NMC Monthly Mean Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) from JCOMM Products Bulletin at LDEO/IRI Climate Data Library

The bias correction improves the large scale accuracy of the OI. Examples of the effect of recent corrections is given by Reynolds (1993). For the more recent period, 1990-present, the in situ data were obtained from radio messages carried on the Global Telecommunication System.

The satellite observations were obtained from operational data produced by the National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS). During the period 1981-1989, the in situ data were obtained from the Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set (COADS) for the 1980s. These data (see Slutz, et al., 1985, and Woodruff, et al., 1993) consist of logbook and radio reports.

The satellite data were obtained from analyses of NESDIS data produced at the University of Miami's Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. The OI analysis is done over all ocean areas. There is no analysis over land.

The land values are filled by a Cressman interpolation to produce a complete grid for possible interpolation. Data from the Joint World Meteorological Organization/Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Technical Commision for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) Products Bulletin Data Products. The organization was formally known as the Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) Data Products Bulletin.

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