Climate Analysis Center Optimal Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature Analyses

SOURCE: Data Support Section Dataset ds277.0

FORMAT: CCM2 History Tape, ASCII

GRID:   Global - T42 Gaussian (128 x 64)
                 T63 Gaussian (192 x 96)
                 Regular One Degree (360 x 180)

LEVELS: Surface

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


TIMES:  One value per month.

Current holdings: November 1981 - September 1994 (155 months per file)
------------------------------------------------
/CA/SST/CAC_OI/T42.NOV81_SEP94    on a T42 grid
/CA/SST/CAC_OI/T63.NOV81_SEP94    on a T63 grid

Also available on-line in ASCII on a 1 degree regular grid 
from the Data Support Section.

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

Back to the CAS Home Page