Monthly Archives: October 2011

STANDARD OPENING PARAGRAPH The October 2011 Reynolds OI.v2 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) data through the NOAA NOMADS website won’t be official until Monday, November 7th. Refer to the schedule on the NOAA Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis Frequently Asked … Continue reading →

UPDATE:  I changed the color scheme of the first two illustrations at the request of a reader. The National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) recently posted a new Ocean Heat Content (OHC) anomaly dataset on its website. It is available on … Continue reading →

NOTE: I CONTINUE TO HAVE VERY LIMITED TIME FOR MODERATING AND REPLYING TO COMMENTS. MY APOLOGIES. NINO3.4 NINO3.4 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomalies (a commonly used El Niño-Southern Oscillation Index) are still hovering within weak La Niña range. For the … Continue reading →

MONTHLY SST ANOMALY MAP The following is a Global map of Reynolds OI.v2 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomalies for September 2011 downloaded from the NOMADS website. The contour levels are set at 0.5 deg C, and white is set at … Continue reading →

I have been and will be taking a break from blogging over the next few days, possibly weeks, but I will attempt to prepare the SST updates. Comment moderation and replies may be extremely slow. Regards