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Global Ocean Surface Temperature Atlas (GOSTA), and Land Surface Atlas

Entry ID: NCAR_DS289.1

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Summary

Abstract: GOSTAplus (Atlas 8) and the Blended Land Surface and SST Atlas were taked from the GOSTAplus CD-ROM received at NCAR February 1998. The period of record for these grids is 1851-1995. The sea and land surface temperature portions of this data collection, which span 1856 to 1995, have in general been superceded by continued developments of HadISST (DS277.3) [http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds277.3/], and Jones' Monthly Global Surface Temperature (DS215.0) [http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds215.0/].

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS > Data Support Section, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Dataset Title: Global Ocean Surface Temperature Atlas (GOSTA), and Land Surface Atlas

Dataset Publisher: UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS > Data Support Section, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Online Resource: http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds289.1/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1851-01-01

Stop Date: 1995-12-31

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > LONGWAVE RADIATION

ISO Topic Category

OCEANS

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Ancillary Keywords

GRIDDING METHODS

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Data Support Section, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Data Center URL: http://rda.ucar.edu/
Dataset ID: 289.1

Data Center Personnel
Name: RDA HELP DESK Phone: (303)-497-1231 Fax: (303)-497-1291 Email: dssweb at ucar.edu Contact Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research CISL/DSS P.O. Box 3000 City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80307 Country: U.S.A.

Distribution

Distribution Size: 125.135 Mbytes

Personnel

STEVEN WORLEY

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: (303)-497-1248

Fax: (303)-497-1291

Email: worley at ucar.edu

Contact Address:

National Center for Atmospheric Research

CISL/DSS

P.O. Box 3000

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80307

Country: U.S.A.

BOB DATTORE

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: (303)-497-1825

Fax: (303)-497-1291

Email: dattore at ucar.edu

Contact Address:

National Center for Atmospheric Research

CISL/DSS

P.O. Box 3000

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80307

Country: U.S.A.

Publications/References

Parker, D.E. and C.K. Folland, 1995: Correction of instrumental biases in historical sea surface temperature data. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 121, 319-367. Parker, D.E., C.K. Folland and M. Jackson, 1995: Marine surface temperature: observed variations and data requirements. Climate Change, 31, 559-600. Jones, P.D., 1994: Hemispheric Surface Air Temperature Variations: A Reanalysis and an Update to 1993. J. Climate, 7(11), 1794-1802. Parker, D.E., P.D. Jones, C.K. Folland and A. Bevan, 1994: Interdecadal changes of surface temperature since the late nineteenth century. J. Geophys. Res., 99, 14373-14399.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-02-10

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