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Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes Climatology, 0.25x0.25 deg, Yearly Grid, V3, (GSSTFYC), at GES DISC
Entry ID: GES_DISC_GSSTFYC_3

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Summary

Abstract: These data are the Goddard Satellite-based Surface Turbulent Fluxes Version-3 Dataset recently produced through a MEaSUREs funded project led by Dr. Chung-Lin Shie (UMBC/GEST, NASA/GSFC), converted to HDF-EOS5 format. The stewardship of this HDF-EOS5 dataset is part of the MEaSUREs project,

http://earthdata.nasa.gov/our-community/community-data-system-programs/measures-projects/surface-turbulent-fluxes-esdr
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This is the fine resolution version of the previously released GSSTFYC.2c.

This is the Yearly Climatology product; data are projected to equidistant Grid that covers the globe at 0.25x00.25 degree cell size, resulting in data arrays of 1440x720 size.

Starting from previous Version 2c, these data have only one set of Combined data, "Set1". The Yearly Climatology HDF-EOS5 file also contains one extra grid of NCEP Climatology, "NCEP".

Starting with this Version 3, the "WB" variable, "lowest 500-m precipitable water" has been discontinued.

Thus every file contains 8 variables in the Grid "SET1", and 4 variables in the Grid "NCEP":

SET1:
"E" 'latent heat flux' (W/m**2),
"STu" 'zonal wind stress' (N/m**2),
"STv" 'meridional wind stress' (N/m**2),
"H" 'sensible heat flux' (W/m**2),
"Qair" 'surface air (~10-m) specific humidity' (g/kg),
"U" '10-m wind speed' (m/s),
"DQ" 'sea-air humidity difference' (g/kg)
"Tot_Precip_Water" 'total precipitable water' (g/cm**2)

NCEP:
"Psea_level" 'sea level pressure' (hPa)
"Qsat" 'sea surface saturation humidity' (g/kg)
"SST" 'sea surface skin temperature' (C)
"Tair_2m" '2m air temperature' (C)

The double-quoted labels are the short names of the data fields in the HDF-EOS5 files.

The short name for this product is GSSTFYC.

Parameters contained in the data files include the following:
Variable Name|Description|Units
DQ|sea-air humidity difference|(g/kg)
E|latent heat flux|(W/m^^2)
H|sensible heat flux|(W/m^^2)
Psea_level|sea level pressure|(hPa)
Qair|surface air (~10-m) specific humidity|(g/kg)
Qsat|sea surface saturation humidity|(g/kg)
SST|sea surface skin temperature|(C)
STu|zonal wind stress|(N/m^^2)
STv|meridional wind stress|(N/m^^2)
Tair_2m|2m air temperature|(C)
Tot_Precip_Water|total precipitable water|(g/cm^^2)
U|10-m wind speed|(m/s)
End of parameter information

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Geographic Coverage

N: 90.0 S: -90.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Shie, C.-L., K. Hilburn, L. S. Chiu, R. Adler, I-I Lin, E. Nelkin, J. Ardizzone, and S. Gao
Dataset Title: Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes Climatology, Yearly Grid
Dataset Series Name: GSSTFYC
Dataset Release Date: August 14, 2012
Dataset Release Place: Greenbelt, MD, USA
Dataset Publisher: Goddard Earth Science Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC)
Version: 3
Dataset Editor: Andrey Savtchenko
Issue Identification: GSSTFYC_3
Data Presentation Form: Digital Science Data
Other Citation Details: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/GSSTFYC_3.html
Dataset DOI: 10.5067/MEASURES/GSSTF/DATA311
Online Resource: http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/daac-bin/DataHoldingsMEASURES.pl?PROG...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1988-01-01

Stop Date: 2008-12-31

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN

Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 0.25 deg
Longitude Resolution: 0.25 deg
Temporal Resolution: yearly

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
OCEANS

Platform

DMSP >Defense Meteorological Satellite Program [Information]

Instrument

SSMI >Special Sensor Microwave/Imager [Information]

Project

EOSDIS >Earth Observing System Data Information System    [Information]

ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program    [Information]

MEASURES >Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments    [Information]

CWIC >CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog    [Information]

Keywords

fluxes

oceanic surface fluxes

latent heat flux

climate

hydrological cycle

hydrology

EOSDIS

Data Set Progress

PLANNED

Originating Center

GES DISC

Data Center

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA [Information]
Data Center URL: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel

Name: GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP
Phone: 301-614-5224
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: gsfc-help-disc at lists.nasa.gov
Contact Address:
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center
Code 610.2
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution_Media: FTP/HTTP
Distribution_Size: 4 MB
Distribution_Format: HDF-EOS5
Fees: None

Personnel

ANDREY SAVTCHENKO
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: 301-614-5705
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: Andrey.Savtchenko at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
Distributed Active Archive Center Global Change Data Center
Code 610.2
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA

CHUNG-LIN SHIE
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: chung-lin.shie-1 at nasa.gov

Publications/References

Ascensio-Parvy, J.M., A. Gaudry, and G. Lambert. 1984. 'Year-to-year CO2
variations at Amsterdam Island', Geophys. Res, Let., Vol. 11(12), pp.
1215-1217.

Boden, T.A., D.P. Kaiser, R.J. Sepanski, and F.W. Stoss,
eds. 1994. 'Trends '93: A Compendium of Data on Global Change',
ORNL/CDIAC-65. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, oak Ridge
National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN.

Conway, T.J., P. Tans, L.S. Waterman, K.W. Thoning, K.A. Masarie, and
R.H. Gammon. 1988. ' Atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements in the
remote global troposphere, 1981-1984:, Tellus, Vol. 40(B), pp. 81-115.

Conway, T.J., L.P. Steele, and P.C. Novelli. 1993. "Correlations among
atmospheric CO2, CH4, and CO in the Arctic", March 1989, Atmospheric
Environment, Vol. 27A, pp. 2881-2894.

Conway, T.J., P.P. Tans, L.S. Waterman, K.W. Thoning, D.R. Kitzis,
K.A. Masarie, and N. Zhang. 1994. "Evidence for interannual
variability of the carbon cycle from the NOAA/CMDL global air sampling
network", J. Geophys. Res. 99:22831-22855.

Conway, T.J., and P. Tans. 1990. 'Atmospheric CO2 concentrations - The
NOAA/GMCC flask sampling network. NDP-005/R2', Carbon Dioxide Information
Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

Conway, T.J., P.P. Tans, and L.S. Waterman. 1994. "Atmospheric CO2
records from sites in the NOAA/CMDL air sampling network",
pp. 41-119. In T.A. Boden, D.P. Kaiser, R.J. Sepanski, and F.W. Stoss
(eds.), Trends '93: A Compendium of Data on Global
Change. ORNL/CDIAC-65. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak
Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.

Komhyr, W.D., R.H. Gammon, T.B. Harris, L.S. Waterman, T.J. Conway, W.R.
Taylor, and K.W. Thoning. 1985. 'Global atmospheric CO2 distributions and
variations from 1968-82 NOAA/GMCC CO2 flask sample data', J. Geophys. Res.,
Vol. 90, pp. 5567-5596.

Navascues, B., and C.J. Rus. 1991. 'Carbon dioxide observations at Izana
baseline station, Tenerife (Canary islands): 1984-1988', Tellus, Vol. 43(B), pp. 118-125.

Peterson, J.T., W.D. Komhyr, L.S. Waterman, R.H. Gammon, K.W. Thoning, and T.J. Conway. 1986. 'Atmospheric CO2 variations at Barrow, Alaska, 1973-1982', J. Atmos. Chem., Vol. 4, pp. 491-510.

Thoning, K.W., P.P. Tans, and W.D. Komhyr. 1989. 'Atmospheric carbon dioxide at Mauna Loa Observatory 2. Analysis of the NOAA/GMCC data, 1974-1985', J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 94, pp. 8549-8565.

Trivett, N.B.A., and K. Higuchi. 1989. 'Trends and seasonal cycles of
atmospheric CO2 over Alert, Sabel Island, and Cape St. James, as analyzed by forward stepwise regression technique', pp. 27-42. In W.P. Elliott (ed.), The Statistical Treatment of CO2 Data Records, Air Resources Laboratory, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Waterman, L.S., D.W. Nelson, W.D. Komhyr, T.B. Harris, K.W. Thoning,
and P.P. Tans. 1989. 'Atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements at Cape
Matatula, American Samoa, 1976-1987, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 94 (D12),
pp. 14817-29.

World Meteorological Organization. 1989. 'Provisional daily atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations as measured at BAPMoN sites for the years 1986 and 1987', WMO/TD-No. 306. Geneva.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2006-05-10

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