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Daily ocean surface turbulent fluxes were retrieved using SSM/I (Special
Sensor Microwave/Imager) radiances. The data was processed at NASA/GSFC.
Note that the daily data does not have a uniform coverage globally.
Citation:
Chou, S.-H., E. Nelkin, J. Ardizzone, R. Atlas, and C.-L. Shie, 2003:
Surface turbulent heat and momentum fluxes over global oceans based on
the Goddard satellite retrievals, version 2 (GSSTF2). J. Climate, 16, 3256-3273.
| Variables | latent heat flux (W/m**2), zonal wind stress (N/m**2), meridional wind stress (N/m**2), sensible heat flux (W/m**2), surface air (~10-m) specific humidity (g/kg), lowest 500-m precipitable water (g/cm**2),10-m wind speed (m/s), sea-air humidity difference (g/kg) |
| Zonal | Global by 1 deg |
| Meridional | Global by 1 deg |
| Vertical | surface
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| Temporal | Jul 1987 to Dec 2000 by 1 day(s) |
| Static? | yes |
| Volume | 62.5 Mb/mo. 1250 Mb total |
| Server | LAS; public |
| Source | ftp://lake.nascom.nasa.gov/data/TRMM/Ancillary/gsstf/gsstf2.0/gsstf2_doc |
| Acquired | Jan 1, 2005 |
| APDRC contact | Yongsheng Zhang |
| Supplements | gsstf.html |
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