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Reynolds-Smith V2 global monthly average sea surface temperatures

From the parent record held in the GCMD:


The data sets in the CDC archive called "Reynolds SST' and "Reconstructed Reynolds SST" were discontinued on 1 April 2003.


A new OI SST data set is available as described here, which includes a new analysis for the historical data and updates into the future. NCEP will not provide new data for the "Reynolds SST" after December 2002 and CDC will remove the "Reynolds SST" data set on 1 April 2003.


TO SEE THE NEW DATASET, PLEASE SEARCH THE GLOBAL CHANGE MASTER DIRECTORY FOR MORE INFORMATION. REFER TO THE METADATA RECORD (LINKED BELOW): REYNOLDS_SST


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This metadata record is a modified child record of an original parent record registered at the Global Change Master Directory. (The Entry ID of the parent record is REYNOLDS_SST, and can be found on the GCMD website - see the provided URL). The data described here are a subset of the original dataset. This metadata record has been created for the express use of Australian Government Antarctic Division employees.


Reproduced from: http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/research/cmb/sst_analysis/


Analysis Description and Recent Reanalysis


The optimum interpolation (OI) sea surface temperature (SST) analysis is produced weekly on a one-degree grid. The analysis uses in situ and satellite SSTs plus SSTs simulated by sea ice cover. Before the analysis is computed, the satellite data are adjusted for biases using the method of Reynolds (1988) and Reynolds and Marsico (1993). A description of the OI analysis can be found in Reynolds and Smith (1994). The bias correction improves the large scale accuracy of the OI.


In November 2001, the OI fields were recomputed for late 1981 onward. The new version will be referred to as OI.v2.


The most significant change for the OI.v2 is the improved simulation of SST obs from sea ice data following a technique developed at the UK Met Office. This change has reduced biases in the OI SST at higher latitudes. Also, the update and extension of COADS has provided us with improved ship data coverage through 1997, reducing the residual satellite biases in otherwise data sparse regions.


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Identification info

Alternate title
Reynolds-Smith V2 global monthly average sea surface temperatures
Date (Publication)
2003-05-07
Edition
1

Originator

AADC

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

AADC, DATA OFFICER
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
+61 3 6232 3244
+61 3 6232 3351 (facsimile)

Collaborator

AADC, DATA OFFICER
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
+61 3 6232 3244
+61 3 6232 3351 (facsimile)
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/REYNOLDS_MONTHLY_SST

Status
On going

Custodian

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
+61 3 6232 3244
+61 3 6232 3351 (facsimile)
Topic category
  • Oceans

Extent

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Extent

Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
1981-12-01
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
Keywords
  • OCEAN
  • TEMPERATURE
  • SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES
  • SST
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • TEMPERATURE SENSORS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • SATELLITES
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • CEOS
  • AMD/AU
  • AMD
  • ARCTIC
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN
  • OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN
  • OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN
  • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
  • OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Resource constraints

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This metadata record is publicly available.

Resource constraints

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licence
Other constraints
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URLs.

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Portable Network Graphic
Linkage
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Title
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Website
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This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=REYNOLDS_MONTHLY_SST when using these data.
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
+61 3 6232 3244
+61 3 6232 3351 (facsimile)

Distributor

Fees
free
Planned available datetime
2003-05-07T00:00:00
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EXTENDED METADATA

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Statement
From the parent record held in the GCMD: The data sets in the CDC archive called "Reynolds SST' and "Reconstructed Reynolds SST" were discontinued on 1 April 2003. A new OI SST data set is available as described here, which includes a new analysis for the historical data and updates into the future. NCEP will not provide new data for the "Reynolds SST" after December 2002 and CDC will remove the "Reynolds SST" data set on 1 April 2003. TO SEE THE NEW DATASET, PLEASE SEARCH THE GLOBAL CHANGE MASTER DIRECTORY FOR MORE INFORMATION. REFER TO THE METADATA RECORD (LINKED): REYNOLDS_SST
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
2009-01-08 - record updated by Dave Connell to note that the dataset has now been discontinued. 2009-10-27 - record updated by Dave Connell to remove Ben Raymond's name. 2019-06-19 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

Metadata

Metadata identifier
string/REYNOLDS_MONTHLY_SST

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Author

AADC, DATA OFFICER
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
+61 3 6232 3244
+61 3 6232 3351 (facsimile)

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
4b146602-e6c0-461e-b40a-2fedf75d0c18

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2019-06-19T14:06:01

Identifier

Description
metadata.extraction_date

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
8.6

Metadata linkage
http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/REYNOLDS_MONTHLY_SST

Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2003-05-07T00:00:00
Date info (Last Update)
2019-06-19

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3
Edition
2014
Other citation details
Version 1
Title
DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
 
 

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