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RC tauy: meridional wind stress data

meridional wind stress from RC: Sea surface temperature and wind stress climatology for the tropical Pacific Ocean.

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

scale_factor
0.0329
units
dynes /cm2
standard units*
0.1 kilogram meter-1 second-2
history
Rasmussen-Carpenter climatological uxf, with large drag coef.

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