edu.ucar.opensky::technotes:252 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-26T17:30:11.262514 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7k936x7 Observed World Ocean Seasonal Surface Currents on a 5 Degree Grid 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7k936x7 https://doi.org/10.5065/D6ZC80T6 Meehl, G. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher A digitized ocean current data set for use in ocean model or diagnostic computer studies is described. Various sources of observed ocean currents are examined, and surface current data from pilot charts prepared by the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) are used in the data set. The pilot chart data are long-term means of over four million ship drift records compiled since 1900 by NAVOCEANO. The ocean current data set prepared from these data and presented here combines the following: 1) current speeds and directions are digitized on a global 5�� latitude-longitude grid; 2) current speeds are in cm/sec; 3) current speeds and directions are given for each season; 4) u and v components as well as resultant current speeds are included; 5) the data are stored on magnetic tape and are accessible for computer use. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication Ocean currents theme U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directory GCMD 2021-09-17 revision 11.2 NASA Global Change Master Directory originator Valids List: Science and Services Keywords Copyright Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. None eng geoscientificInformation