taux zonal wind stress from FSU ANOM: Raw wind stress data from FSU converted to anomalies by subtraction of the climatology.
Independent Variables (Grids)
- Time (time)
- grid: /T (days since 1960-01-01) ordered [ (Jan 1961) (Feb 1961) (Mar 1961) ... (Feb 2002)] N= 494 pts :grid
- Longitude (longitude)
- grid: /X (degree_east) ordered (124E) to (70W) by 2.0 N= 84 pts :grid
- Latitude (latitude)
- grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (29S) to (29N) by 2.0 N= 30 pts :grid
Other Info
- units
- dynes /cm2
- standard units*
- 0.1 kilogram meter-1 second-2
References
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.
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