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Welcome to the home of the Atlantic European Climate Group at the University of Reading.
We are a part of CGAM which is the coordinating centre for the NERC funded Universities Global Atmospheric Modelling Programme (UGAMP).
Our aims are:
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To improve understanding of the mechanisms and predictability
of seasonal-to-decadal climate variability in the Atlantic-European
region.
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To contribute to the practical application of climate science
by building relationships with existing and potential users
of climate information.
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Use the menu to the left to find out more.
Current SST Fields for the Atlantic Sector from Reynolds Data.
Fig 1
Atlantic SST field for week centred
on Wed-Jul-17-2002
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Fig 2
Atlantic SST anomalies for week centred
on Wed-Jul-17-2002
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Fig 3
The Atlantic SST Anomalies for Wed-Jul-17-2002
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the three preceeding weeks
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Fig 4
The Atlantic SST Anomalies for Wed-Jul-17-2002
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the three preceeding weeks scaled by the local standard deviation.
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Notes:
- The SST anomalies in Fig 2 were calculated from the weekly SST field minus the climatology for the month which the week lies in.
- The 'Monthly Anomalies' in Fig 3 were calculated by Averaging the last three weeks sst fields together with the current field (Fig 1) and subtracting the monthly climatological SST field for the month in which the majority of the weeks lay in.
- Fig 4 is as Fig 3 but each point has been divided by the standard deviation of the SST at that point for a given Month between the years 1981 and 2000.
The Month was chosen in the same way as in note 3.
These plots were created using Reynolds SST data provided by the NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder,
Colorado, USA together with Ferret V5.22.
Department of Meteorology,
University of Reading,
Earley Gate, PO Box 243,
Reading RG6 6BB UK.
Tel: +44 (0) 118 931 8954
Fax: +44 (0) 118 931 8905
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Parts of these webpages have been gratuitously
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