Before revision: upright=1.4|Sea surface temperature since 1979 in the extrapolar region (between 60 degrees south and 60 degrees north latitude) Sea surface temperature (SST ), or ocean surface temperature , is the ocean temperature close to the surface.
After revision: upright=1.4|Sea surface temperature since 1979 in the extrapolar region (between 60 degrees south and 60 degrees north latitude) Sea surface temperature (SST , also ocean surface temperature ) is the temperature of ocean water close to the surface.