Eastern Equatorial Pacific Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

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Originator: T. Mitchell

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: Eastern Equatorial Pacific Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies

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Publication_Place: Seattle, Washington, USA

Publisher: Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO)

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Description:

Abstract:

The University of Washington Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO) offers a Sea Surface Temperature dataset that captures SST variations in the cold tongue region of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. This index is called the cold tongue index or CTI. This data may be freely downloaded from the JISAO WWW site. Link to the dataset homepage for documentation and to download this dataset. [Summary Adapted from the JISAO Homepage]

Purpose:

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Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Folland, C. K. and D. E. Parker, 1995: Correction of instrumental biases in historical sea surface temperature data. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 121, 319-367.

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REFERENCE: Modern record (1950-present):

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REFERENCE: Deser, C., and J. M. Wallace, 1990: Large-scale atmospheric circulation features of warm and cold episodes in the tropical Pacific. J. Climate, 3, 1254-1281.

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REFERENCE: Mitchell, T. P., and J. M. Wallace, 1996: ENSO seasonality: 1950-78 versus 1979-92. J. Climate, 9, 3149-3161.

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REFERENCE: Historical record (1854-present): - A manuscript is in preparation (June 1999).

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Beginning_Date: 18540101

Ending_Date: 19990531

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Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 6.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -6.0

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Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > TELECONNECTIONS > EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) > ENSO

Theme_Keyword: Sst Anomalies

Theme_Keyword: Cold Tounge Index

Theme_Keyword: Cti

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: OCEANS

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC

Access_Constraints: Not Available

Use_Constraints:

Please cite the dataset originator if you use this data.

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Contact_Organization: UWA/ATMOS/JISAO > Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington

Contact_Person: TODD MITCHELL

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mitchell@atmos.washington.edu

Resource_Description: JISAO_CTI_SST_PACIFIC

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Format_Name: ASCII

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http://www.jisao.washington.edu/

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DATA CENTER URL

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Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 19990707

Metadata_Review_Date: 20070905

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Contact_Person: GCMD User Support Office

Contact_Organization: NASA Global Change Master Directory

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Not Available

City: Lanham

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20706

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Not Available

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcmduso@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time