NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations

Monthly Mean SST Charts (1984-1998)

A satellite-only monthly mean time series of SST at 36 km resolution has been provided by Al Strong (ORA/ORAD) based on only nighttime SST satellite observations. These datasets, based on NESDIS's AVHRR data, have been accumulated into weekly means (U of Miami - RSMAS) and provided to NASA-JPL for distribution. Some SST monthly means are omitted due to contamination by volcanic aerosols (1981-1983 and some of 1991-1992 due to the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo).



Month 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
January red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button
February red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button
March red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button
April red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button
May red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button
June red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button
July red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button
August red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button
September red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button
October red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button
November red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button
December red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button red ball selection button
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1984-1998 SST monthly means

1984-1998 SST monthly mean Anomalies

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