• NCAR/NCEP topographic GRID data on an 2.5ºX2.5º mesh topo25x25.ctl  topo25x25.grd
• Global surface height data on an 1ºX1º mesh topo1x1.ctl    topo1x1.dat
• Global surface height data on an 40'X40' mesh etopo40(sdfopen etopo40.cdf)
• Global surface height data on an 20'X20' mesh etopo20  (sdfopen etopo20.cdf)

 SST Data

• NOAA OI daily SST, Resolution: 0.25ºX0.25º, Start latitude: 89.875ºS, Start longitude: 0.125ºE, Start time: 4th Jan 1985,  http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/sst/griddata.php  
• OSTIA daily SST, Resolution: 0.05ºX0.05º, Start latitude: 89.875ºS, Start longitude: 179.975ºW, Start time: 6th Apr 2006, http://ghrsst-pp.metoffice.com/pages/latest_analysis/ostia.html
• NOAA OI weekly SST, Resolution: 1ºX1º, Start latitude: 89.5ºS, Start longitude: 0.5ºE, Start time: 29th Oct 1981, http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cdc/data.noaa.oisst.v2.html 
• Monthly ERSST, Resolution: 2ºX2º, Start latitude: 88.0ºS, Start longitude: 0º, Start time: Jan 1884, http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/tables/monthly.html
• HadSST1: The monthly Met Office Hadley Centre's sea ice and sea surface temperature (SST) data set. Resolution: 1ºX1º, Start latitude: 89.5ºS, Start longitude: 179.5ºW, Start time: Jan 1870,  http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadisst/
• HadSST2: The Met Office Hadley Centre's sea surface temperature data set, HadSST2 is a monthly global field of SST on a 5° latitude by 5° longitude grid from 1850 to date. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadsst2/

Surface Air Temperature (SAT) Data