IRI Data Library

As an additional example for our work with the IRI Data Library, here is Will's code that maps the correlation between precipitation in the Sahel region of Africa with sea-surface temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean.

http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/expert/SOURCES/.UEA/.CRU/.TS3p1/.monthly/.pre/X/%2820W%29%2820E%29RANGEEDGES/Y/%2810N%29%2820N%29RANGEEDGES/T/%28Jan%201950%29%28Dec%202009%29RANGEEDGES/yearly-anomalies%5BX/Y%5Daverage/SOURCES/.NOAA/.NCDC/.ERSST/.version3b/.anom/X/220.0/384.0/RANGEEDGES/Y/-75/75/RANGEEDGES%5BT%5Dcorrelate/X/219./385./RANGEEDGES/

expert
SOURCES .UEA .CRU .TS3p1 .monthly .pre
X (20W) (20E) RANGEEDGES
Y (10N) (20N) RANGEEDGES
T (Jan 1950) (Dec 2009) RANGEEDGES
yearly-anomalies
[X Y]average
SOURCES .NOAA .NCDC .ERSST .version3b .anom
X 220.0 384.0 RANGEEDGES
Y -75 75 RANGEEDGES
[T]correlate