Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: N. Mantua, S. Hare, Y. Zhang, J. Wallace, R. Francis

Publication_Date: Unknown

Edition:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:

Series_Information:

Series_Name:

Issue_Identification:

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Seattle, Washington, USA

Publisher: University of Washington

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage:

Description:

Abstract:

The University of Washington Department of Atmospheric Sciences offers a &Pacific Decadal Oscillation& (PDO) north Pacific SST anomalies dataset. These are updated standardized values for the PDO index derived as the leading PC of monthly SST anomalies in the North Pacific Ocean, poleward of 20N. The monthly mean global average SST anomalies are removed to separate this pattern of variability from any &global warming& signal that may be present in the data. PDO data are updated every two or three months. [Summary Adapted from the U. Washington Atmospheric Sciences Department Homepage]

Purpose:

Not Available

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Zhang, Y., J.M. Wallace, D.S. Battisti, 1997: ENSO-like interdecadal variability: 1900-93. J. Climate, 10, 1004-1020.

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Mantua, N.J. and S.R. Hare, Y. Zhang, J.M. Wallace, and R.C. Francis,1997: A Pacific interdecadal climate oscillation with impacts on salmon production. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 78, pp. 1069-1079. (available via the internet at url: "http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~david/zwb1997.pdf"

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19000101

Ending_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 120.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 60.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 20.0

Keywords:

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: EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > TELECONNECTIONS > NORTH PACIFIC OSCILLATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > TELECONNECTIONS > PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION > PDO

Theme_Keyword: Pdo

Theme_Keyword: Pacific Decadal Oscillation

Theme_Keyword: Climate Indices

Theme_Keyword: Sst

Theme_Keyword: Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies

Theme_Keyword: El Nino

Theme_Keyword: Enso

Theme_Keyword: Climate Index

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: OCEANS

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Temporal_Keyword: Monthly

Access_Constraints: Not Available

Use_Constraints:

Please cite the dataset originator if you use this data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: NATHAN MANTUA

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: JISAO: The Joint Institute for the Study of the

Address: Atmosphere and Oceans

Address: Box 354235

City: Seattle

State_or_Province: WA

Postal_Code: 98195-4235

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (206) 616-5347

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (206) 616-5775

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mantua@atmos.washington.edu

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Not Available

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Not Available

Completeness_Report:

Not Available

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Not Available

Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

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

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mitchell@atmos.washington.edu

Resource_Description: JISAO_PDO_SST_ANOM

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ASCII

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

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

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~mantua/REPORTS/PD...

Access_Instructions:

Documentation, additional links, and access to climate indices data

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~mantua/abst.PDO.h...

Access_Instructions:

Online article: A Pacific interdecadal climate oscillation with impacts on salmon production, published by BAMS 1997.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

ftp://ftp.atmos.washington.edu/mantua/pnw_impacts/...

Access_Instructions:

Access to the latest PDO data

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cas/jhurrell/indices.html

Access_Instructions:

Link to Trenberth and Hurrell's North Pacific Index dataset

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 19990722

Metadata_Review_Date: 20090413

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: SCOTT A. RITZ

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Address: Global Change Master Directory

City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: Maryland

Postal_Code: 20771

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-614-5126

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-614-5268

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Scott.A.Ritz@nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time