Example of timeseries of Pacific indices

Download Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Indices:

General Description

Plot the Time series, using PSL's Interactive plotting tool

PSL's Gridded Composite and Correlation pages.

More Indices for PSL Interactive plotting and Analysis tools

Please, note: in order to use the Time Series presented on this website in the PSL Interactive Tools for "Custom" use the pathname: /Datasets/Timeseries/Filename, where the "Filename" is taken from the tables. For example: /Datasets/Timeseries/CAR_ersst.data.

Click on a "Filename" to get the Time series and download information, courtesy of the NOAA/PSL-CIRES CU.

Seasonally Smoothed SST Indices:

Description Filename

Caribbean Index CAR_ersst.data

Equatorial Atlantic Index EA_ersst.data

Optimal Structure and SST field Correlation COROPT (old, ICOADS version)

Hawaiian Index HAW_ersst.data

Indian Ocean Index IND_ersst.data

Nino3.4 Index Nina_34_ersst.data

Nino4 Index Nina4_ersst.data

North Tropical Atlantic Index NTA_ersst.data

South Tropical Atlantic Index STA_ersst.data

Description	Filename
Caribbean Index	CAR_ersst.data
Equatorial Atlantic Index	EA_ersst.data
Optimal Structure and SST field Correlation	COROPT (old, ICOADS version)
Hawaiian Index	HAW_ersst.data
Indian Ocean Index	IND_ersst.data
Nino3.4 Index	Nina_34_ersst.data
Nino4 Index	Nina4_ersst.data
North Tropical Atlantic Index	NTA_ersst.data
South Tropical Atlantic Index	STA_ersst.data

Please Note:

Citing

If you acquire LIM Pacific SST Anomalies and PDO Forecasts products from our website, we ask that you acknowledge us in your use of the data. For example:

LIM SST Anomalies Forecast data provided by the NOAA Physical Science Laboratory and CIRES CU, Boulder, Colorado, from their website at https://psl.noaa.gov/.