| Abstract: | The data contained in this data set are derived from the NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Multichannel Sea Surface Temperature data (AVHRR MCSST), which are obtainable from the Distributed Active Archive Center at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. The JPL tapes contain weekly images of SST from October 1981 through December 1990 in nine regions of the world ocean: North Atlantic, Eastern North Atlantic, South Atlantic, Agulhas, Indian, Southeast Pacific, Southwest Pacific, Northeast Pacific, and Northwest Pacific.
This data set represents the results of calculations carried out on the NOAA data and also contains the source code of the programs that made the calculations. The objective was to derive the average sea-surface temperature of each month and week throughout the whole 10-year series, meaning, for example, that data from January of each year would be averaged together. The result is 12 monthly and 52 weekly images for each of the oceanic regions. Averaging the images in this way tends to reduce the number of grid cells that lack valid data and to suppress interannual variability. |
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| ProdID: | 4898 |
| Citation Author: | Schweitzer, Peter N. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 1 computer laser optical disc :col. ;4 3/4 in. +1 manual (25 leaves ; 28 cm.) |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, |
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| Citation Series Code: | DS |
| Citation Series Number: | 10 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Modern average global sea-surface temperature; 1993; DS; 10; Schweitzer, Peter N. |
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| Citation Year: | 1993 |
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| Text: | Modern average global sea-surface temperature; 1993; DS; 10; Schweitzer, Peter N. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/pub/magsst/magsst.html |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, |
