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IGOSS: Integrated Global Ocean Services System Products Bulletin

• australia [documentation]
  IGOSS australia: Surface winds from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology in Melbourne
  Resolution: 2.5x2.5; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [Aug 1995,Aug 2002]; monthly
  • zonal surface wind (m s-1) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
  • meridional surface wind (m s-1) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
• australiaplots
• canadaplots
• ers1 [documentation]
  IGOSS ers1: Analysis of monthly mean ERS-1 altimeter and tide gauge measurements at 30 island locations in the central and western Pacific
  Resolution: 6x1.333333; Longitude: [120E,120W]; Latitude: [40S,40N]; Time: [Aug 1994,Aug 1995]; monthly
  • Sea Level Anomaly (cm) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
  • stations
    Resolution: 28 stations; Longitude: [134E,138W]; Latitude: [23S,28N];
    • lat (degree_north) [ I ]
    • lon (degree_east) [ I ]
• fsu [documentation]
  IGOSS fsu: Florida State University wind analysis
  Resolution: 2x2; Longitude: [31E,15E]; Latitude: [29S,29N]; Time: [Jan 1994,Mar 1998]; monthly
  • zonal pseudo-stress ((m/s)2) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
  • meridional pseudo-stress ((m/s)2) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
• leetma [documentation]
  IGOSS leetma: Pacific surface currents and equatorial thermocline depth
  Resolution: 1.5x1.5; Longitude: [120E,69W]; Latitude: [19.5S,19.5N]; Time: [Jan 1980,Oct 2008]; monthly
  • Depth of 20C (m) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
  • zonal velocity (cm/s) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
  • surface speed (unitless) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
  • meridional velocity (cm/s) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
• nmc
  IGOSS nmc: Global SST data from Reynolds and Smith
  • Reyn_SmithOIv1
    IGOSS nmc Reyn_SmithOIv1: Sea surface temperature fields blended from ship, buoy and bias-corrected satellite data (Reynolds and Smith 1994)
    • climatology [documentation]
      Resolution: 1x1; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [Jan,Dec]; monthly
      Sea Surface Temperature (Celsius_scale) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
    • monthly [documentation]
      Resolution: 1x1; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [Nov 1981,Mar 2003]; monthly
      • Sea Surface Temperature (Celsius_scale) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
      • Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly (degree_Celsius) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
    • pentad-climatology [documentation]
      Resolution: 1x1; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [1-5 Jan,27-31 Dec]; five days
      Sea Surface Temperature (Celsius_scale) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
    • weekly [documentation]
      Resolution: 1x1; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [1-7 Nov 1981,2-8 Mar 2003]; weekly
      • Sea Surface Temperature (Celsius_scale) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
      • Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly (degree_Celsius) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
  • Reyn_SmithOIv2
    IGOSS nmc Reyn_SmithOIv2: SST fields updated from version 1 with more COADS data, new sea-ice to SST conversion algorithm, and 1971-2000 climatology
    • climatology [documentation]
      Resolution: 1x1; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [Jan,Dec]; monthly
      • 1961-1990
        Resolution: 1x1; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [Jan,Dec]; monthly
        Sea Surface Temperature (Celsius_scale) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
      • 1971-2000
        Resolution: 1x1; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [Jan,Dec]; monthly
        Sea Surface Temperature (Celsius_scale) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
      • Land-Sea Mask (unitless) [ Longitude Latitude ]
    • monthly [documentation]
      Resolution: 1x1; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [Nov 1981,Apr 2012]; monthly
      • Land-Sea Mask (unitless) [ Longitude Latitude ]
      • Sea Ice Concentration (percent) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
      • Sea Surface Temperature (Celsius_scale) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
      • Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly (degree_Celsius) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
    • pentad-climatology
      Resolution: 1x1; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [1-5 Jan,27-31 Dec]; five days
      Sea Surface Temperature (Celsius_scale) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
    • weekly [documentation]
      Resolution: 1x1; Longitude: global; Latitude: global; Time: [5-11 Nov 1981,6-12 May 2012]; weekly
      • SST Normalized Error Variance (unitless) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
      • Land-Sea Mask (unitless) [ Longitude Latitude ]
      • Sea Ice Concentration (percent) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
      • Sea Surface Temperature (Celsius_scale) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
      • Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly (degree_Celsius) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
• sio
  IGOSS sio: Climatological and monthly heat storage and mixed layer depth data from Scripps Institution of Oceanography
  • climatology [documentation]
    IGOSS sio climatology: Climatological heat storage, mixed layer depth, and temperature data from Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
    Resolution: 5x2; Longitude: global; Latitude: [60S,60N]; Depth: [0 m,400 m]; Time: [Jan,Dec]; monthly
    • Heat Storage (10**7 Joules/m2) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
    • Mixed Layer Depth (m) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
    • temperature (Celsius_scale) [ Longitude Latitude Depth Time ]
  • coastal
    Resolution: 13 stations; Longitude: [120.845W,118.5548W]; Latitude: [33.9166N,35.116N]; Time: [Jan 1993,Dec 1995]; monthly
    • lat (degree_north) [ Station ]
    • lon (degree_east) [ Station ]
    • temperature (Celsius_scale) [ Time Station ]
    • zonal velocity (m s-1) [ Time Station ]
    • meridional velocity (m s-1) [ Time Station ]
    • zonal wind velocity (m s-1) [ Time Station ]
    • meridional wind velocity (m s-1) [ Time Station ]
  • monthly [documentation]
    IGOSS sio monthly: Monthly heat storage data from Scripps Institution of Oceanography
    heat storage [documentation]
    IGOSS sio monthly heat storage: Monthly heat storage data from Scripps Institution of Oceanography
    Resolution: 5x2; Longitude: global; Latitude: [60S,60N]; Time: [Jan-Feb 1994,Dec 2003]
    • Heat Storage Anomalies (10**9 J/m2) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
    • Interpolation Error (unitless) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
• TOGA-TAO [documentation]
  IGOSS TOGA-TAO.cdf: Wind vectors and sea surface temperatures from the TOGA-TAO array in the tropical Pacific
  Resolution: 1x1; Longitude: [130E,95W]; Latitude: [9S,12N]; Time: [Jan 1991,Apr 2012]; monthly
  • sea surface temperature (C) [ Longitude Latitude time ]
  • sea surface temperature anomaly (C) [ Longitude Latitude time ]
  • zonal wind velocity (m s-1) [ Longitude Latitude time ]
  • zonal wind anomaly (m s-1) [ Longitude Latitude time ]
  • meridional wind velocity (m s-1) [ Longitude Latitude time ]
  • meridional wind anomaly (m s-1) [ Longitude Latitude time ]
• TOPEX
  IGOSS TOPEX: TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter gridded sea level analysis of sea surface heights and anomalies
  • NOAA [documentation]
    IGOSS TOPEX NOAA: NOAA TOPEX/POSEIDON Altimeter Gridded Sea Level Analysis
    Resolution: 4x1; Longitude: global; Latitude: [60S,60N]; Time: [Oct 1992,Jul 2002]; monthly
    • Sea Surface Height Anomaly (cm) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
    • Sea Surface Height Deviations (cm) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
  • UTCSR [documentation]
    IGOSS TOPEX UTCSR: University of Texas at Austin Center for Space Research TOPEX/POSEIDON Gridded Sea Level Anomalies
    Resolution: 1x1; Longitude: global; Latitude: [75S,75N]; Time: [Oct 1992,Feb 1995]; monthly
    • Sea Surface Height (cm) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]
    • Sea Surface Height Anomaly (cm) [ Longitude Latitude Time ]