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SOURCESOBERHUBER*frictional velocity

OBERHUBER ustar: frictional velocity data

frictional velocity from OBERHUBER: Max Planck Institute heat flux and surface radiation climatology over global oceans.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time
grid: /T (months since 01-Jan) periodic (Jan) to (Dec) by 1.0 N= 12 pts :grid
Longitude
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (1E) to (1W) by 2.0 N= 180 pts :grid
Latitude
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89S) to (89N) by 2.0 N= 90 pts :grid

Other Info

missing_value
-999.
units
m /s
standard units*
meter second-1
history
COADS climatology from Oberhuber

References

J. M. Oberhuber. An Atlas Based on `COADS' Data Set, number 15, 1988

Last updated: Fri, 26 May 2006 20:29:00 GMT