noaa-instrument-11535
Merged Land-Ocean Surface Temperature Analysis (MLOST v3b)
Smith, T.M.; Reynolds, R.W.; Peterson, T.C.; Lawrimore, J.
Merged Land-Ocean Surface Temperature Analysis (MLOST v3b)
2011-07-01
NCDC-Paleoclimatology
ONLINE Files
Pending
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/11535
Investigator
T.M.
Smith
Investigator
R.W.
Reynolds
Investigator
T.C.
Peterson
Investigator
J.
Lawrimore
earth science
paleoclimate
instrumental
longitude,null,null,degree east,null,instrumental,null,null,N,null
earth science
paleoclimate
instrumental
collection date,null,null,year Common Era,null,instrumental,null,null,N,null
earth science
paleoclimate
instrumental
surface temperature,null,null,degree Celsius,Dec-Feb,instrumental,anomalized,null,N,reference period 1971-2000 CE
earth science
paleoclimate
instrumental
surface temperature,null,null,degree Celsius,Jun-Aug,instrumental,anomalized,null,N,reference period 1971-2000 CE
earth science
paleoclimate
instrumental
surface temperature,null,null,degree Celsius,annual,instrumental,anomalized,null,N,gridded; reference period 1971-2000 CE
earth science
paleoclimate
instrumental
surface temperature,null,null,degree Celsius,Apr-Jun,instrumental,anomalized,null,N,reference period 1971-2000 CE
earth science
paleoclimate
instrumental
surface temperature,null,null,degree Celsius,Sep-Nov,instrumental,anomalized,null,N,reference period 1971-2000 CE
earth science
paleoclimate
instrumental
latitude,null,null,degree north,null,instrumental,null,null,N,null
earth science
paleoclimate
instrumental
surface temperature,null,null,degree Celsius,Jul-Sep,instrumental,anomalized,null,N,reference period 1971-2000 CE
earth science
paleoclimate
instrumental
surface temperature,null,null,degree Celsius,Jan-Mar,instrumental,anomalized,null,N,reference period 1971-2000 CE
earth science
paleoclimate
instrumental
surface temperature,null,null,degree Celsius,Mar-May,instrumental,anomalized,null,N,reference period 1971-2000 CE
earth science
paleoclimate
instrumental
surface temperature,null,null,degree Celsius,Oct-Dec,instrumental,anomalized,null,N,reference period 1971-2000 CE
earth science
paleoclimate
instrumental
atmospheric temperature
geoscientificInformation
1880 AD
2010 AD
70 cal yr BP
-60 cal yr BP
Complete
87.5
87.5
-177.5
-177.5
Geographic Region
Global
MLOST-1>LATITUDE 87.5>LONGITUDE -177.5
None
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English
NCDC
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI
National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data
DATA Center Contact
Bruce
Bauer
bruce.a.bauer@noaa.gov
paleo@noaa.gov
303-497-6280
303-497-6513
325 Broadway, E/NE31
Boulder
CO
80305-3328
USA
online
ASCII
Smith, T.M., R.W. Reynolds, T.C. Peterson, and J. Lawrimore. 2008. Improvements to NOAA's historical merged land-ocean surface temperature analysis (1880-2006). J. Climate, 21, 2283-2296. doi: 10.1175/2007JCLI2100.1
Observations of sea surface and land–near-surface merged temperature anomalies are used to monitor climate variations and to evaluate climate simulations; therefore, it is important to make analyses of these data as accurate as possible. Analysis uncertainty occurs because of data errors and incomplete sampling over the historical period. This manuscript documents recent improvements in NOAA’s merged global surface temperature anomaly analysis, monthly, in spatial 5° grid boxes. These improvements allow better analysis of temperatures throughout the record, with the greatest improvements in the late nineteenth century and since 1985. Improvements in the late nineteenth century are due to improved tuning of the analysis methods. Beginning in 1985, improvements are due to the inclusion of bias-adjusted satellite data. The old analysis (version 2) was documented in 2005, and this improved analysis is called version 3.
STUDY NOTES: The MLOST anomalies are computed relative to a 1971-2000 baseline, following the World Meteorological Organization convention. The current v3b ERSST analysis uses only in situ SST data, but other than the exclusion of satellite SST data v3 and v3b processing are the same.
GET DATA
https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/reconstructions/pcn/instrumental/MLOST/mlost-DJF.txt
GET DATA
https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/reconstructions/pcn/instrumental/MLOST/mlost-JFM.txt
GET DATA
https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/reconstructions/pcn/instrumental/MLOST/mlost-MAM.txt
GET DATA
https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/reconstructions/pcn/instrumental/MLOST/mlost-SON.txt
GET DATA
https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/reconstructions/pcn/instrumental/MLOST/mlost-JAS.txt
GET DATA
https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/reconstructions/pcn/instrumental/MLOST/mlost-JJA.txt
GET DATA
https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/reconstructions/pcn/instrumental/MLOST/mlost-ann.txt
GET DATA
https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/reconstructions/pcn/readme-pcn.txt
GET DATA
https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/reconstructions/pcn/instrumental/MLOST/mlost-AMJ.txt
GET DATA
https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/reconstructions/pcn/instrumental/MLOST/mlost-OND.txt
USA/NOAA
DIF
Version 9.8.4
2018-12-11
2018-12-11