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  ds260.1 Detailed Metadata

Overview
Dataset Citation:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution [Physical Oceanography Department], and U.S. Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2006: Objectively Analyzed Air-Sea Fluxes (OAFlux) For Global Oceans, By Lisan Yu et al.. Dataset ds260.1 published by the CISL Data Support Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, available online at http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds260.1/.
Types of data:
  • Grids
Data formats:
Data contributors:
  • WHOI/PO > Physical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  • NASA/GSFC/ESD/GISS > Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Earth Sciences Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Total volume:  6.787 Gbytes

Summary for Grids in NetCDF Format
Product and Coverage Information:
There are multiple products and/or geographical coverages for the grids in this format. Click a variable name to see the available products and coverages for that variable.
Variable
Vertical LevelsTemporal Valid Range
estimated error of analysed evaporation rate (cm/yr) 
• Surface  1958-01-01 00:00 to 2006-12-31 00:00
mean air temperature at 2m (degree C) 
• Surface  1958-01-01 00:00 to 2006-12-31 00:00
mean evaporation rate (cm/yr) 
• Surface  1958-01-01 00:00 to 2006-12-31 00:00
mean net surface fullsky longwave radiation flux, positive upward (W/m2) 
• Surface  1983-07-01 00:00 to 2004-12-31 00:00
mean net surface fullsky shortwave radiation flux, positive downward (W/m2) 
• Surface  1983-07-01 00:00 to 2004-12-31 00:00
mean net surface heat flux, positive downward (W/m2) 
• Surface  1983-07-01 00:00 to 2004-12-31 00:00
mean neutral wind speed at 10m (m/s) 
• Surface  1958-01-01 00:00 to 2006-12-31 00:00
mean sea surface temperature (degree C) 
• Surface  1958-01-01 00:00 to 2006-12-31 00:00
mean specific humidity at 2m (g/Kg) 
• Surface  1958-01-01 00:00 to 2006-12-31 00:00
mean surface latent heat flux, positive upward (W/m2) 
• Surface  1958-01-01 00:00 to 2006-12-31 00:00
mean surface sensible heat flux, positive upward (W/m2) 
• Surface  1958-01-01 00:00 to 2006-12-31 00:00

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