North Tropical Atlantic (NTA) SST Index

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: NOAA/PSD

Publication_Date: ongoing

Title: North Tropical Atlantic (NTA) SST Index

Edition:

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Series_Information:

Series_Name: NOAA/PSD Indices and Forecasts

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Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Boulder, CO, USA

Publisher: NOAA/ESRL/PSD

Other_Citation_Details:

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

Description:

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

Purpose:

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Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Penland, C., and Ludmila Matrosova, 1997: On the prediction of tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures. Proc. 21st Climate Diagnostics Workshop, Huntsville AL, 28 Oct. - 1 Nov., 1996. Penland, C., and L. Matrosova, 1998: "Prediction of tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures using Linear Inverse Modeling," J. Climate, March, 483-496 pp. Penland, C., and L. Matrosova, 2001: "Expected and Actual Errors of Linear Inverse Modeling Forecasts," Monthly Weather Review, 129, 1740-1745.

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Beginning_Date: 19510101

Ending_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -20.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -10.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 10.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 6.0

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Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -60.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -20.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.0

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_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE

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

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE INDICES > NORTH TROPICAL ATLANTIC INDEX > NTA

Theme_Keyword: Nta

Theme_Keyword: North Tropical Atlantic

Theme_Keyword: Climate Index

Theme_Keyword: Climate Indices

Theme_Keyword: Sst Anomalies

Theme_Keyword: Climate Change

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

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Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Temporal_Keyword: Monthly

Temporal_Keyword: Monthly - < Annual

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Contact_Organization: DOC/NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD > Physical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Contact_Person: ESRL/PSD DATA INQUIRIES

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: esrl.psd.data@noaa.gov

Resource_Description: NTA Index

Distribution_Liability:

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http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/

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DATA CENTER URL

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http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/climateindices/l...

Access_Instructions:

Access to monthly NTA index data since 1951

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http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/forecasts/sstlim/forn...

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Access to experimental NTA forecast data

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http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/forecasts/sstlim/forn...

Access_Instructions:

Access to documentation and data on Atlantic SST forecasts

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20051215

Metadata_Review_Date: 20091105

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GCMD User Support Office

Contact_Organization: NASA Global Change Master Directory

Contact_Address:

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