Global Sea Ice and SST (GISST) Analyses, from the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research 

NOTE: The GISST time series will be discontinued on February 2003.
 HadISST , also from
the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, is a superior product.
We recommend the usage of HadISST over GISST.


Monthly long-term global SST and sea ice analysis.
 In situ  sea surface observations and satellite derived
estimates at the sea surface are included in the analysis.
SST bucket corrections
have been applied to gridded fields from 1871 through 1941.
And a blend of satellite AVHRR (for SST),
SSM/I (for ice), and observations are used in the modern periods.


Access to GISST 2.3B has proprietary restrictions.
Users
must register with the authors before receiving the data.
This is easy to do.
Simply print a copy of the

registration form)
and follow the FAX instructions.  When this is completed
contact Steve Worley (NCAR)
worley@ucar.edu
and the data will be made available.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1871
    End:  2002

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1871
Temporal Range End 2002
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format ASCII
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 0 MB
Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Access Constraints None
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name N/A
Resource Support Email datahelp@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization N/A
Distributor NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange
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Metadata Contact Email datahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

Author Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Met Office, Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 1995-05-31
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Not Assigned
Alternate Identifier d277002
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category oceans
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:22:28Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d277002
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Met Office, Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom. (1995). Global Sea Ice and SST (GISST) Analyses, from the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d277002. Accessed 11 October 2025.

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