n SST calculation, we were actually giving undue weight to the tiny grid, cold grid cells near the poles. So it is no surprise that the "unweighted" mean SST value is lower than the area-averaged SST value.</p><h2 id="17">Author Info</h2><p>This function is part of the <a href="http://www.github.com/chadagreene/CDT">Climate Data Toolbox for Matlab</a>. The function and supporting documentation were written by Chad A. Greene of the University of Texas at Austin.</p><p class="footer"><br><a href="https://www.