Reynold's Blended Sea Surface Temperature Analyses

This SST data product is derived from ship, satellite, and sea ice limits data.

SOURCE: Data Support Section Dataset ds277.0
This dataset was prepared by R. Reynolds, D. Stokes, and T. Smith of the NMC.
Prior to 1982, these data are derived from AMIP data.

FORMAT: CCM2 History Tape

GRID:   Global - T42 Gaussian (128 x 64)

LEVELS: Surface

FIELDS: Description                     Name    Units   Levels
        -------------------------------------------------------
	Sea Surface Temperature		SST	K	surface


TIMES:  One value per month.

MSS Directory: /TRENBERT/SSTA/

Filename: CACT42yy  where yy=year
	12 monthly values (one year) per volume.
        e.g. CACT4282 for 1982 data.

Current holdings: 1979 - 1994 (12 months per file)

Please use the ccm2nc software to convert ccm history tape format to netCDF.
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