Quick Facts for WOCE SAC Products

Tropical Pacific Pseudostresses,
Tropical Indian Pseudostresses,
Tropical Atlantic Pseudostresses and SSTs,
Indian Ocean Fluxes and Surface Meteorological Fields


FSU Tropical Pacific Pseudostress Analyses Quickfacts

Variable(s): pseudo-stress (magnitude times components of the wind)

Spatial Resolution: 2-deg in latitude, 2-deg in longitude

Spatial Domain: 30N-30S, 120E-70W

Temporal Resolution: monthly means

Temporal Domain: January 1961-Present Month

Analysis Technique: Individual observations screened,binned, and subjectively analyzed on 2-deg latitude, 10-deg longitude grid. Digitized onto 2x2-deg grid

Data Availability: Quick-look analyses based on preliminary compilation of observations. Research Quality analyses (completed in following year) based on more comprehensive collection of data

Data Format/Organization: ASCII files, one file per year; NetCDF file for entire record

Data Format Description

Data Links: Quicklook | Research Quality

References:

Stricherz, James N., J. J. O'Brien, and D. M. Legler, 1992: Atlas of Florida State University Tropical Pacific Winds for TOGA 1966-1985, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 250 pp.

Stricherz, James N., David M. Legler, and James J. O'Brien, 1997: TOGA Pseudo-stress Atlas 1985-1994, Volume II: Pacific Ocean, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 158 pp.


FSU Indian Pseudostress Analyses Quickfacts

Variable(s): pseudo-stress (magnitude times components of the wind)

Spatial Resolution: 1-deg in latitude, 1-deg in longitude

Spatial Domain: 30N-30S, 30E-120E

Temporal Resolution: monthly means

Temporal Domain: January 1970-Present Month

Analysis Technique: Individual observations screened,binned, and objectively analyzed using variational approach

Data Availability: Quick-look analyses based on preliminary compilation of observations. Research Quality analyses (completed in following year) based on more comprehensive collection of data

Data Format/Organization: ASCII files, one file per year

Data Format Description

Data Links: Quicklook | Research Quality

References:

Legler, D. M., I. M. Navon, and J. J. O'Brien, 1989: Objective Analysis of Pseudostress Over the Indian Ocean Using a Direct-Minimization Approach. Monthly Weather Review, 117, 709-720.

Legler, David M., James N. Stricherz, and James J. O'Brien, 1997: TOGA Pseudo-stress Atlas 1985-1994, Volume III: Indian Ocean, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL,, 155 pp.


ORSTOM Tropical Atlantic Pseudostress and SST Analyses Quickfacts

Variable(s): pseudo-stress (magnitude times components of the wind)

Spatial Resolution: 2-deg in latitude, 2-deg in longitude

Spatial Domain: 30N-20S, 60W-15E

Temporal Resolution: monthly means

Temporal Domain: January 1964-Present Month

Analysis Technique: Individual observations screened,binned, and subjectively and objectively analyzed on 2-deg latitude, 5-deg longitude grid. Digitized onto 2x2-deg grid

Data Format/Organization: ASCII files, one file per year

Data and Format Description

References:

Servain, Jacques, James N. Stricherz, and David M. Legler, 1997: TOGA Pseudo-stress Atlas 1985-1994, Volume I: Atlantic Ocean, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 158 pp.

Servain, J., Seva, M., Lukas, S. and Rougier, G. 1987: Climatic Atlas of the Tropical Atlantic Wind Stress and Sea Surface Temperature: 1980-1984. Ocean Air Inter. J., 1, 109-182.


FSU Indian Ocean Fluxes and Surface Meteorological Fields Quickfacts

Variable(s): pseudo-stress (magnitude times components of the wind), scalar wind speed, SST, air temperature, humidity, wind stress, sensible and latent heat flux

Spatial Resolution: 2-deg in latitude, 2-deg in longitude Spatial Domain: 25N-25S, 30E-120E

Temporal Resolution: monthly means

Temporal Domain: January 1960-December 1993

Analysis Technique: Surface marine data objectively analyzed using variational approach with empirical flux constraints

Data Availability: All fields available

Data Format/Organization: two netCDF files: meteorological variables and flux variables

Data Format Description

Data Link

References:

Jones, C. S., D. M. Legler, and J. J. O'Brien, 1995: Variability of surface fluxes over the Indian ocean; 1960-1989. The Global Atmosphere-Ocean System, 3, 249-272.


Last Modified: Mon, 16 Feb 1998