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Rasmussen-Carpenter

Rasmussen-Carpenter: Sea surface temperature and wind stress climatology for the tropical Pacific Ocean.

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Datasets and variables

Sea Surface Temperature RC sst[ X Y T |]
zonal wind stress RC taux taux0[ X Y T | D]
meridional wind stress RC tauy tauy0[ X Y T | D]

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) ordered (101E) to (71W) by 2. N= 95 pts :grid
Latitude grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (29S) to (29N) by 2. N= 30 pts :grid

Other Info

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References

Rasmusson, E. M., T. H. Carpenter. Variations in tropical sea surface temperature and surface wind fields associated with the Southern Oscillation/El Niño. Mon. Wea. Rev. 110, 1982

Last updated: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:04:29 GMT