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Field

ERSST v5 SST
NOAA ERSSTv5 (in situ only)
X axis: whole world in 180 2.00° steps, first point at 0.00° E, last point at 358.00° E
Y axis: regular grid with 89 2.00° steps, first point at 88.00° S, last point at 88.00° N
Z at 0.00 meters depth
Monthly data available from Jan1854 to Mar2024 (2043 months) , time refers to the start time of month

Variable sst (Extended reconstructed sea surface temperature) in degree_C
Full metadata.

Get grid points, average area or generate subset

Mask:	no mask   add a mask to the list
Latitude:	°N - °N
Longitude:	°E - °E
Boundaries:	halfway grid points interpolated
Make:	average max min set of grid points subset of the field
Demand at least:	% valid points in this region
Units:	convert to Celsius leave in degree_C

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First fill missing data:	ignore, climatology, trend, persistence.
Then apply:	-month running mean with direction backward centred forward
Then apply new time scale:	keep same time scale annual (Jul-Jun) annual (Jan-Dec) biannual seasonal
New variable:	mean sd sum sum above sum below number min time of min max time of max first time last time of SST
Minimum:	% valid data
Threshold:	no cut less than greater than degree_C percentile normal 1971-2000

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Average over blocks of longitude and latitude grid cells

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If you really want to get it here, ERSST v5 SST is available as a netcdf file (size 125.06 MB).

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