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  ds277.7 Detailed Metadata

Overview
Dataset Citation:
U.S. National Climatic Data Center, updated monthly: NOAA Optimum Interpolation 1/4 Degree Daily Sea Surface Temperature Analysis, Version 2. Dataset ds277.7 published by the CISL Data Support Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, available online at http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds277.7/.
Types of data:
  • Grids
 Data formats:
Data contributors:
  • DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Total volume:  23.735 Gbytes

Summary for Grids in NetCDF Format
Product and Coverage Information:
There is one product and one geographical coverage for all of the grids in this format:
    Product: Analysis
    Geographical Coverage: 0.25° x 0.25°, 0.125E to 359.875E and 89.875S to 89.875N (1440 x 720 Longitude/Latitude)
Variable
Vertical LevelsTemporal Valid Range
Daily sea surface temperature (degrees C)
• Sea surface height: 0 meters  1981-09-01 00:00 to 2009-10-31 00:00
Daily sea surface temperature anomalies (degrees C)
• Sea surface height: 0 meters  1981-09-01 00:00 to 2009-10-31 00:00
Estimated error standard deviation of analysed_sst (degrees C)
• Sea surface height: 0 meters  1981-09-01 00:00 to 2009-10-31 00:00
Sea ice concentration (percentage)
• Sea surface height: 0 meters  1981-09-01 00:00 to 2009-10-31 00:00

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