FSU: Monthly Tropical Pacific Ocean Gridded Pseudo-stress Analyses

BRIEF

This file contains monthly average pseudostress values on a 2-degree, 84x30 grid, (1 grid/month) over the Tropical Pacific Ocean. These values were obtained by subjective analysis of a 2-degree by 10-degree grid, which was digitized to a 2-degree grid. The raw data for this analysis included marine surface observations obtained from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), Asheville, North Carolina.

Starting in 1997, the analyses are the quick-look product based on reports coming in over the National Meteorological Center (NMC) Global Telecommunication System (GTS). The data are in (meters/sec)**2 with east = positive and north = positive.

The research quality data, with quicklook only for the most recent year, is available at: 

ftp coaps.fsu.edu/pub/wind/pac
or 
http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/WOCE/SAC/ under the Pacific Research Quality product.

The data are here. Anomalies, climatology, smoothed and detrended versions are included in addition to the original data.
FSU ANOMRaw windstress data from fsu converted to anomalies by subtraction of the climatology
FSU FULLfull wind speeds.
FSU CLIMATOLOGYclimatology used in computing anomalies
FSU 4yr ANOM The monthly anomaly relative to the four year running mean. The input data is monthly wind stress anomalies.
FSU SMOOTH4yr ANOM This file is produced by spatial smoothing and temporal smoothing of FSU monthly wind stress data. The spatial smoothing is a 1-2-1 filter run in both the X and Y directions. The temporal smoothing is a 1-2-1 average of data from two month ago, last month, and this month. The procedure is applied to the data in FSU 4yr ANOM
FSU SMOOTH4yr FULL Add anomalies (from SMOOTH4yr ANOM)and mean values to get full smoothed wind speeds

ATTRIBUTES

Entry_ID: FSU1 (MD Identifier: 194)
 
Temporal Coverage:
     From: 1961-01-01                 TO: 1989-12-31 
 
Geographic Coverage:
     Southwest Extent: 30S,124E    Northeast Extent:  30N,70W
 
Source:
     SHIP/BUOYS
 
Sensor:
     ANEMOMETER
 
Storage Media:
     Magnetic Tape
 
Campaign/Project:
     TOGA>Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
 
Discipline, Subdiscipline:
     EARTH SCIENCE                   > ATMOSPHERE
     EARTH SCIENCE                   > OCEAN
 
Location Keyword:
     EQUATORIAL
     PACIFIC OCEAN
     SEA SURFACE
 
Parameter Group, Parameter:
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > WINDS
     OCEAN DYNAMICS                  > WINDS
 
General Keywords:
     CLIMATOLOGY
     GRID DATA
     IDN_NODE GSFC/MASIG
     MARINE
     MONTHLY DATA
     PSEUDOSTRESS
     STATISTICS
     SURFACE
     WINDSTRESS
 
Revision Date: 1992-05-21

DATACENTER

Archive: 
   MASIG>Mesoscale Air-Sea Interaction Group, FSU
   Data Set ID: PAC61 
 
   Contact: STRICHERZ, JAMES N.
            MS B174, MASIG
            The Florida State University
            Tallahassee, FL  32306
 
            Electronic Mail: INTERNET> STRICHER@MASIG3.OCEAN.FSU.EDU
 
            Phone: (904) 644-1159
 
Archive: 
   NCDS>NASA Climate Data System
   Data Set ID: FSU_PACIFIC 
 
   Contact: OLSEN, LOLA 
            GSFC Distributed Active Archive Center
            NASA/GSFC
            Code 902.2
            Greenbelt, MD 20771
            USA
 
            Electronic Mail: INTERNET> OLSEN@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV
                             NSI/DECNET> NCF::OLSEN
 
            Phone: (301) 286-9760
                   FTS 888-9760

PERSONNEL

Investigator: LEGLER, DAVID L.
              MS B174, MASIG
              The Florida State University
              Tallahassee, FL  32306
 
              Electronic Mail: INTERNET> LEGLER@MASIG1.OCEAN.FSU.EDU
 
              Phone: (904) 644-1159
 
Investigator: O'BRIEN, JAMES J.
              MS B174, MASIG
              The Florida State University
              Tallahassee, FL  32306
              USA
 
              Electronic Mail: TELEMAIL> J.OBRIEN/OMNET
 
              Phone: (904) 644-4185
 
Tech Contact: STRICHERZ, JAMES N.
              MS B174, MASIG
              The Florida State University
              Tallahassee, FL  32306
 
              Electronic Mail: INTERNET> STRICHER@MASIG3.OCEAN.FSU.EDU
 
              Phone: (904) 644-1159
 
Entry Author: STRICHERZ, JAMES N.
              MS B174, MASIG
              The Florida State University
              Tallahassee, FL  32306
 
              Electronic Mail: INTERNET> STRICHER@MASIG3.OCEAN.FSU.EDU
 
              Phone: (904) 644-1159
 
 
Information in this entry provided by MASIG

REFERENCE


Legler, D.M., and J.J. O'Brien, 1988; Tropical Pacific wind stress analysis for
TOGA, IOC Time series of ocean measurements, IOC Technical Series  33, Volume
4, UNESCO.

SUP_MENU

   1. Data Center: NCDS>NASA Climate Data System
  
   2. Campaign: TOGA>Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere