North Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study (ACSIS) Atlantic Ocean medium resolution SST dataset: Reconstructed 5-day, ½ degree, Atlantic Ocean SST (1950-2014)

The North Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study (ACSIS) Atlantic Ocean medium resolution SST dataset is a 5-day field of Sea Surface Temperature (SST) on a ½ degree by ½ degree grid from 1950 to 2014 and covers the Atlantic Ocean.

The dataset is based on in situ ship and buoy SST observations from the International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) Revision 3. Measurements which fail initial quality control checks are rejected and for each grid box where there is data a trimmed mean and sample standard deviation are calculated to produce super-observations. These are then expressed as anomalies from the 1981-2014 Climatology (mean, annual, semi-annual and tri-annual) from the European Space Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) SST dataset (version 2.0) derived from satellite observations. The measurements are then interpolated using Kriging to infill gaps and estimate uncertainties. The spatial covariance used in the Kriging was derived from the CCI SST analysis residuals (CCI SST analysis minus the CCI SST climatology). After interpolation, bias corrections derived from the HadSST.4.0.0.0 dataset are applied.

The dataset is available as annual CF complaint NetCDF files, with a total of 65 annual files available. Each file contains: the 5 day mean sea surface temperature; the corresponding climatological value, the sea surface temperature anomaly and the uncertainty in the sea surface temperature.

The new dataset has been developed as part of the UK North Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study (ACSIS) for use in validation and comparison with regional climate models. Other potential uses include boundary forcing for regional reanalyses, monitoring and assessment of regional climate change and other studies requiring SST at a resolution higher than typical for the in situ products (i.e. < 1 month, < 1°) and spanning the satellite and pre-satellite era.

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Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2020-05-28T15:58:56
Dataset Reference Date ()
2020-05-28T15:58:56
Identifier
http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/83b0cd7e7cc6495a90b4cb967ead3577
Identifier
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 83b0cd7e7cc6495a90b4cb967ead3577
Identifier
doi / 10.5285/83b0cd7e7cc6495a90b4cb967ead3577
  Unavailable - Williams, Simon D. ( author )
  Unavailable - Berry, David I. ( author )
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - custodian
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - distributor
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
  Unavailable - Archibald, Alex ( principal_investigator )
  Unavailable - Sinha, Bablu ( principal_investigator )
  Unavailable - Sutton, Rowan ( principal_investigator )
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - point_of_contact
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - publisher
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Maintenance and update frequency
unknown
Update scope
dataset
Keywords
  • ACSIS
  • SST
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
  • atmospheric conditions
Limitations on Public Access
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Other constraints
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ . When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Spatial representation type
grid
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
1950-01-01T00:00:00
End date
2014-12-31T12:59:50
 
Code
WGS 84

Distribution Information

Data format
  • CF-NetCDF ()

Resource Locator
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Quality Scope
dataset

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Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Statement

Data were produced by the project team and supplied for archiving at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA). Atlantic Ocean medium resolution SST dataset was created in 2019 at the National Oceanography Centre. It uses in situ ship and buoy measurements from the the International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) Release 3 and a climatology from the European Space Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) SST version 2.0 product. Applied bias

corrections were derived from the HadSST.4.0.0.0 dataset.

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File identifier
83b0cd7e7cc6495a90b4cb967ead3577 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Parent identifier
ACSIS: Data collected during the The North Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study. 31ae96f9cfc54ef9a38638f8723a1d17
Resource type
dataset
Metadata Date
2023-05-19T00:35:20
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
 
 

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