Equatorial Pacific Warm Water Volume

Monthly estimates of Warm Water Volume (WWV) are calculated 
from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology Research Center (BMRC) 
Ocean Analyses (http://www.bom.gov.au/bmrc/ocean/results/climocan.htm) 
for the period beginning January 1980.  WWV is defined as the volume 
of water with temperature above 20°C in oceanic regions of the tropical
Pacific between 5°N to 5°S, 120°E to 80°W.  Monthly anomalies are 
computed by removing a mean seasonal cycle for a base period of 1980-2002.
Warm water volume and anomalies for the eastern (80°-155°W) and western
(155°W-120°E) halves of the basin are also available.  The data can be 
found in the files wwv.dat, wwv_east.dat, and wwv_west.dat. Mean seasonal
cycles for the 1980-2002 base period are also available in wwv_clim.dat,
wwv_east_clim.dat, wwv_west_clim.dat.

Please acknowledge TAO Project Office, NOAA/PMEL if you use these data
in publications or presentations. Also, we would appreciate receiving 
a preprint and/or reprint of publications utilizing these data for 
inclusion in the TAO bibliography. Relevant publications should be 
sent to:

TAO Project Office
NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115

For further information, contact Michael.J.McPhaden@noaa.gov.