diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index b0521656..426c0a99 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ ClimaParams.jl Release Notes
 main
 ------
 
+v0.10.9
+------
+- Add parameters for RCEMIP surface temperature distribution ([#199](https://github.com/CliMA/ClimaParams.jl/pull/199))
+
 v0.10.8
 ------
 - Add parameters for minimum and maximum temperature for the radiation lookup table ([#198](https://github.com/CliMA/ClimaParams.jl/pull/198))
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 2a797f98..235084a8 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "ClimaParams"
 uuid = "5c42b081-d73a-476f-9059-fd94b934656c"
 authors = ["Climate Modeling Alliance"]
-version = "0.10.8"
+version = "0.10.9"
 
 [deps]
 DocStringExtensions = "ffbed154-4ef7-542d-bbb7-c09d3a79fcae"
diff --git a/src/parameters.toml b/src/parameters.toml
index 9c121037..82e14ad3 100644
--- a/src/parameters.toml
+++ b/src/parameters.toml
@@ -2214,6 +2214,28 @@ value = 355
 type = "float"
 description = "Maximum temperature in the lookup table for optical properties in RRTMGP"
 
+# RCEMIP
+
+[SST_mean]
+value = 300
+type = "float"
+description = "Mean sea surface temperature for RCEMIPII surface conditions. See Wing et al. (2018) [https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/11/793/2018/]"
+
+[SST_delta]
+value = 1.25
+type = "float"
+description = "Twice the amplitude of sea surface temperarture sinusoid for RCEMIPII surface conditions. See Wing et al. (2018) [https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/11/793/2018/]"
+
+[SST_wavelength]
+value = 6000000
+type = "float"
+description = "Wavelength of the sea surface temperature sinusoid for RCEMIPII box models. See Wing et al. (2018) [https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/11/793/2018/]"
+
+[SST_wavelength_latitude]
+value = 54
+type = "float"
+description = "Wavelength of the sea surface temperature sinusoid for RCEMIPII sphere models. See Wing et al. (2018) [https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/11/793/2018/]"
+
 # EDMF
 
 [entr_inv_tau]