ECMWF Wind Stress Long-Term Means

SOURCE: Data Support Section Dataset ds110.1


FORMAT: CCM2 History Tape, netCDF.

GRID:   Global - T42 Gaussian (128 x 64)

LEVELS: Sea Surface

FIELDS: Description                     Name    Units   
        ---------------------------------------------------
	Stress in X-direction		TAUX	dynes/cm**2
	Stress in Y-direction		TAUY	dynes/cm**2
	Stress Magnitude		TAUT	dynes/cm**2
	Curl of Stress			CURL	10**9 dynes/cm**3
	Zonal Wind			U	m/s
	Meridional Wind			V	m/s
	Wind Magnitude			UT	m/s
      Plus the following standard deviations:
					STAUX
					STAUY
					STAUT
					SCURL
					SU
					SV
					SUT

TIMES:  Average of a given month over several years.

MSS Directory: /TRENBERT/WS/

Filename:For CCM2: ET42mmMy1y2  where mm=month, y1=starting year, y2=ending year
        One mean per volume.
        e.g. ET4201M8089 for January 1980-89.
	For netCDF: ET42mmMy1y2.nc

Current holdings: 
-------------------------------------
MONTH     FILE NAME   YEARS INCLUDED
-------------------------------------
 Jan     ET4201M8089    1980-1989
 Feb     ET4202M8089    1980-1989
 Mar     ET4203M8089    1980-1989
 Apr     ET4204M8089    1980-1989
 May     ET4205M8089    1980-1989
 Jun     ET4206M8089    1980-1989
 Jul     ET4207M8089    1980-1989
 Aug     ET4208M8089    1980-1989
 Sep     ET4209M8089    1980-1989
 Oct     ET4210M8089    1980-1989
 Nov     ET4211M8089    1980-1989
 Dec     ET4212M8089    1980-1989

where the above files refer to CCM2 data.  The netCDF data files
are named similarly, with a ".nc" on the end, e.g. ET4201M8089.nc

Other Products Derived from this Dataset:

• Monthly Means

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