Climate data guide content with tag PDO
Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO): Definition and Indices
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The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) is defined by the leading pattern (EOF) of sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies in the North Pacific basin (typically, polewards of 20°N). The SST anomalies are obtained by removing both the climatological annual cycle and the global-mean SST anomaly from the data at each gridpoint. Positive values of the PDO index…
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Formats
- ascii
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Timestep
- Monthly
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Domain
- Pacific Ocean
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Collections
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Experts contributing reviews
- Deser, Clara, Trenberth, Kevin