdecadal changes of 30-yr SST normals during 1871.2000. Journal of Climate, 16, 1601-1612.

comment

SSTs were observed by conventional thermometers in Buckets (in sulated or un-insulated canvas and wooded buckets), Engine Room Intakers, or floats and drifters

contact

Dick Reynolds, email: Richard.W.Reynolds@noaa.gov & Chunying Liu, email: Chunying.liu@noaa.gov

Conventions

CF-1.6

creator_email

boyin.huang@noaa.gov

creator_name

Boyin Huang

creator_url

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov

geospatial_lat_max

89.0

geospatial_lat_min

-89.0

geospatial_lat_resolution

2.0

geospatial_lat_units

degrees_north

geospatial_lon_max

359.0

geospatial_lon_min

-1.0

geospatial_lon_resolution

2.0

geospatial_lon_units

degrees_east

institution

NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI/CCOG

instrument

Conventional thermometers

keywords

Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Sur face Temperature >

keywords_vocabulary

NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords

license

No constraints on data access or use

Metadata_Conventions

CF-1.6, Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0

metadata_link

C00884

naming_authority

gov.noaa.ncdc

netcdf_Convention

COARDS

platform

Ship and Buoy SSTs from ICOADS R2.5 and NCEP GTS

processing_level

L4

production_version

Version 5

project

NOAA Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST)

publisher_email

boyin.huang@noaa.gov

publisher_name

Boyin Huang

source

ICOADS R2.5 SST, NCEP GTS SST, HadISST ice, NCEP ice

spatial_resolution

2.0 degree grid

standard_name_vocabulary

CF Standard Name Table v27

summary

ERSST.v3b is developped based on Smith and Reynolds 2003

title

ERSST V3b in situ only

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.

Last updated: Tue, 26 May 2020 18:41:17 GMT