Annual sea surface temperature anomalies: 1992 - 2010
Annual mean sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly maps for 1992 - 2010. The anomalies are the annual mean SST minus the 1992 - 2010 mean SST. The underlying data are derived by thermal remote sensing, and are independent of (but highly consistent with) SST information obtained from ocean surface measurements. The remotely sensed SST have been spatio-temporally completed (in-filled) using optimal interpolation, before averaging from daily fields to the annual maps shown here. Full details of the data set are given in the paper linked below, and the full resolution (daily, 0.05 degree) data are freely available by registering at the UK Centre for Environmental Data Archival (see data link below). When using this image, please cite both the paper and dataset. This project is funded by the European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative.
Merchant, C. J., Embury, O., Roberts-Jones, J., Fiedler, E., Bulgin, C. E., Corlett, G. K., Good, S., McLaren, A., Rayner, N., Morak-Bozzo, S. and Donlon, C. (2014), Sea surface temperature datasets for climate applications from Phase 1 of the European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative (SST CCI). Geoscience Data Journal. doi: 10.1002/gdj3.20
Merchant, C.J.; Embury, O.;Roberts-Jones, J.;Fiedler, E.;Bulgin, C.E.;Corlett, G.K.;Good, S.; McLaren, A.; Rayner, N. ; Donlon, C. ESA Sea Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (ESA SST CCI): Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) level 3 uncollated data (L3U) long-term product version 1.1. NERC Earth Observation Data Centre, 2014, 30th May 2014. Available from doi:10.5285/79229cee-71ab-48b6-b7d6-2fceccead938
