PSD Gridded Climate Datasets: Ocean

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DatasetsDescriptionOPeNDAP CatalogRSS
CMAP Precipitation Monthly and pentad global gridded precipitation means. It includes a standard and enhanced version (with NCEP Reanalysis) from 1979 to near the present. Catalog
CRU Air Temperature and Combined Air Temperature/Marine Anomalies Global gridded (5°x5°) monthly anomalies of combined observed air and marine temperature (HADCRUT2/HADCRUT2V) from the mid 1800's to the present. Catalog
CRU Air Temperature and Combined Air Temperature/Marine Anomalies V3 Global gridded (5°x5°) monthly anomalies of observed air temperature and combined observed air and marine temperature (HADCRU3) from the mid 1800's to the present. Catalog
GISS surface temperature analysis GISS surface temperature analysis for the globe Catalog
ICOADS Global surface marine data from 1800 to near the present summarized in monthly gridded formats (2°x2° boxes, or 1°x1° boxes from 1960 forward), and offering a variety of statistics. Catalog
Interpolated OLR OLR data from NCAR with sophisticated spatial and temporal interpolation. See the related Uninterpolated OLR dataset. Catalog
Kaplan SST Gridded global SST anomalies from 1856-present derived from UK Met Office SST data which has had sophisticated statistical techniques applied to it to fill in gaps. Catalog
MSU Two Microwave Sounding Unit tropospheric temperatures and daily average precipitation available in a global grid (2.5°x2.5°). Catalog
North American Regional Renalaysis (NARR) NCEP's high resolution combined model and assimilated dataset. It covers 1979 to near present and is provided 8-times daily, daily and monthly on a Northern Hemisphere Lambert Conformal Conic grid for all variables. Catalog
NCEP Operational Analysis NCEP's twice-daily global analysis at 2.5° resolution on pressure levels which is a product of their operational forecast system. Catalog
NCEP Marine Marine data gathered by NCEP summarized into ICOADS-compatible (2°x2° box) statistics. Updated about 1-5 days following the end of each data month. Catalog
NOAA Extended Reconstructed SST A global monthly SST analysis from 1854 to the present derived from ICOADS data with missing data filled in by statistical methods. Catalog
NOAA Merged Air and Sea Surface Temperature Monthly Anomalies of air temperature from the GHCN and the NOAAERSST dataset. Catalog
NOAA Optimum Interpolation (OI) SST V2 Produced weekly on a 1° grid. The analysis uses in situ and satellite SST's plus SST's simulated by sea-ice cover. Before the analysis is computed, the satellite data is adjusted for biases. Monthly and monthly long-term means are also available. Catalog
NCEP Pacific Ocean Analysis Weekly and monthly means for temperature, salinity, u and v velocity components of ocean current at multiple depths. Alos included are weekly and monthly means for a selection of surface flux variables. Catalog
NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis A state-of-the-art analysis/forecast system is used to perform data assimilation using data from 1948 to the present. Catalog
PSD Derived NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Products A subset of the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis has been processed to create monthly means of the original data, and in some cases, derived variables or other statistics. Catalog
NCEP/DOE Reanalysis II A state-of-the-art analysis/forecast system is used to perform data assimilation using data from 1979 through 2003. A large subset of this data is available from PSD in its original 4 times daily format and as daily averages. Catalog
NOAA Highly Reflective Clouds Subjectively identified areas of large-scale organized convection over the global tropics have been gridded daily for a 15-year period from 1971 to 1988. Catalog
NODC (Levitus) World Ocean Atlas 1994 Annual, seasonal and monthly long term means for temperature and salinity at multiple depth. Several statistics such as number of observations are included in separate files. Catalog
NODC (Levitus) World Ocean Atlas 1998 The atlas contains annual, seasonal, and monthly long term means for temperature and salinity at multiple depths. Several statistics, including nobs are included in separate files, along with two "mask" files. Catalog
Uninterpolated OLR OLR data from NCEP without interpolation. See the Interpolated OLR dataset for an interpolated version. Catalog
20th Century Reanalysis (V1) 20th Century Reanalysis contains objectively-analyzed 4-dimensional weather maps and their uncertainty for most of the 1900's. N/A