NOAA Extended Reconstructed Sea Level Pressure (SLP)

One-line description: Extended Reconstruction of Historical Sea Level Pressure (SLP) Using improved statistical methods (1854 to present).

Spatial coverage:

  • 88N-88S (by 2.0), 0-358E (by 2.0)
Temporal coverage:
  • Monthly means from Jan. 1, 1854 through Dec 1997.
Original Source:

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

Additional details from the authors: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/slp/. Archive parameters: File names are composed of variable abbreviations and average period.

(variable).(statistic).nc

File name Variable Abbreviation
slp.mnmean.nc slp

Detailed description: The extended reconstructed sea surface temperature (ERSLP) was constructed using the most recently available Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (COADS) SLP data and improved statistical methods that allow stable reconstruction using sparse data. This monthly analysis begins January 1854, but because of sparse data the analyzed signal is heavily damped before 1910. Afterwards the strength of the signal is more consistent over time.

: NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory


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  • Please note: If you acquire 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 data provided by the NOAA PSL, Boulder, Colorado, USA, from their website 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 data freely available online in the future. Thank you!

Missing data: Data have been interpolated in time and space by the providers. Land points are set to the netCDF missing value.

Dataset format and size:

  • netCDF file ~55 Mbytes for the monthly means.
  • netCDF file ~4 Mbytes for the longterm monthly means. (1950-79)
References Smith, T.M., and R.W. Reynolds, 2004: Reconstruction of Monthly Mean Oceanic Sea Level Pressure Based on COADS and Station Data (1854-1997). J. Oceanic Atmos. Tech., 21, 1272-1282.

Archive location(s): : NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory


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Anonymous ftp at ftp.cdc.noaa.gov
cd /Datasets/noaa.erslp

Contact person(s): : NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory


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