Extended reconstructed Sea surface temperature, Version 5 (ERSSTv5): Upgrades, validations, and intercomparisons

Journal of Climate

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2017, Pages 8179-8205

  Huang, Boyin ^a   Thorne, Peter W ^b   Banzon, Viva F ^a   Boyer, Tim ^a   Chepurin, Gennady ^a,c   Lawrimore, Jay H ^a   Menne, Matthew J ^a   Smith, Thomas M ^d,e   Vose, Russell S ^a   Zhang, Huai Min ^a  

^a NOAA NCEI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoy observations; In situ oceanic observations; Sea ice; Sea surface temperature; Ship observations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUOYS; ICE; NICKEL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA ICE; SHIPS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS;

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; BUOY OBSERVATIONS; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SHIP OBSERVATIONS; SITU OCEANIC OBSERVATIONS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARGO; BUOY SYSTEM; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EL NINO; LA NINA; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 85029744437     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0836.1     Document Type: Article

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