NOAA Optimum Interpolation (OI) SST V2

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  3. gridded
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  6. NOAA Optimum Interpolation (OI) SST V2

Load in Python

from intake import open_catalog

cat = open_catalog("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/oisstv2_monthly.yaml")
ds=cat.netcdf.read()

Metadata

title NOAA Optimum Interpolation (OI) SST V2
location /shared/obs/gridded/OISSTv2
tags gridded, obs, ocn, sst, global, monthly
catalog_dir https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/oisstv2_monthly.yaml
last updated 2020-06-25

Dataset Contents

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xarray.Dataset
    • lat: 180
    • lon: 360
    • nbnds: 2
    • time: 461
    • lat
      (lat)
      float32
      89.5 88.5 87.5 ... -88.5 -89.5
      units :
      degrees_north
      long_name :
      Latitude
      actual_range :
      [ 89.5 -89.5]
      standard_name :
      latitude
      axis :
      Y
      coordinate_defines :
      center
      array([ 89.5,  88.5,  87.5,  86.5,  85.5,  84.5,  83.5,  82.5,  81.5,  80.5,
        79.5,  78.5,  77.5,  76.5,  75.5,  74.5,  73.5,  72.5,  71.5,  70.5,
        69.5,  68.5,  67.5,  66.5,  65.5,  64.5,  63.5,  62.5,  61.5,  60.5,
        59.5,  58.5,  57.5,  56.5,  55.5,  54.5,  53.5,  52.5,  51.5,  50.5,
        49.5,  48.5,  47.5,  46.5,  45.5,  44.5,  43.5,  42.5,  41.5,  40.5,
        39.5,  38.5,  37.5,  36.5,  35.5,  34.5,  33.5,  32.5,  31.5,  30.5,
        29.5,  28.5,  27.5,  26.5,  25.5,  24.5,  23.5,  22.5,  21.5,  20.5,
        19.5,  18.5,  17.5,  16.5,  15.5,  14.5,  13.5,  12.5,  11.5,  10.5,
         9.5,   8.5,   7.5,   6.5,   5.5,   4.5,   3.5,   2.5,   1.5,   0.5,
        -0.5,  -1.5,  -2.5,  -3.5,  -4.5,  -5.5,  -6.5,  -7.5,  -8.5,  -9.5,
       -10.5, -11.5, -12.5, -13.5, -14.5, -15.5, -16.5, -17.5, -18.5, -19.5,
       -20.5, -21.5, -22.5, -23.5, -24.5, -25.5, -26.5, -27.5, -28.5, -29.5,
       -30.5, -31.5, -32.5, -33.5, -34.5, -35.5, -36.5, -37.5, -38.5, -39.5,
       -40.5, -41.5, -42.5, -43.5, -44.5, -45.5, -46.5, -47.5, -48.5, -49.5,
       -50.5, -51.5, -52.5, -53.5, -54.5, -55.5, -56.5, -57.5, -58.5, -59.5,
       -60.5, -61.5, -62.5, -63.5, -64.5, -65.5, -66.5, -67.5, -68.5, -69.5,
       -70.5, -71.5, -72.5, -73.5, -74.5, -75.5, -76.5, -77.5, -78.5, -79.5,
       -80.5, -81.5, -82.5, -83.5, -84.5, -85.5, -86.5, -87.5, -88.5, -89.5],
      dtype=float32)
    • lon
      (lon)
      float32
      0.5 1.5 2.5 ... 357.5 358.5 359.5
      units :
      degrees_east
      long_name :
      Longitude
      actual_range :
      [ 0.5 359.5]
      standard_name :
      longitude
      axis :
      X
      coordinate_defines :
      center
      array([  0.5,   1.5,   2.5, ..., 357.5, 358.5, 359.5], dtype=float32)
    • time
      (time)
      datetime64[ns]
      1981-12-01 ... 2020-04-01
      long_name :
      Time
      actual_range :
      [66443. 80444.]
      delta_t :
      0000-01-00 00:00:00
      avg_period :
      0000-01-00 00:00:00
      prev_avg_period :
      0000-00-07 00:00:00
      standard_name :
      time
      axis :
      T
      bounds :
      time_bnds
      array(['1981-12-01T00:00:00.000000000', '1982-01-01T00:00:00.000000000',
       '1982-02-01T00:00:00.000000000', ..., '2020-02-01T00:00:00.000000000',
       '2020-03-01T00:00:00.000000000', '2020-04-01T00:00:00.000000000'],
      dtype='datetime64[ns]')
    • sst
      (time, lat, lon)
      float32
      ...
      long_name :
      Monthly Mean of Sea Surface Temperature
      unpacked_valid_range :
      [-5. 40.]
      actual_range :
      [-1.7999996 35.56862 ]
      units :
      degC
      precision :
      2
      var_desc :
      Sea Surface Temperature
      dataset :
      NOAA Optimum Interpolation (OI) SST V2
      level_desc :
      Surface
      statistic :
      Mean
      parent_stat :
      Weekly Mean
      standard_name :
      sea_surface_temperature
      cell_methods :
      time: mean (monthly from weekly values interpolated to daily)
      valid_range :
      [-500 4000]
      [29872800 values with dtype=float32]
    • time_bnds
      (time, nbnds)
      datetime64[ns]
      ...
      long_name :
      Time Boundaries
      array([['1981-12-01T00:00:00.000000000', '1982-01-01T00:00:00.000000000'],
       ['1982-01-01T00:00:00.000000000', '1982-02-01T00:00:00.000000000'],
       ['1982-02-01T00:00:00.000000000', '1982-03-01T00:00:00.000000000'],
       ...,
       ['2020-02-01T00:00:00.000000000', '2020-03-01T00:00:00.000000000'],
       ['2020-03-01T00:00:00.000000000', '2020-04-01T00:00:00.000000000'],
       ['2020-04-01T00:00:00.000000000', '2020-05-01T00:00:00.000000000']],
      dtype='datetime64[ns]')
  • title :
    NOAA Optimum Interpolation (OI) SST V2
    Conventions :
    CF-1.0
    history :
    Wed Apr 6 13:47:45 2005: ncks -d time,0,278 SAVEs/sst.mnmean.nc sst.mnmean.nc Created 10/2002 by RHS
    comments :
    Data described in Reynolds, R.W., N.A. Rayner, T.M. Smith, D.C. Stokes, and W. Wang, 2002: An Improved In Situ and Satellite SST Analysis for Climate, J. Climate
    platform :
    Model
    source :
    NCEP Climate Modeling Branch
    institution :
    National Centers for Environmental Prediction
    References :
    https://www.psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.noaa.oisst.v2.html
    dataset_title :
    NOAA Optimum Interpolation (OI) SST V2
    source_url :
    http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/research/cmb/sst_analysis/