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TRENBERTH Monthly

Monthly 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 Monthly curl[ X Y | T]
Land/Sea/Ice Mask: 0-sea, 1-land, 2-ice TRENBERTH Monthly mask[ X Y | T]
Standard deviation of curl of stress TRENBERTH Monthly scurl[ X Y | T]
Standard deviation of scalar mean of stress TRENBERTH Monthly staut[ X Y | T]
Standard deviation of stress in X-direction TRENBERTH Monthly staux[ X Y | T]
Standard deviation of stress in Y-direction TRENBERTH Monthly stauy[ X Y | T]
Standard deviation of zonal wind TRENBERTH Monthly su[ X Y | T]
Standard deviation of scalar mean of wind TRENBERTH Monthly sut[ X Y | T]
Standard deviation of meridional wind TRENBERTH Monthly sv[ X Y | T]
Scalar mean of stress TRENBERTH Monthly taut[ X Y | T]
Stress in X-direction TRENBERTH Monthly taux[ X Y | T]
Stress in Y-direction TRENBERTH Monthly tauy[ X Y | T]
Zonal wind TRENBERTH Monthly u[ X Y | T]
Scalar mean of wind TRENBERTH Monthly ut[ X Y | T]
Meridional wind TRENBERTH Monthly v[ X Y | T]

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 (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 (90S) to (90N) by 2.5 N= 73 pts :grid
Latitude grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (88.75S) to (88.75N) by 2.5 N= 72 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 Monthly Means 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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