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Title: A new compilation of globally gridded night‐time marine air temperatures: The UAHNMATv1 dataset

Abstract

Near-surface air temperature over the oceans is a relatively unused parameter in understanding the current state of climate, but is useful as an independent temperature metric over the oceans and serves as a geographical and physical complement to near-surface air temperature over land. Though one complete version of this dataset exists (HadNMAT2), it has been strongly recommended that various groups generate climate records independently, which is one motivation here. This University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) study began with the construction of monthly night-time marine air temperature (UAHNMATv1) values from the early-twentieth century through to the present era using air temperatures on ships. Data from the International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) Release 3.0 (R3.0) were used to compile a complete time series of gridded UAHNMATv1. The observations required detailed homogenization procedures since there are many biases to account for such as increasing ship height and changing observing practices. The UAHNMATv1 dataset, once homogenized, is gridded to 5.0° monthly anomalies from 1900-2018. This study will present results which quantify the variability and trends and compare to current trends of other related datasets that include HadNMAT2 and sea-surface temperatures (HadISST & ERSSTv4). This new dataset has broad overall agreement both globallymore » and regionally with HadNMAT2, HadISST, and ERSSTv4 datasets.« less

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  1. Earth System Science Center (ESSC)University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville Alabama
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Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL (United States)
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Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Earth and Environmental Systems Science Division
OSTI Identifier:
1573526
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1573527; OSTI ID: 1594092
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0019296; SC0005330
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
International Journal of Climatology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: International Journal of Climatology; Journal ID: ISSN 0899-8418
Publisher:
Royal Meteorological Society
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; NMAT; Ocean Temperature Trends; Global Temperature; ICOADS; UAHNMATv1

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Junod, Robert A., and Christy, John R. A new compilation of globally gridded night‐time marine air temperatures: The UAHNMATv1 dataset. United Kingdom: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1002/joc.6354.
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Junod, Robert A., & Christy, John R. A new compilation of globally gridded night‐time marine air temperatures: The UAHNMATv1 dataset. United Kingdom. doi:10.1002/joc.6354.
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@article{osti_1573526,
title = {A new compilation of globally gridded night‐time marine air temperatures: The UAHNMATv1 dataset},
author = {Junod, Robert A. and Christy, John R.},
abstractNote = {Near-surface air temperature over the oceans is a relatively unused parameter in understanding the current state of climate, but is useful as an independent temperature metric over the oceans and serves as a geographical and physical complement to near-surface air temperature over land. Though one complete version of this dataset exists (HadNMAT2), it has been strongly recommended that various groups generate climate records independently, which is one motivation here. This University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) study began with the construction of monthly night-time marine air temperature (UAHNMATv1) values from the early-twentieth century through to the present era using air temperatures on ships. Data from the International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) Release 3.0 (R3.0) were used to compile a complete time series of gridded UAHNMATv1. The observations required detailed homogenization procedures since there are many biases to account for such as increasing ship height and changing observing practices. The UAHNMATv1 dataset, once homogenized, is gridded to 5.0° monthly anomalies from 1900-2018. This study will present results which quantify the variability and trends and compare to current trends of other related datasets that include HadNMAT2 and sea-surface temperatures (HadISST & ERSSTv4). This new dataset has broad overall agreement both globally and regionally with HadNMAT2, HadISST, and ERSSTv4 datasets.},
doi = {10.1002/joc.6354},
journal = {International Journal of Climatology},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {2019},
month = {11}
}
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