CORE.2 Global Air-Sea Flux Dataset 

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.


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.


For further information, please refer to the publications listed below.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1949-01-15T0000+00
    End:  2006-12-15T0000+00

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1949-01-15T0000+00
Temporal Range End 2006-12-15T0000+00
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 90.0
Bounding Box South Lat -90.0
Bounding Box West Long -180.0
Bounding Box East Long 180.0
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution 1 degree
Related Links

Related Resource #1 : Forcing for Common Ocean-ice Reference Experiments (CORE)
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format NetCDF
Standardized Resource Format NetCDF
Asset Size 1031.764 MB
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Author Yeager, Stephen G.
Large, William G.
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 2008-03-11
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6WH2N0S
Alternate Identifier d260002
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category oceans
Progress onGoing
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:22:18Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d260002
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Yeager, Stephen G., Large, William G.. (2008). CORE.2 Global Air-Sea Flux Dataset. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6WH2N0S. Accessed 12 October 2025.

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