A global monthly sea surface temperature climatology

Journal Article · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · Journal of Climate; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(1992)005<0987:AGMSST>2.0.CO;2· OSTI ID:6821927

Shea, D J; Trenberth, K E; Reynolds, R W ^[1]

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1. NCAR, Boulder, CO (United States) NOAA, Climate Analysis Center, Washington, DC (United States)

The paper presents a new global 2 deg x 2 deg monthly sea surface temperature (SST) climatology, referred here to as the Shea-Trenberth-Reynolds (STR) climatology, which was derived by modifying a 1950-1979-based SST climatology from the Climate Analysis Center (CAC), by using data from the Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set to improve the SST estimates in the regions of the Kuroshio and the Gulf Stream. A comparison of the STR climatology with the Alexander and Mobley SST climatology showed that the STR climatology is warmer in the Northern Hemisphere, and colder poleward of 45 deg S. 22 refs.

• OSTI ID: 6821927
• Journal Information: Journal of Climate; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Climate; (United States) Vol. 5:9; ISSN JLCLEL; ISSN 0894-8755
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
CLIMATE MODELS
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FOURIER ANALYSIS
GULF STREAM
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
METEOROLOGY
SURFACE WATERS
TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
WATER CURRENTS