Shea, Trenberth and Reynolds SST Climatology (1950-1979)

SOURCE: Data Support Section Dataset ds289.0

FORMAT: CCM2 History Tape, ASCII, netCDF

GRID:   Global - T106 Gaussian (320 x 160)
                 T63 Gaussian (192 x 96)
                 T42 Gaussian (128 x 64)
                 T31 Gaussian (96 x 48)
                 R15 Gaussian (48 x 40)
                 Regular 2 degree (181 x 91), ASCII only
                 And many more! (See Current holdings)

LEVELS: Surface

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

TIMES:  Average of a given month over several years.

MSS Directory: /CA/SST/STR

Filename: tttMy1y2  where ttt=truncation, y1=starting year, y2=ending year
	12 means (months) per volume.
        e.g. T42M5079 for 1950-79 climatolgy truncated at T42.

Current holdings: 
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R15M5079
T05M5079
T21M5079
T31M5079
T42M5079
T63M5079
T80M5079
T106M5079
T170M5079

R15M5079.nc
T31M5079.nc
T42M5079.nc
T63M5079.nc
T106M5079.nc

T3115M5079
T3121M5079
T4221M5079
T6331M5079
T6342M5079

Also available on-line in ASCII on a 2 degree regular grid 
from the Data Support Section.

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