Calculated from the HadISST1. Area averaged SST in the Atlantic north of 0.

Time Interval: Monthly
Time Coverage: 1871 to 2006
Update Status: Periodically updated

Get Data:

AMO(unsmoothed): Standard CDC Format (What is standard format?)
AMO(smoothed): Standard CDC Format (What is standard format?)

Source:
Data is from CDC using the HadISST1 dataset.
See the AMO webpage.
References:

1. Enfield, D.B., A. M. Mestas-Nunez and P.J. Trimble, 2001: The Atlantic multidecadal oscillation and it's relation to rainfall and river flows in the continental U.S.. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 28, 2077-2080.
2. Rayner N. A., D. E. Parker, E. B. Horton, C. K. Folland, L. V. Alexander, D. P. Rowell, E. C. Kent, A. Kaplan, Global analyses of sea surface temperature, sea ice, and night marine air temperature since the late nineteenth century, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D14), 4407, doi:10.1029/2002JD002670, 2003.

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