Pacific Warm-Pool Time-series

Area average of SST in the Tropical Pacific Ocean

sample plot
Correlation of Pacific Warm Pool index with HadIST1.1 SST dataset
Description
    Definition: area averaged SST: 60E-170E, 15S-15N Dataset: NOAA ERSSTV5 1948-present. Climatology: 1981-2020
Temporal Coverage
  • Monthly values: 1854/01 to 2021
  • Update Status: Irregular
Data Notes
    Units: degC
Source, citation and related Information.
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Original Source
  • Index is calculated at NOAA/PSL
Time-series source dataset(s)
Citation
  • Rayner N. A., D. E. Parker, E. B. Horton, C. K. Folland, L. V. Alexander, D. P. Rowell, E. C. Kent, A. Kaplan, Global analyses of sea surface temperature, sea ice, and night marine air temperature since the late nineteenth century, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D14), 4407, doi:10.1029/2002JD002670, 2003.
References
  • Rayner N. A., D. E. Parker, E. B. Horton, C. K. Folland, L. V. Alexander, D. P. Rowell, E. C. Kent, A. Kaplan, Global analyses of sea surface temperature, sea ice, and night marine air temperature since the late nineteenth century, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D14), 4407, doi:10.1029/2002JD002670, 2003.