Identification

Title

CORE.2 Global Air-Sea Flux Dataset

Alternative title(s)

d260002

Abstract

<p> This dataset contains the complete set of global air-sea heat and water flux components computed from version 2 of CORE (Common Ocean Reference Experiment) atmospheric state fields starting from 1949. </p> <p> The air-sea fluxes are derived from bulk formulae applied to atmospheric state fields from multiple sources together with a merged Hadley-OI SST product at monthly resolution. The primary atmospheric input data are based on NCEP reanalyses at 6-hourly resolution. In addition, satellite-based radiation, precipitation, and sea ice concentration are used, at resolutions from daily to monthly. Some of the input data have been adjusted to agree in the mean with a variety of more reliable satellite and in situ measurements that themselves are either too short in duration or too regional in coverage. Fluxes have been temporally averaged as needed for distribution as monthly means. </p> <p> For further information, please refer to the publications listed below. </p>

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d260002/

protocol: https

name: Dataset Description

description: Related Link

function: information

https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d260002/dataaccess/

protocol: https

name: Data Access

description: Related Link

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2021-03-30

Keyword set

keyword value

WEATHER STATIONS > WEATHER STATIONS

SATELLITES > SATELLITES

BUOYS

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2025-10-17

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN HEAT BUDGET > EVAPORATION

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN HEAT BUDGET > SHORTWAVE RADIATION

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN HEAT BUDGET > LONGWAVE RADIATION

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN HEAT BUDGET > HEAT FLUX

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND DYNAMICS > WIND STRESS

EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > SURFACE WATER PROCESSES/MEASUREMENTS > RUNOFF

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2025-10-17

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-180.0

East bounding longitude

180.0

North bounding latitude

90.0

South bounding latitude

-90.0

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1949-01-15T0000+00

End position

2006-12-15T0000+00

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-03-11

Frequency of update

irregular

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Limitations on public access

None

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

datahelp@ucar.edu

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

email address

datahelp@ucar.edu

web address

https://gdex.ucar.edu

name: NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

description: The Geoscience Data Exchange (GDEX), managed by the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at NSF NCAR, contains a large collection of meteorological, atmospheric composition, and oceanographic observations, and operational and reanalysis model outputs, integrated with NSF NCAR High Performance Compute services to support atmospheric and geosciences research.

function: download

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-10-22T20:18:32Z

Metadata language