nino3 {sowas}R Documentation

NINO3-Index

Description

The NINO3-index defined as the mean monthly temperature anomaly in the area of the eastern tropical pacific: 5S-5N; 150W-90W.

Usage

data(nino3)

Format

A matrix containing a time series of 1788 observations.

Source

See: A. Kaplan and M.A. Cane and Y. Kushnir and A.C. Clement and M.B. Blumenthal and B. Rajagopalan, Analyses of global sea surface temperature 1856-1991, J. Geophys. Res. 103, 18567-18589 (1998)


[Package sowas version 0.93 Index]