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    • NOAA Smith and Reynolds Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST) Level 4 Monthly Version 5 Dataset in netCDF

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    The Smith & Reynolds Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST) Level 4 dataset provides a historical reconstruction of monthly global ocean surface temperatures and temperature anomalies over a 2 degree spatial grid since 1854 from in-situ observations based on a consistent statistical methodology that accounts for uneven sampling distributions over time and related observational biases. Version 5 of this dataset implements release 3.0 of ICOADS (International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set) and is supplemented by monthly GTS (Global Telecommunications Ship and buoy) system data. As for the prior ERSST version, v5 implements Empirical Orthogonal Teleconnection analysis (EOT) but with an improved tuning method for sparsely sampled regions and periods. ERSST anomalies are computed with respect to a 1971-2000 monthly climatology. The version 5 has been improved from previous version 4. Major improvements in v5 include: 1) Inclusion and use of new sources and new versions of input datasets, such as data from Argo floats (new source), ICOADS R3.0 (from R2.5), HadISST2 (from HadISST1) sea ice concentration, and 2) Improved methodologies, such as inclusion of additional statistical modes, less spatial-temporal smoothing, better quality control method, and bias correction with baseline to modern buoy observations. The new version improves the spatial structures and magnitudes of El Nino and La Nina events. The ERSST v5 in netCDF format contains extended reconstructed sea surface temperature, SST anomaly, and associated estimated SST error standard deviation fields, in compliance with CF1.6 standard metadata.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0836.1

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher NASA/JPL/PODAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2036878116-POCLOUD
    Data First Published 2017-08-15
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2017-08-15
    Category NOAA CLIMATE DATA RECORD (CDR) PROGRAM, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation Smith, T., Reynolds, R.. 2015-06-17. NOAA Smith and Reynolds Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST) Level 4 Monthly. Version 5. NCDC Smith & Reynolds Historical Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Data Sets. NOAA National Climatic Data Center, 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC, USA. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NOAAs National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). https://doi.org/10.5067/ERSST-L4N50. https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/ersst/. Smith, T., Reynolds, R., NOAAs National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), 1981-11-07, NOAA Smith and Reynolds Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST) Level 4 Monthly Version 5 Dataset in netCDF, https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/ersst/.
    Creator Smith, T., Reynolds, R.
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/ERSST-L4N50
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0836.1
    Release Place NOAA National Climatic Data Center, 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC, USA
    Series Name NOAA Smith and Reynolds Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST) Level 4 Monthly
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    Temporal 1854-01-01T00:00:00Z/2023-02-28T00:00:00Z

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