MOHSST - Meteorological Office Historical Sea Surface Temperature Data
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Time period | 1856 to date |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | World wide |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Temperature of the water column |
| Instruments | Water body temperature sensor |
| Description | |
| Summary | Monthly values of SST 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 sources 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 prior to 1942 have been corrected using the instrumental corrections of Folland and Parker (1995). |
| Originators | Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research |
| References | 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.; Parker, D.E., Jackson, M. and Horton, E.B. (1995) The GISST2.2 sea surface temperature and sea ice climatology., Climate Research Technical Note 63, unpublished document available from the Hadley Centre.; Folland, C.K. and Parker, D. E. (1995) Correction of instrumental biases in historical sea surface temperature data., Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Vol 121 (522):319-367. |
| Data web site | http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/hadleycentre/obsdata/MOHSST.html |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research |
| Availability | Unrestricted |
| Contact | Nick Rayner |
| Address | Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research |
| nick.rayner@metoffice.gov.uk | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Local identifier | 1026030 |
| Global identifier | 369 |
| Last revised | 2009-11-30 |
