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Data description paper
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13 Jan 2026
Data description paper |
| 13 Jan 2026
| 13 Jan 2026
Long-term sea surface temperature time series from Malin Head, Ireland
Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Co. Galway, H91 R673, Ireland
Guy Westbrook
Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Co. Galway, H91 R673, Ireland
Glenn Nolan
Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Co. Galway, H91 R673, Ireland
Rob Thomas
Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Co. Galway, H91 R673, Ireland
Eoghan Daly
Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Co. Galway, H91 R673, Ireland
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This paper presents two datasets coming from a 67-year ongoing sea surface temperature time series from Malin Head, Ireland: a full-resolution measured dataset and a standardised data product. The latter of which has been stitched together from different measurement techniques and frequencies to make a more continuous and consistent time series. They have been used in a range of scientific papers to date and an annual warming trend of 0.015–0.022 °C has been found from the data.
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