CMST
The CMSTChina Merged Surface Temperature is produced by merging data from the C-LSAT land surface air temperature dataset and the ERSSTv5 sea-surface temperature dataset.
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All values are stored as temperature anomalies in degrees celsius
Missing data are set to the value -999.99
Grids are 5x5deg monthly
reference_period = [1961  1990]
Time190001-201812size1416
Data Array (36x72)
Item (1,1) stores the value for the 5-deg-area centred at 0 and 87.5S
Item (36,72) stores the value for the 5-deg-area centred at 360 and 87.5N

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     90S |(1,1)                                                                                                                |
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         |(1,18)                                                                                                                 |
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         |(1,19)                                                                                                                 |
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     90N|(1,36)______________________________________________________________________|_____________________________________(36,72)|
          0                                                       180E                                                       360E

