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HELLERMAN: Hellerman and Rosenstein Global Wind Stress Climatology.

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Datasets and variables

zonal wind stress HELLERMAN taux[ X Y | T]
meridional wind stress HELLERMAN tauy[ X Y | T]

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time grid: /T (months since 01-Jan) periodic (Jan) to (Dec) by 1. N= 12 pts :grid
Longitude grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (1E) to (1W) by 2. N= 180 pts :grid
Latitude grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89S) to (89N) by 2. N= 90 pts :grid

Other Info

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References

Hellerman, S., M. Rosenstein. Normal monthly wind stress over the world ocean with error estimates. J. of Phys. Oceanogr. 13, 1983

Last updated: Fri, 26 May 2006 15:22:23 GMT