SEASAT-A Satellite Scatterometer Derived Surface Wind Stress for the Global Ocean

Scatterometer data from Seasat, until the mission abruptly ended in October 1978, was used to derive 10-meter wind speed components over the global ocean at 2.5-degree resolution. These winds were then used to compute surface stress using the Large and Pond formulation for the drag coefficient, assuming neutral stability.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1978-07
    End:  1978-10

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1978-07
Temporal Range End 1978-10
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format ASCII
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 1.07 MB
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Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name Zaihua Ji
Resource Support Email zji@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization UCAR/NCAR - Research Data Archive
Distributor NCAR Research Data Archive
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Metadata Contact Email rdahelp@ucar.edu
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Author Chelton, Dudley B.
Mestas-Nunez, Alberto M.
Freilich, Michael H.
Publisher Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory
Publication Date 1989-09-07
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/84BM-4F06
Alternate Identifier ds726.1
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category oceans
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2021-09-20T13:05:02-07:00
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.rda::ds726.1
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Chelton, Dudley B., Mestas-Nunez, Alberto M., Freilich, Michael H.. (1989). SEASAT-A Satellite Scatterometer Derived Surface Wind Stress for the Global Ocean. Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/84BM-4F06. Accessed 06 December 2023.

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