gov.noaa.psl.dataset.COBE-SST2_Sea_Surface_Temperature_and_Ice eng; USA dataset PSL/NOAA Data Curator webmaster.psl@noaa.gov custodian 2019-12-01 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) COBE-SST2 Sea Surface Temperature and Ice 2019-12-01 lastUpdate A new sea surface temperature (SST) analysis on a centennial time scale is presented. The dataset starts in 1850 with monthly 1x1 means and is periodically updated. In this analysis, a daily SST field is constructed as a sum of a trend, interannual variations, and daily changes, using in situ SST and sea ice concentration observations. All SST values are accompanied with theory-based analysis errors as a measure of reliability. An improved equation is introduced to represent the ice-SST relationship, which is used to produce SST data from observed sea ice concentrations. Prior to the analysis, biases of individual SST measurement types are estimated for a homogenized long-term time series of global mean SST. Because metadata necessary for the bias correction are unavailable for many historical observational reports, the biases are determined so as to ensure consistency among existing SST and nighttime air temperature observations. The global mean SSTs with bias-corrected observations are in agreement with those of a previously published study, which adopted a different approach. Satellite observations are newly introduced for the purpose of reconstruction of SST variability over data-sparse regions. Moreover, uncertainty in areal means of the present and previous SST analyses is investigated using the theoretical analysis errors and estimated sampling errors. The result confirms the advantages of the present analysis, and it is helpful in understanding the reliability of SST for a specific area and time period. ongoing https://psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/images/small/cobe2.png Long Term Mean Monthly Means of Global Ice Concentration Long Term Mean Monthly Means of Global Sea Surface Temperature Monthly Means of Global Ice Concentration Monthly Means of Global Sea Surface Temperature theme Variables 2013-02-05 revision eng; USA 1850-01-01 2019-12-01 Hirahara, S., Ishii, M., and Y. Fukuda,2014: Centennial-scale sea surface temperature analysis and its uncertainty. J of Climate, 27, 57-75. http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00837.1 referenceInformation NETCDF4_CLASSIC NETCDF4_CLASSIC PSL/NOAA Data Curator webmaster.psl@noaa.gov custodian http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/cobe2.html Cite URL Information about the dataset information https://psl.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog/Datasets/COBE2/catalog.html Thredds Server Thredds Data server. Allows http, opendap, and possibly WCS and WMS downaloads. download ftp://ftp2.psl.noaa.gov/Datasets/COBE2 FTP server FTP server. download