El Nino - Sea Surface Temperatures#

Description#

This data contains the averaged monthly sea surface temperature in degrees Celsius of the Pacific Ocean, between 0-10 degrees South and 90-80 degrees West, from 1950 to 2010. This dataset was obtained from NOAA.

Notes#

Number of Observations - 61 x 12

Number of Variables - 1

Variable name definitions::

    TEMPERATURE - average sea surface temperature in degrees Celsius
                  (12 columns, one per month).

Source#

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service

ERSST.V3B dataset, Nino 1+2 http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/data/indices/