Pacific Decadal Oscillation

Describes SST variability in the north Pacific Ocean.


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Correlation of the PDO from the NOAA/PSL with NOAA ERSST V5 for January.
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Description
  • Ensemble mean PDO from the COBE SST, NOAA ERSST V5, and HadISST1.1 SST datasets. PDO is defined as the leading EOF of monthly SSTA in the North Pacific, between 20N-70N. SST monthly climatology is removed and then the global mean is removed. Climo is 1920-2014. ;
Specifications
Temporal Coverage
  • Monthly values: 1891/01 to present
  • Update Status: Monthly
Data Notes
  • Units: degC
  • Missing data value: -9.90
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Usage
Usage Restrictions
  • None
Caveats
  • None
Related time-series and links
Related Time-series
  • PDO PSL
Links
Analysis pages that use time-series
Analysis pages
  • WRIT correlation
  • WRIT time-series
Source, References, and Citation
Original Source
  • NOAA/PSL
Time-series source dataset(s)
  • Input data for the mode calculation is the COBE SST, NOAA ERSST V5, and HadISST1.1
References
  • Newman, M., M. A. Alexander, T. R. Ault, K. M. Cobb, C. Deser, E. Di Lorenzo, N. Mantua, A. J. Miller, S. Minobe, H. Nakamura, N. Schneider, D. J. Vimont, A. S. Phillips, J. D. Scott and C. A. Smith (June 2016): The Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Revisited. J. Climate, 29 (12), 4399-4427, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0508.1.