A Seasonal Climatology of Global Ocean Surface Currents

Derived from pilot charts from the US Naval Oceanographic Office. Based on data from 1901-1978.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1901
    End:  1978

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1901
Temporal Range End 1978
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
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Resource Format ASCII
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Standardized Resource Format ASCII
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Asset Size 143.264 MB
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Author Naval Oceanographic Office, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Defense
Climate Analysis Section, Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 1981-05-11
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Not Assigned
Alternate Identifier d280000
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category oceans
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:33:16Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d280000
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Naval Oceanographic Office, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Defense, Climate Analysis Section, Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. (1981). A Seasonal Climatology of Global Ocean Surface Currents. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d280000. Accessed 25 October 2025.

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