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Monthly objectively analyzed subsurface temperature and Salinity at 24 levels in the upper 1500 meters started from 1945 and prepared by M. Ishii et al.
The analysis is based on the World Ocean Database and Atlas (ds285.0), the Global Temperature-Salinity in the tropical Pacific from IRD (L'Institut de recherche pour le development, France, ds279.1), and the Centennial in situ Observation Based Estimates (COBE) sea surface temperature. Argo profiling buoy data have also been used in the final several years. The XBT depth bias correction is applied in the current version.
Temporal Range:
1945-01-15 00:00 +0000 to 2012-12-15 00:00 +0000
(Entire dataset)
Period details by dataset productPeriod details by dataset product1945-01-15 00:00 +0000 to 2010-12-15 00:00 +0000 (SST Analyses for V6.9, 1945-2010)1945-01-15 00:00 +0000 to 2010-12-15 00:00 +0000 (Salinity Analyses for V6.9, 1945-2010)1945-01-15 00:00 +0000 to 2011-12-15 00:00 +0000 (Subsurface Salinity Analyses for V6.12, 1945-2011)1945-01-15 00:00 +0000 to 2012-12-15 00:00 +0000 (Subsurface Salinity Analyses for V6.13, 1945-2012)1945-01-15 00:00 +0000 to 2011-12-15 00:00 +0000 (Subsurface Temporature Analyses for V6.12, 1945-2011)1945-01-15 00:00 +0000 to 2012-12-15 00:00 +0000 (Subsurface Temporature Analyses for V6.13, 1945-2012)
Longitude Range: Westernmost=180W Easternmost=180E
Latitude Range: Southernmost=90S Northernmost=90N
Detailed coverage informationDetailed coverage information1° x 1° from 0.5E to 359.5E and 89.5S to 89.5N (360 x 180 Longitude/Latitude)
Data Contributors:
JP/JAMSTEC/FRSGC
Fronteir Research System for Global Change,Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Japan
Ishii, M., A. Shouji, S. Sugimoto, and T. Matsumoto, 2005: Objective analyses of SST and marine meteorological variables for the 20th century using COADS and the Kobe Collection. Int. J. Climatol., 25, 865-879.
Total Volume:
16.74 GB
(Entire dataset)
Volume details by dataset productVolume details by dataset productSubsurface Temporature Analyses for V6.13, 1945-2012: 2.81 GBSubsurface Salinity Analyses for V6.13, 1945-2012: 2.86 GBSST Analyses for V6.9, 1945-2010: 2.72 GBSalinity Analyses for V6.9, 1945-2010: 2.77 GBSubsurface Temporature Analyses for V6.12, 1945-2011: 2.76 GBSubsurface Salinity Analyses for V6.12, 1945-2011: 2.82 GB
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