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NOAA Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (SST) V4

Brief Description: A global monthly SST analysis from 1854 to the present derived from ICOADS data with missing data filled in by statistical methods. More Details... Temporal Coverage: Monthly values for 1854/01 - present. Long term monthly means, derived from data for years 1971 - 2000. Long term monthly means, derived from data for years 1981 - 2010. Spatial Coverage: 2.0 degree latitude x 2.0 degree longitude global grid (89x180). 88.0N - 88.0S, 0.0E - 358.0E.

Levels:

• Sea Surface

Update Schedule:

• Variable

Download/Plot Data:

Variable	Statistic	Level	Units	Download File	Create Plot/Subset
Sea Surface Temperature	Monthly Mean	Surface	degC	sst.mnmean.v4.nc
Sea Surface Temperature	Monthly Long Term Mean	Surface	degC	sst.ltm.19812010.v4.nc

Usage Restrictions:

• None

Detailed Description:

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  For more information see https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/sst/ersstv3.php.

Caveats:

• None

Related File Naming & Structure Information:

File Names:

• err | sst.stat[.time].nc   (In directory: /Datasets.private/noaa.ersst/)

OpenDap File Names:

• https://psl.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/Datasets/noaa.ersst/ | sst.stat[.time].v4.nc   

Dataset Format and Size:

• PSL standard NetCDF ~60 Mbyte file for each monthly file.
• PSL standard NetCDF 388 Kbyte file for each long term mean file..

Missing Data:

• Data have been interpolated in time and space by the providers. Land points are flagged with a value of -9.96921e+36.

Citation:

• Please note: If you acquire NOAA_ERSST_V4 data products from PSL, we ask that you acknowledge us in your use of the data. This may be done by including text such as NOAA_ERSST_V4 data provided by the NOAA/OAR/ESRL PSL, Boulder, Colorado, USA, from their Web site at https://psl.noaa.gov/ in any documents or publications using these data. We would also appreciate receiving a copy of the relevant publications. This will help PSL to justify keeping the NOAA_ERSST_V4 data set freely available online in the future. Thank you!

References:

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Original Source:

• https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/marineocean-data/extended-reconstructed-sea-surface-temperature-ersst-v4/
• Data link http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/ersst/v4/ascii/ (ASCII)
• Data link http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/ersst/v4/ascii/ (NetCDF4)
• 
  Thomas M. Smith
  Scientific Services Division
  NCDC/NESDIS/NOAA
  151 Patton Ave. Room 514
  Asheville NC 28801
  
  Phone: (828) 271-4494
  e-mail: Tom.Smith@noaa.gov
  
  Richard W. Reynolds
  Scientific Services Division
  NCDC/NESDIS/NOAA
  151 Patton Ave. Room 514
  Asheville NC 28801
  
  Phone: (828) 271-4302
  FAX: (828) 271-4328
  e-mail: Richard.W.Reynolds@noaa.gov

Contact:

• Physical Sciences Laboratory: Data Management
  NOAA/ESRL/PSL
  325 Broadway
  Boulder, CO 80305-3328
  psl.data@noaa.gov