Sea Surface Temperature

   The ASCII files in this column(SST) are the monthly sea surface temperature (SST) (in C) calculated
from each individual model runs.

   SST is calculated as domain averages for South East Bering Sea(54 - 60N, and 175w-160W).
The units are in degree centigrad (C). In the model the SST is set to be -1.8C when sea ice is
presented. It is therefore we see occationally a negative value in the domain averaged SST. 

   Results from six models indentified by Wang and Overland (2009) are provided here. Spatial 
distribution of sea ice concentration can be obtained by sending request to muyin.wang@noaa.gov 
or nicholas.a.bond@noaa.gov

Original model output can be downloaded from PCMDI web site at
http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/about_ipcc.php
We acknowledge the modeling groups, the Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
(PCMDI) and the WCRP's Working Group on Coupled Modelling (WGCM) for their roles in making
available the WCRP CMIP3 multi-model dataset.  Support of this dataset is provided by the
 Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy."

Reference
Wang and Overland, 2009,  A sea ice free summer Arctic within 30 years?, GRL, Vol. 36, L07502,
doi:10.1029/2009GL037820.