Tropical Pacific Ocean 20-Year Surface Heat Budget

Monthly and annual means of various heat budget terms were derived for the tropical Pacific Ocean for a period of 20 years between 1957 and 1976, inclusive, from about five million marine weather reports. This dataset contains monthly and annual means, as well as a long-term 20-year mean.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1957
    End:  1976

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1957
Temporal Range End 1976
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 23.286 MB
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Author Weare, Bryan C.
Strub, P. Ted
Samuel, Michael D.
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 1988-03-16
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/PH8A-X996
Alternate Identifier d209001
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category oceans
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:30:38Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d209001
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Weare, Bryan C., Strub, P. Ted, Samuel, Michael D.. (1988). Tropical Pacific Ocean 20-Year Surface Heat Budget. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/PH8A-X996. Accessed 11 October 2025.

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