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Monthly North Tropical Atlantic (NTA) SST Index

Entry ID: NOAA_NWS_CPC_NTA

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Summary

Abstract: [Source: NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Physical Sciences Division, http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/ ]

The timeseries of SST anomalies averaged over 60W to 20W, 6N to 18N and 20W to 10W, 6N to 10N. Data is obtained from the COADS dataset for 1951-2000. Anomalies were calculated relative to the 1951-2000 climatology, smoothed by three months running mean procedure and projected onto 20 leading EOFs. Month of data is the center of the 3 months that are smoothed.

See: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/climateindices/list/#NTA

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: Access to monthly NTA index data since 1951

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 10.0

S: 6.0

E: -10.0

W: -20.0

N: 18.0

S: 6.0

E: -20.0

W: -60.0

Service Citation

Originators: Liping Di
Title: Geobrain Data and Product Download
Provider: Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards, GMU
URL: http://geobrain.laits.gmu.edu/products.htm

Service Keywords

DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING >DATA SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL

DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING >DATA DELIVERY

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS >ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT >LAND MANAGEMENT >LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION

LAND SURFACE >LAND USE/LAND COVER >LAND COVER

LAND SURFACE >LAND USE/LAND COVER

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING >INFRARED WAVELENGTHS >INFRARED FLUX

ISO Topic Category

ENVIRONMENT

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

PLANNING CADASTRE

Platform

LANDSAT-5

LANDSAT-7

TERRA > Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1)

Instrument

ASTER > Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer

MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

REASON > Research, Education, and Applications Solution Network

Service Provider

GMU/SCS/LAITS > Laboratory of Advanced Information and Technology Standards, School of Computational Science, George Mason University

Service Organization URL: http://laits.gmu.edu/

Service Provider Personnel
Name: LIPING DI Phone: 703-993-6114 Fax: 703-993-6127 Email: ldi at gmu.edu Contact Address: Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems George Mason University 4400 University Drive, MSN 6E1 George Mason University City: Fairfax Province or State: VA Postal Code: 22032 Country: USA