Monthly Average Sea-Surface Temperatures and Ice-Pack Limits on a 1 degree Global Grid

Abstract

Climatological monthly ocean-surface temperatures obtained from the National Center for Atmospheric Research and from Fleet Numerical Weather Central are merged and interpolated onto a 1 degree global grid. Monthly distributions of the main ice packs of the Arctic and Antarctic are digitized from Fleet Weather Facility ice charts and Navy Atlases and then incorporated into the global arrays. Machine-analyzed maps show the 12 monthly distributions, and maps and tabulations of averages of these data for the months of February and August are shown on a global grid of 4 degrees latitude x 5 degrees longitude.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA008575

Entities

People

  • R. C. Alexander
  • R. L. Mobley

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Computer Programs
  • Corporations
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Centers
  • Geography
  • Grids
  • Information Processing
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Oceans
  • Regions
  • Sea Ice
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Sea Water
  • Surface Temperature
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Polar and Arctic Studies