Notice: This page contains GISTEMP v3 data, which concludes with the July 2019 data update.
As of June 2019, the current GISTEMP version is v4 and may be accessed at data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp.
GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (based on GHCN v3 + SCAR)
Plots of Zonal Means: Time Series or Seasonal Cycle
The following form allows you to make plots of either "time series of zonal means" or "seasonal cycle of zonal means".
Note: Depending on your input choices, plots may take 5-10 seconds to generate. Please be patient.
Input Elements
- Mean period: time series of n-month running mean anomalies are displayed; enter n
- Time interval: years which are displayed (pick round numbers since they are automatically extended to a multiple of a decade)
- Base period: time interval to which anomalies are relative
Input Sources
- Data Sources: Land
- None: NO land temperature data are used
- GISS analysis (updated each month) (Hansen et al. 2010 and Updates to Analysis)
- Data Sources: Ocean
- None: NO ocean temperature data are used
- ERSST_v3b: NOAA/NCEI's Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST) v. 3b
- ERSST_v4: NOAA/NCEI's Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST) v. 4
- Hadl/Reyn_v2: SST 1880-present -- 1880-11/1981: Hadley HadISST1, ship and buoy data (Rayner 2000); 12/1981-present: OISST v. 2, satellite data (Reynolds-Rayner-Smith 2001)
