Mid-December 2009 SST Anomaly Update

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NINO3.4 SST anomalies, Figure 1, and Global SST anomalies, Figure 2, have both increased over the past few weeks. For the week centered on December 16th, NINO3.4 SST anomalies were 1.85 deg C.

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Figure 1 - NINO3.4 SST Anomalies

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Figure 2 - Global SST Anomalies

And for those interested in the global SST anomaly map for that week:

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Figure 3 - Global SST Anomaly Map

SOURCE

OI.v2 SST anomaly data is available through the NOAA NOMADS webpage:
http://nomad3.ncep.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/pdisp_sst.sh?lite=