Heat flux latent surface (Positive for heat gain by the ocean) from SOC GASC97: Global air-sea heat and momentum flux climatology from the Southampton Oceanography Centre.
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 (179.5W) to (179.5E) by 1.0 N= 360 pts :grid
- Latitude
- grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (84.5S) to (84.5N) by 1.0 N= 170 pts :grid
Other Info
- calendar
- standard
- center
- Southampton Oceanography Centre,UK
- comments
- Bulk formulae estimate, Smith(1988)
- Conventions
- COARDS
- datatype
- realarraytype
- grid_name
- generic grid
- grid_type
- generic
- level_description
- Earth surface
- missing_value
- 1.00000002E20
- model
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- time_statistic
- average
- units
- W /m2
- standard units*
- kilogram second-3
References
S. Josey, E. Kent, and P. Taylor, 1999, "New insights into the ocean heat budget closure problem from analysis of the SOC air-sea flux climatology.," J. Climate12, no. 9, 2856--2880.
Last updated: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:27:45 GMT