Calculated from the HadISST1. It is the area averaged SST from 5S-5N and 150W-90W.

Time Interval: Monthly
Time Coverage: 1870 to Jan 2013
Update Status: Periodically updated

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Niño 3: Standard PSD Format (What is standard format?)

Source:
Data is from PSD using the HadISST1 dataset.
References:

1. Rayner N. A., D. E. Parker, E. B. Horton, C. K. Folland, L. V. Alexander, D. P. Rowell, E. C. Kent, A. Kaplan, Global analyses of sea surface temperature, sea ice, and night marine air temperature since the late nineteenth century, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D14), 4407, doi:10.1029/2002JD002670, 2003.

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