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Sea surface temperature mapping
 
Sea surface temperature mapping
 
Inspired by http://oceanpc.org this reads temperature data available at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/sst/sst.html
 
Inspired by http://oceanpc.org this reads temperature data available at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/sst/sst.html
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The data format is described at ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/ersstv3b/README
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The first record in the file reads:
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-9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999  -19    13    18    11    7    25    64  132  255  427  607  791  990  1198  1408  1616  1816  1999  2149  2258  2327  2360  2365  2355  2347  2359  2393  2443  2500  2568  2654  2736  2789  2826  2869  2904  2911  2903 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999  1489  1432 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999  713 -9999  656  715  780  796  744  669  596  476  298  156  113    70  -134  -180  -180  -180  -180
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-9999 represents land, the other numbers are degreesC x100
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This record represents a line running from the south pole through to the north pole in 2 degree increments at lattitude 0 for the first month and year. The next record is for lattitude 2 degrees east and so on.
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=== Challenges ===
 
=== Challenges ===
 
* Display the other months and years in the file
 
* Display the other months and years in the file
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