ERS1 surface wind

ERS-1 monthly mean wind fields

Monthly mean ocean surface wind as retrieved from ERS1 microwave scaterometer. The dataset provides the following variables : wind speed, u v components, surface stress, wind divergence, wind stress curl and their corresponding errors all on 1/2 degree global grid.

The data are processed by WOCE Data Assembly Center (DAC) and then maintained at French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (iFREMER).

Please acknowledge data usage as follows:
WOCE Data Products Committee. 2002. WOCE Global Data, Version 3.0, WOCE International Project Office, WOCE Report No. 180/02, Southampton, UK

Variables
surface speed m/s, surface u and v velocity m/s, wind stress Pa, x wind stress Pa, y wind stress Pa, wind divergence 1/s, horizontal stress curl Pa/m, and their errors with appropriate units
ZonalGlobal by 0.5 deg
Meridional80S to 80N by 0.5 deg
Verticalsfc.  
TemporalAug 1991 to May 1996 by 1 month(s)
Static?yes
Volume1044 Mb
Server public:
Sourcehttp://www.ifremer.fr/cersat/en/index.htm
AcquiredJan 1, 2005
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