Extended reconstructed SST anomalies from NOAA NCDC ERSST version4:  In situ data: ICOADS2.5 before 2007 and NCEP in situ data from 2008 to present. Ice data: HadISST ice before 2010 and NCEP ice after 2010..
Independent Variables (Grids)
- Time (time)
 -     grid: /T  (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1854) to (Feb 2020) by 1.0 N= 1994 pts :grid
 - longitude (longitude)
 -     grid: /X  (degree_east) periodic (0) to (2W) by 2.0 N= 180 pts :grid
 - latitude (latitude)
 -     grid: /Y  (degree_north) ordered (88S) to (88N) by 2.0 N= 89 pts :grid
 - zlev
 -     grid: /zlev  (meters) ordered [ (0.0)] :grid
 
Other Info
- datatype
 - shortarraytype
 - iridl:hasSemantics
 - iridl:SeaSurfaceTemperatureAnomaly
 - missing_value
 -  -999
 - pointwidth
 -  1.0
 - scale_factor
 -  0.01
 - standard_name
 - sea_surface_temperature
 - units
 - degree_Celsius
 - valid_max
 -  1200
 - valid_min
 -  -1200
 - standard units*
 - degree_Kelvin
 - history 
 - Version 4 based on Version 3b
 
References
Boyin Huang, Viva F. Banzon, Eric Freeman, Jay Lawrimore, Wei Liu, Thomas C. Peterson, Thomas M. Smith, Peter W. Thorne, Scott D. Woodruff, and Huai-Min Zhang, 2015: Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Version 4 (ERSST.v4). Part I: Upgrades and Intercomparisons. J. Climate, 28, 911–930. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00006.1
Wei Liu, Boyin Huang, Peter W. Thorne, Viva F. Banzon, Huai-Min Zhang, Eric Freeman, Jay Lawrimore, Thomas C. Peterson, Thomas M. Smith, and Scott D. Woodruff, 2015: Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Version 4 (ERSST.v4): Part II. Parametric and Structural Uncertainty Estimations. J. Climate, 28, 931–951. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00007.1
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