NOAA Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST), Version 4 (in situ only)

xarray.Dataset

Dimensions:
- lat: 89
- lon: 180
- nbnds: 2
- time: 1994

Coordinates: (3)

lat

(lat)

float32

88.0 86.0 84.0 ... -86.0 -88.0

units :: degrees_north
long_name :: Latitude
actual_range :: [ 88. -88.]
standard_name :: latitude
axis :: Y
coordinate_defines :: center

array([ 88.,  86.,  84.,  82.,  80.,  78.,  76.,  74.,  72.,  70.,  68.,  66.,
        64.,  62.,  60.,  58.,  56.,  54.,  52.,  50.,  48.,  46.,  44.,  42.,
        40.,  38.,  36.,  34.,  32.,  30.,  28.,  26.,  24.,  22.,  20.,  18.,
        16.,  14.,  12.,  10.,   8.,   6.,   4.,   2.,   0.,  -2.,  -4.,  -6.,
        -8., -10., -12., -14., -16., -18., -20., -22., -24., -26., -28., -30.,
       -32., -34., -36., -38., -40., -42., -44., -46., -48., -50., -52., -54.,
       -56., -58., -60., -62., -64., -66., -68., -70., -72., -74., -76., -78.,
       -80., -82., -84., -86., -88.], dtype=float32)

lon

(lon)

float32

0.0 2.0 4.0 ... 354.0 356.0 358.0

units :: degrees_east
long_name :: Longitude
actual_range :: [ 0. 358.]
standard_name :: longitude
axis :: X
coordinate_defines :: center

array([  0.,   2.,   4.,   6.,   8.,  10.,  12.,  14.,  16.,  18.,  20.,  22.,
        24.,  26.,  28.,  30.,  32.,  34.,  36.,  38.,  40.,  42.,  44.,  46.,
        48.,  50.,  52.,  54.,  56.,  58.,  60.,  62.,  64.,  66.,  68.,  70.,
        72.,  74.,  76.,  78.,  80.,  82.,  84.,  86.,  88.,  90.,  92.,  94.,
        96.,  98., 100., 102., 104., 106., 108., 110., 112., 114., 116., 118.,
       120., 122., 124., 126., 128., 130., 132., 134., 136., 138., 140., 142.,
       144., 146., 148., 150., 152., 154., 156., 158., 160., 162., 164., 166.,
       168., 170., 172., 174., 176., 178., 180., 182., 184., 186., 188., 190.,
       192., 194., 196., 198., 200., 202., 204., 206., 208., 210., 212., 214.,
       216., 218., 220., 222., 224., 226., 228., 230., 232., 234., 236., 238.,
       240., 242., 244., 246., 248., 250., 252., 254., 256., 258., 260., 262.,
       264., 266., 268., 270., 272., 274., 276., 278., 280., 282., 284., 286.,
       288., 290., 292., 294., 296., 298., 300., 302., 304., 306., 308., 310.,
       312., 314., 316., 318., 320., 322., 324., 326., 328., 330., 332., 334.,
       336., 338., 340., 342., 344., 346., 348., 350., 352., 354., 356., 358.],
      dtype=float32)

time

(time)

datetime64[ns]

1854-01-01 ... 2020-02-01

long_name :: Time
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
actual_range :: [19723. 80384.]

array(['1854-01-01T00:00:00.000000000', '1854-02-01T00:00:00.000000000',
       '1854-03-01T00:00:00.000000000', ..., '2019-12-01T00:00:00.000000000',
       '2020-01-01T00:00:00.000000000', '2020-02-01T00:00:00.000000000'],
      dtype='datetime64[ns]')

Data variables: (2)
- time_bnds
  (time, nbnds)
  float64
  ...
  long_name :
  Time Boundaries
```
array([[19723., 19754.],
       [19754., 19782.],
       [19782., 19813.],
       ...,
       [80322., 80353.],
       [80353., 80384.],
       [80384., 80413.]])
```
- sst
  (time, lat, lon)
  float32
  ...
  long_name :
  Monthly Means of Sea Surface Temperature
  units :
  degC
  var_desc :
  Sea Surface Temperature
  level_desc :
  Surface
  statistic :
  Mean
  actual_range :
  [-1.8 33.95]
  valid_range :
  [-5. 40.]
  dataset :
  NOAA Extended Reconstructed SST V4
  parent_stat :
  Individual Values
```
[31943880 values with dtype=float32]
```
Attributes: (30)
history :
created 10/2014 by CAS using NCDC's ERSST V4 ascii values
title :
NOAA Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST), Version 4 (in situ only)
climatology :
Climatology is based on 1971-2000 SST, Xue, Y., T. M. Smith, and R. W. Reynolds, 2003: Interdecadal changes of 30-yr SST normals during 1871.2000. Journal of Climate, 16, 1601-1612.
description :
In situ data: ICOADS2.5 before 2007 and NCEP in situ data from 2008 to present. Ice data: HadISST ice before 2010 and NCEP ice after 2010.
citation :
Huang et al, 2014: Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperatures Version 4 (ERSST.v4), Part I. Upgrades and Intercomparisons. Journal of Climate.
comment :
SSTs were observed by conventional thermometers in Buckets (insulated or un-insulated canvas and wooded buckets) or Engine Room Intaker
Conventions :
CF-1.2
institution :
This version written at NOAA/ESRL PSD: obtained from NOAA/NESDIS/National Climatic Data Center
keywords_vocabulary :
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
keywords :
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature >
platform :
Ship and Buoy SSTs from ICOADS R2.5 and NCEP GTS
instrument :
Conventional thermometers
source :
ICOADS R2.5 SST, NCEP GTS SST, HadISST ice, NCEP ice
source_comment :
SSTs were observed by conventional thermometers in Buckets (insulated or un-insulated canvas and wooded buckets) or Engine Room Intaker
geospatial_lon_min :
-1.0
geospatial_lon_max :
359.0
geospatial_laty_max :
89.0
geospatial_laty_min :
-89.0
geospatial_lat_max :
89.0
geospatial_lat_min :
-89.0
geospatial_lat_units :
degrees_north
geospatial_lon_units :
degrees_east
cdm_data_type :
Grid
project :
NOAA Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST)
license :
No constraints on data access or use
original_publisher_url :
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov
dataset_title :
Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST) v4
Source :
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/marineocean-data/extended-reconstructed-sea-surface-temperature-ersst-v4
data_modified :
2020-03-03
References :
http://www.psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.noaa.ersst.v4.html

title	NOAA Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST), Version 4 (in situ only)
location	/shared/obs/gridded/ERSSTv4
tags	gridded,obs,ocn,sst,global,monthly
catalog_dir	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/ersstv4.yaml
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