c     NOAA Optimum Interpolation (OI) SST V2
c     http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cdc/data.noaa.oisst.v2.html

c    1) description of the data
c       SST monthly, weekly

c    2) coverage:
c        89.5S  --> 89.5N;
c        0.5e --> 359.5E

c      Weekly means from 1981/10/29 to 1989/12/28, 427 weeks
c      Weekly means from 1989/12/31 to present..> 879 weeks
c      Monthly means from 1981/12 ...> 299 months                            

c    3) resolution:
c        1.0 deg lat x 1.0 deg lon

c    4) missing values: 327.67

c    5) example program

      parameter (lons=360,lats=180, kmon=299)
      real*4 sst(lons,lats)

      open(8,file='sst.monthly.1981-present.dat',
     &  form='unformatted',access='sequential')

      do k=1, kmon
      read(8) ((sst(i,j),i=1,lons),j=1,lats)
      enddo

      stop
      end