Hellerman Wind Stress Data Set

BRIEF

This data set contains monthly averaged observations for the years 1870 through 1976. The data are given on a 2 deg latitude x 2 deg longitude grid. Monthly data for each month of the averaged years of the period include six observed variables; air temperature, sea temperature, wind speed, wind stability, vector wind eastward component, and vector wind northward component, plus two derived variables; Wind_U Stress and Wind_V Stress. The unit of measurement for the wind stress variables is dynes/cm**2. Over 35 million surface observations covering the world ocean from 1870-1976 have been processed for the purpose of calculating monthly normals and standard errors of the eastward and northward components of the wind stress and work done by the winds in the lower 10 m of the atmosphere. The fields are intended to serve as boundary conditions for models of ocean circulation.

The data are here.

Hellerman and Rosenstein.

ATTRIBUTES

Entry_ID: HELLERMAN (MD Identifier: 453)
 
Temporal Coverage:
     From: 1870-01-01                 TO: 1976-12-31 
 
Geographic Coverage:
     Southwest Extent: 90S,180W    Northeast Extent:  90N,180E
 
Source:
     SHIP/BUOYS
 
Storage Media:
     Online
 
Discipline, Subdiscipline:
     EARTH SCIENCE                   > ATMOSPHERE
     EARTH SCIENCE                   > OCEAN
 
Location Keyword:
     EQUATORIAL
     GLOBAL
     MID-LATITUDE
     POLAR
     SEA SURFACE
 
Parameter Group, Parameter:
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > WINDS
     OCEAN DYNAMICS                  > TEMPERATURE
     OCEAN DYNAMICS                  > WINDS
 
General Keywords:
     CLIMATOLOGY
     GRID DATA
     IDN_NODE GSFC/NCDS
     MARINE
     MONTHLY DATA
     SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
     STATISTICS
     SURFACE
 
Revision Date: 1992-05-21
                                             

DATACENTER

Archive: 
   NCDS>NASA Climate Data System
   Data Set ID: HELLERMAN 
 
   Contact: OLSEN, LOLA 
            GSFC Distributed Active Archive Center
            NASA/GSFC
            Code 902.2
            Greenbelt, MD 20771
            USA
 
            Electronic Mail: INTERNET> OLSEN@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV
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            Phone: (301) 286-9760
                   FTS 888-9760
                                             

PERSONNEL

Tech Contact: JOSEPH, DENNIS 
              National Center for Atmospheric Research
              Data Support Section
              P.O. Box 3000
              Boulder, CO  80307
              USA
 
              Electronic Mail: INTERNET> JOSEPH@BIERSTADT.SCD.UCAR.EDU
 
              Phone: 303-497-1216
 
Entry Author: SCIALDONE, JOHN N.
              Hughes STX
              7701 Greenbelt Road, Suite 400
              Greenbelt, MD  20770
              USA
 
              Electronic Mail: INTERNET> SCIALDONE@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV
                               NSI/DECnet> NCF::SCIALDONE
 
              Phone: (301) 441-4214
 
 
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REFERENCE

NASA Climate Data System Detailed Catalog Entry

                                             

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