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 data       graph  M    files  Sea Surface Wind Stress, NOAA NCEI blended monthly averaged 0.25° Version 2.0, Science
Quality (1987-recent), Monthly
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The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type Variable Name Attribute Name Data Type Value
attribute NC_GLOBAL acknowledgement String The gridded data were generated from the multiple satellite observations of DOD, NOAA and NASA (and future others) and wind retrievals of the Remote Sensing Systems, Inc. (http://www.remss.com), using scientific methods such as objective analysis (OA). The OA is only truly objective when the needed statistics are completely known, which may not always be the case. The ERA-5 wind directions and stresses were downloaded from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store
attribute NC_GLOBAL cdm_data_type String Grid
attribute NC_GLOBAL comment String Global Blended 10m Ocean Surface Wind Stresses
attribute NC_GLOBAL contributor_name String Korak Saha, Huai-min Zhang
attribute NC_GLOBAL contributor_role String PI
attribute NC_GLOBAL Conventions String CF-1.7, ACDD-1.3, COARDS
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_email String ncei.seawinds at noaa.gov
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_institution String US DOC; NOAA; National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service; National Centers for Environmental Information
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_name String NCEI
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_type String institution
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_url String https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/blended-sea-winds (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL date_created String 2024-11-13T15:37:39Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL date_metadata_modified String 2024-11-13T15:37:39Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL date_modified String 2024-11-13T15:37:39Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL Easternmost_Easting double 359.75
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_bounds String POLYGON ((0 -89.75, 0 89.75, 359.75 89.75, 359.75 -89.75, 0 -89.75))
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_bounds_crs String EPSG:4326
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_max double 89.75
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_min double -89.75
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_resolution double 0.25
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_units String degrees_north
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_max double 359.75
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_min double 0.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_resolution double 0.25
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_units String degrees_east
attribute NC_GLOBAL grid_mapping_epsg_code String EPSG:4326
attribute NC_GLOBAL grid_mapping_inverse_flattening double 298.257223563
attribute NC_GLOBAL grid_mapping_name String latitude_longitude
attribute NC_GLOBAL grid_mapping_semi_major_axis double 6378137.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL history String Simple spatiotemporally weighted Interpolation (SI), V.1.2. Version 1.2 uses updated satellite retrievals by Remote Sensing System, released in September 2006: SSMI V06, TMI V04, QSCAT V03a. AMSRE V05 was also updated using the new SSMI rain rate. V2.0 uses updated retrievals by Remote Sensing System, released in 2017: SSMI V07, TMI V07.1, QSCAT V04, AMSRE V07 and AMSR2 v08.2 released in 2021.
attribute NC_GLOBAL id String tauxy_monthly202410
attribute NC_GLOBAL infoUrl String https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/cwn/products/noaa-ncei-experimental-blended-seawinds-nbs-v2.html
attribute NC_GLOBAL institution String NOAA/NCEI
attribute NC_GLOBAL instrument String SSM/I, TMI, SEAWINDS, AMSR-E, AMSR2, ASCAT, GMI, WINDSAT, SMAP L-BAND RADAR
attribute NC_GLOBAL instrument_vocabulary String NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords version 10.2
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords String 0.25-degree, air-sea flux, air-sea interaction, atmosphere, atmospheric, binary, blended, centers, component, data, degree, downward, earth, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Stress, eastward, ekman pumping, ekman transport, environmental, identifier, information, lake, land, land/ocean/lake/river, land_binary_mask, mask, month, monthly, national, ncei, nesdis, noaa, northward, ocean, ocean upwelling, ocean winds, river, science, sea, sea surface winds, sea winds, stress, surface, surface_downward_eastward_stress, surface_downward_northward_stress, taux, tauy, time, version, wind, wind stress, wind-driven circulation, winds, windstress, x-component, y-component, zlev
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords_vocabulary String GCMD Science Keywords
attribute NC_GLOBAL license String These data are publically available for use with citation of this data source.
attribute NC_GLOBAL naming_authority String gov.noaa.ncei
attribute NC_GLOBAL Northernmost_Northing double 89.75
attribute NC_GLOBAL platform String DMSP 5D-2/F8,DMSP 5D-2/F10,DMSP 5D-2/F11,DMSP 5D-2/F13,DMSP 5D-2/F14,DMSP 5D-3/F15, DMSP 5D-3/F16, DMSP 5D-3/F17, TRMM, QUIKSCAT, AQUA, GCOM-W1, METOP-A, METOP-B, GPM, CORIOLIS, SMAP
attribute NC_GLOBAL platform_vocabulary String NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords version 10.2
attribute NC_GLOBAL processing_level String NOAA L4
attribute NC_GLOBAL product_version String V2.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL program String NOAA/NCEI Satellite Oceanography Product Area
attribute NC_GLOBAL project String NOAA/NCEI Satellite Oceanography Product Area - Blended Sea Winds
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_email String ncei.info@noaa.gov, ncei.seawinds@noaa.gov
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_institution String NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_name String NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_type String institution
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_url String https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/ (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL references String https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/cwn/products/noaa-ncei-experimental-blended-seawinds-nbs-v2.html and Zhang, H.-M., J. J. Bates, and R. W. Reynolds, 2006: Assessment of composite global sampling: Sea surface wind speed, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L17714, https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2006GL027086
attribute NC_GLOBAL source String Multiple satellite observations: DMSP SSMI F08, F10, F11, F13, F14 F15, F16, F17; TMI; QuikSCAT; AMSR-E; AMSR2; ASCAT; GMI; WINDSAT; SMAP L-BAND RADAR; Direction from ERA5 Reanalysis
attribute NC_GLOBAL sourceUrl String (local files)
attribute NC_GLOBAL Southernmost_Northing double -89.75
attribute NC_GLOBAL standard_name_vocabulary String CF Standard Name Table v70
attribute NC_GLOBAL summary String This netCDF file contains 0.25-degree globally gridded Monthly mean ocean surface wind stresses created by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). The dataset covers from July 1987 to present, with monthly resolution in this dataset. 6-hourly and averaged daily data are also available. Details can be found at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/marineocean-data/blended-global/blended-sea-winds
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_duration String P1M
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_end String 2024-10-15T00:00:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_resolution String P1D
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_start String 1987-07-23T00:00:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL title String Sea Surface Wind Stress, NOAA NCEI blended monthly averaged 0.25° Version 2.0, Science Quality (1987-recent), Monthly
attribute NC_GLOBAL Westernmost_Easting double 0.0
dimension time   double nValues=447, evenlySpaced=false, averageSpacing=30 days 11h 47m 5s
attribute time _CoordinateAxisType String Time
attribute time actual_range double 5.539968E8, 1.7289504E9
attribute time axis String T
attribute time calendar String gregorian
attribute time coverage_content_type String coordinate
attribute time ioos_category String Time
attribute time long_name String Center Time of the Data
attribute time standard_name String time
attribute time time_origin String 01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute time units String seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
dimension zlev   float nValues=1, onlyValue=10.0
attribute zlev actual_range float 10.0, 10.0
attribute zlev axis String Z
attribute zlev coverage_content_type String coordinate
attribute zlev ioos_category String Location
attribute zlev long_name String height above sea level
attribute zlev positive String up
attribute zlev standard_name String altitude
attribute zlev units String meters
attribute zlev valid_max float 10.0
dimension latitude   float nValues=719, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=0.25
attribute latitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lat
attribute latitude actual_range float -89.75, 89.75
attribute latitude axis String Y
attribute latitude coverage_content_type String coordinate
attribute latitude grids String uniform grids from -89.75 to 89.75 by 0.25
attribute latitude ioos_category String Location
attribute latitude long_name String Latitude
attribute latitude standard_name String latitude
attribute latitude units String degrees_north
attribute latitude valid_max float 89.75
attribute latitude valid_min float -89.75
dimension longitude   float nValues=1440, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=0.25
attribute longitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lon
attribute longitude actual_range float 0.0, 359.75
attribute longitude axis String X
attribute longitude coverage_content_type String coordinate
attribute longitude grids String uniform grids from 0.00 to 359.75 by 0.25
attribute longitude ioos_category String Location
attribute longitude long_name String Longitude
attribute longitude standard_name String longitude
attribute longitude units String degrees_east
attribute longitude valid_max float 359.75
attribute longitude valid_min float 0.0
variable x_tau   float time, zlev, latitude, longitude
attribute x_tau _FillValue float -9999.0
attribute x_tau colorBarMaximum double 0.5
attribute x_tau colorBarMinimum double -0.5
attribute x_tau coverage_content_type String physicalMeasurement
attribute x_tau height String 10 m
attribute x_tau ioos_category String Wind
attribute x_tau long_name String Sea Surface Wind Stress: x-component
attribute x_tau standard_name String surface_downward_eastward_stress
attribute x_tau units String N m-2
variable y_tau   float time, zlev, latitude, longitude
attribute y_tau _FillValue float -9999.0
attribute y_tau colorBarMaximum double 0.5
attribute y_tau colorBarMinimum double -0.5
attribute y_tau coverage_content_type String physicalMeasurement
attribute y_tau height String 10 m
attribute y_tau ioos_category String Wind
attribute y_tau long_name String Sea Surface Wind Stress: y-component
attribute y_tau standard_name String surface_downward_northward_stress
attribute y_tau units String N m-2
variable mask   int time, zlev, latitude, longitude
attribute mask _FillValue int -9999
attribute mask colorBarMaximum double 150.0
attribute mask colorBarMinimum double 0.0
attribute mask coverage_content_type String auxiliaryInformation
attribute mask ioos_category String Identifier
attribute mask long_name String Blended Wind land/ocean/lake/river mask
attribute mask mask_values String 0=land, 1=ocean, 2=lake, 3=river, 6=model
attribute mask standard_name String land_binary_mask

The information in the table above is also available in other file formats (.csv, .htmlTable, .itx, .json, .jsonlCSV1, .jsonlCSV, .jsonlKVP, .mat, .nc, .nccsv, .tsv, .xhtml) via a RESTful web service.


 

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