| Content Citation | ||
| Title of Content: | NOAA Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis | |
| Type of Content: | Downloadable Data | |
| Content Publisher: | Vadlamani Kumar - NOAA Climate Prediction Center (vadlamani.kumar@noaa.gov) | |
| Publication Date: | Weekly data for the Sunday - Saturday before the publication date. | |
| Content Description | ||
| Content Summary:
The analysis uses in situ and satellite SSTs plus SSTs simulated by sea ice cover. Before the analysis is computed, the satellite data is adjusted for biases using the method of Reynolds (1988) and Reynolds and Marsico (1993). A description of the OI analysis can be found in Reynolds and Smith (1994). The bias correction improves the large scale accuracy of the OI. In November 2001, the OI fields were recomputed for late 1981 onward. The new version will be referred to as OI.v2. The most significant change for the OI.v2 is the improved simulation of SST obs from sea ice data following a technique developed at the UK Met Office. This change has reduced biases in the OI SST at higher latitudes. Also, the update and extension of COADS has provided us with improved ship data coverage through 1997, reducing the residual satellite biases in otherwise data sparse regions. For more details, see Reynolds, et al (2002). |
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| Content Purpose: Monitoring | ||
| Time Period of Content | ||
| Date: | The date in the file name represents the Wednesday which is centered in the week from Sunday to Saturday. Contour Intervals: SST: 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 SST Anomalies: -5 -4 -3.5 -3 -2.5 -2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 -0.25 0.25 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 5 | |
| Content Status | ||
| Progress: | Model Output | |
| Update Frequency: | Updated Weekly | |
| Spatial Domain | ||
| West Coordinate: | 0.000000 | |
| East Coordinate: | 360.000000 | |
| North Coordinate: | 90 South | |
| South Coordinate: | 90 North | |
| Content Keywords | ||
| Theme Keywords: | NOAA Daily NOAA Weekly Global Sea Surface Temperature SST Model Output from the OIV2 Optimum Interpolation Analysis | |
| Spatial Data Information | ||
| Data Type: | vector digital data | |
| Data Format: | Shapefile | |
| Data Projection:
Resolution: |
Geographic
The shapefile is created from input data of
resolution 1 degree x 1 degree |
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| Access and Usage Information | ||
| Access Constraints: | Public data. | |
| Use Constraints: | Public data. | |