GOSTAPlus Research References

Some pointers to additional information about the GOSTAPlus dataset.

1. Correction of Instrumental Biases in Historical Sea Surface Temperature, by C.K. Folland and D. E. Parker, 1995, Q.J.Roy.Meteor.Soc., 121, 319-367. Available on the CD-ROM.
   
   
2. Notes and Correspondence: Hemispheric Surface Air Temperature Variations by P.D. Jones, 1994, J.Climate, 7, 11. Available on the CD-ROM.
   
   
3. Marine Surface Temperature: Observed Variations and Data Requirements by D.E. Parker, C.K. Folland and M. Jackson, 1995, Climatic Change, 31, 559-600. Available on the CD-ROM.
   
   
4. Climate Research Technical Note No.63: the 1961-1990 GISST2.2 Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Climatology, by D.E. Parker, M. Jackson and E.B. Horton, 1995.
   
   
5. Interdecadal Changes of Surface Temperature Since The Late Nineteenth Century by D. E. Parker, P. D. Jones, C. K. Folland, and A.Bevan, 1994, J. Geophys. Res., 99, D7. Available on the CD-ROM.
   
   
6. The influence of Sea Surface Temperature on Air Temperature in the Tropics by Zhongxiang Wu, 1996, Phd Thesis, MIT Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences. Available on the CD-ROM.
   
   
7. Mean Surface Energy Fluxes over the Global Ocean, by Hsiung, J., 1986: J. Geophys. Res. 91, 10,585 -10,606.
   
   
8. Version 2.2 of the Global sea-Ice and Sea Surface Temperature data set, 1903-1994, by Rayner, N.A., Horton, E.B., Parker, D.E., Folland,C.K., and Hackett, R.B., 1996, CRTN 74, Available from Hadley Centre, Met Office, Bracknell, UK.