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MOHMAT - Night Time Marine Air Temperature

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General  
Data holding centreHadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
CountryUnited Kingdom  United Kingdom
Time periodMonthly values of NMAT anomaly from 1856 to date. Anomalies are wrt 1961 to 1990 normals
OngoingYes
Geographical area

World wide

Observations 
Parameters

Air temperature

Instruments

Inapplicable

Description 
Summary

Monthly values of NMAT anomaly from 1856 to date. Anomalies are wrt 1961 to 1990 normals. 5° x 5° grid. Monthly normals for 1961 to 1990 5° x 5° grid. Data are from in-situ observations only. The coverage improves after 1940. The data are regularly updated and improved, when additional historical data are discovered and added to the data banks.Values have been corrected using the corrections developed to account for changing measurement heights in Rayner et al (2002). The HadMAT1 data set has been shown to be an improvement upon (and has superseded) the MOHMAT data set.

OriginatorsHadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
References

Rayner, N.A., Parker, D.E., Horton, E.B., Folland, C.K., Alexander, L.V., Rowell, D.P., Kent, E.C., Kaplan, A. (2003) Global analyses of SST, sea ice and night marine air temperature since the late nineteenth century., Journal of Geophysical Research, 108.; Parker, D. E., Folland, C. K. & Jackson, M. (1995) Marine surface temperature: observed variations and data requirements., Climatic Change, Vol 31 (1-2):559-600.

Data web sitehttp://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/hadleycentre/obsdata/MOHMATN.html
Availability 
OrganisationHadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
AvailabilityUnrestricted
ContactNick Rayner
Address

Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
Met Office FitzRoy Road
Exeter
Devon
EX1 3PB
United Kingdom

Emailnick.rayner@metoffice.gov.uk
Administration 
Collating centreBritish Oceanographic Data Centre
Local identifier1026029
Global identifier368
Last revised2009-10-19