Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time\0² )	grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1856) to (Mar 2015) by 1.0 N= 1911 pts :grid
Longitude (longitude\0)	grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (27.5E) to (22.5E) by 5.0 N= 72 pts :grid
Latitude (latitude\0)	grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (87.5S) to (87.5N) by 5.0 N= 36 pts :grid

Other Info

note

revised 13 Sep 2005 and 24 Oct 2005, following the 13 Sep 2005 revision of the Reynolds and Smith Version 2 data set that affected fields from Nov 1981 to Apr 2002

References

Kaplan, A., M. Cane, Y. Kushnir, A. Clement, M. Blumenthal, and B. Rajagopalan, Analyses of global sea surface temperature 1856-1991, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 18,567-18,589, 1998

R. W. Reynolds, T. M. Smith. Improved global sea surface temperature analyses.. J. Climate 7, 1994

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