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TRENBERTH Annual

Annual from TRENBERTH: Global ocean wind stress climatology based on ECMWF analyses by Trenberth et. al.

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Datasets and variables

Curl of stress TRENBERTH Annual curl[ X | Y]
Standard deviation of curl of stress TRENBERTH Annual scurl[ X | Y]
Standard deviation of scalar mean of stress TRENBERTH Annual staut[ X | Y]
Standard deviation of stress in X-direction TRENBERTH Annual staux[ X | Y]
Standard deviation of stress in Y-direction TRENBERTH Annual stauy[ X | Y]
Standard deviation of zonal wind TRENBERTH Annual su[ X | Y]
Standard deviation of scalar mean of wind TRENBERTH Annual sut[ X | Y]
Standard deviation of meridional wind TRENBERTH Annual sv[ X | Y]
Scalar mean of stress TRENBERTH Annual taut[ X | Y]
Stress in X-direction TRENBERTH Annual taux[ X | Y]
Stress in Y-direction TRENBERTH Annual tauy[ X | Y]
Zonal wind TRENBERTH Annual u[ X | Y]
Scalar mean of wind TRENBERTH Annual ut[ X | Y]
Meridional wind TRENBERTH Annual v[ X | Y]

Independent Variables (Grids)

Longitude grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (180W) to (177.5E) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid
Longitude grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (178.75W) to (178.75E) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid
Latitude grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (88.75S) to (88.75N) by 2.5 N= 72 pts :grid
Latitude grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (88.75S) to (91.25N) by 2.5 N= 73 pts :grid

Other Info

reference
Trenberth,K.E.,J.G.Olson & W.G.Large, 1989: A Global Ocean Wind Stress Climatology Based on ECMWF Analyses.NCAR Tech. Note NCAR/TN-338+STR, 93 pp.
history
ECMWF analyses Climate Annual Mean 1980-1989

References

K.E. Trenberth, J.G. Olson, W.G. Large. A Global Ocean Wind Stress Climatology based on ECMWF Analyses, number NCAR/TN-338+STR, August, 1989

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