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Weekly Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly

This map displays weekly sea surface temperature anomalies for the tropical Pacific Ocean.

Weekly sea surface temperature anomalies are calculated with respect to the 1991-2020 climatology. Yellow to red colors on the map indicate areas where sea surface temperatures for the week shown are above the climatological value for that week of the year, and blue shades indicate where sea surface temperatures are below normal. Shading starts at +/- 0.5°C. Anomalies are contoured at an interval of 0.5°C.

Dataset Documentation

Weekly Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly

Data
NOAAs 1/4-degree Daily Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (OISST) Version 2.1 weekly sea surface temperature anomaly (in °C) on a 0.25° lat/lon grid
Data Source
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (OISST Version 2.1 Data Library entry)
Analysis
Weekly average sea surface temperature anomalies calculated with respect to the 1991-2020 weekly climatology

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