NCEP and ECMWF Oceanic and Atmospheric Transport Products

REFERENCES: 
        Trenberth K.E. and Caron J.M. 2000: 
        Estimates of meridional atmosphere and ocean heat transports, 
	Journal of Climate, 14, 3433-3443.

        Trenberth K.E., Caron J.M., and Stepaniak D.P. 2000: The 
        atmospheric energy budget and implications for surface fluxes 
        and ocean heat transports, Climate Dynamics, 17, 259-276.

SOURCE: NCEP/NCAR Reanalyses and ECMWF 15-year Reanalyses


FORMAT: ASCII
        For specifics see: README


GRID: 64 latitudes, meridional transport


LEVELS: single level


FIELDS: Name             Description
       -------------------------------------------------------------
       lat  : T42 latitudes (north to south)    
       RT   : Radiatively Required Poleward Heat Transport
       ATn  : Atmospheric Transport - NCEP
       ATe  : Atmospheric Transport - ECMWF
       OTn  : Residual Ocean Transport - NCEP  
       OTe  : Residual Ocean Transport - ECMWF  
       OTna : Adjusted Ocean Transport (Total of Basins)- NCEP 
       ATLn : Atlantic Ocean Basin Transport - NCEP
       PACn : Pacific Ocean Basin Transport - NCEP
       INDn : Indian Ocean Basin Transport - NCEP
       ERnP : Error Bars for NCEP Pacific Transports
       ERnA : Error Bars for NCEP Atlantic Transports
       ERnI : Error Bars for NCEP Indian Transports
       ERnT : Error Bars for NCEP Total Transports
       EReP : Error Bars for ECMWF Pacific Transports
       EReA : Error Bars for ECMWF Atlantic Transports
       EReI : Error Bars for ECMWF Indian Transports
       EReT : Error Bars for ECMWF Total Transports
       OTea : Adjusted Ocean Transport (Total of Basins)- ECMWF
       ATLe : Atlantic Ocean Basin Transport - ECMWF
       PACe : Pacific Ocean Basin Transport - ECMWF
       INDe : Indian Ocean Basin Transport - ECMWF


TIMES:  Computed from annual climatology of surface fluxes or 
        vertically integrated total energy divergence for 
        oceanic transports (OT) and atmospheric transports (AT) 
        respectively.


Data: ANNUAL_TRANSPORTS_1985_1989.ascii


Current holdings: February 1985 - April 1989 (Annualized Mean)

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