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Oberhuber's Climatological Atlas of Heat Fluxes and Radiation Budget Over the Global Oceans Based on COADS from NCAR and LDEO/IRI Climate Data Library
Entry ID: MPI_FLUX

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Summary

Abstract: This data set contains climatological monthly means of heat fluxes and
radiation budget over the global oceans, based on analyses of the
Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (COADS) for the period
1950 - 1979. All data are given on a 2 x 2 latitude/longitude
grid. Meteorological and oceanographic parameters contained in
this data set include air temperature, mixed layer temperature,
precipitation, relative humidity, cloud cover, wind speed, sea
level pressure, salinity, absorbed solar radiation, outgoing
longwave radiation, net radiation, latent heat flux, sensible
heat flux, net downward heat flux, net freshwater flux, buoyancy
flux, frictional velocity, newtonian cooling rate, and transfer
coefficient for latent heat. Precipitation data were prepared
by Dennis Shea (NCAR). It was derived from land or island station
records and completed by satellite observations. Salinity data
required to compute buoyancy fluxes were taken from Sydney Levitus
(NOAA/NODC). All input data were monthly mean climatological
values except the surface salinity.
Because of the small variation of the climatological mean surface
salinity throughout the year, annual mean values were used.

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Description: NVODS Live Access to Oberhuber data

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Description: Oberhuber data set at LDEO/IRI

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Description: Josef Oberhuber's COADS-based heat flux atlas information

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Description: Oberhuber data set at LDEO/IRI

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Description: Oberhuber data set at NCAR

Geographic Coverage

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

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: J.M. Oberhuber
Dataset Title: Oberhuber's Climatological Atlas of Heat Fluxes and Radiation Budget Over the Global Oceans
Dataset Release Date: 1988
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO
Dataset Publisher: NCAR
Online Resource: http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds541.0/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1950-01-01

Stop Date: 1979-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN
OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN
VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA SURFACE

Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 2 deg
Longitude Resolution: 2 deg

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
OCEANS

Platform

GROUND STATIONS    [Information]

BUOYS    [Information]

SHIPS    [Information]

Project

DODS >Distributed Oceanographic Data System    [Information]

ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program    [Information]

OPENDAP >Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol    [Information]

Keywords

ABSORBED SOLAR RADIATION

AIR SEA INTERFACE

CLIMATOLOGY

CLOUD COVER

COADS

DS541.0

FRICTIONAL VELOCITY

GRID DATA

LATENT HEAT FLUX

MARINE

MONTHLY DATA

OBERHUBER

OLR

OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION

RADIATION

RADIATION BUDGET

SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX

STATISTICS

SURFACE

Originating Center

NCDS

Data Center

Research Data Archive, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research [Information]
Data Center URL: http://rda.ucar.edu/
Dataset ID: ds541.0

Data Center Personnel

Name: RDA HELP DESK
Phone: (303)-497-1231
Fax: (303)-497-1291
Email: dssweb at ucar.edu
Contact Address:
National Center for Atmospheric Research
CISL/DSS
P.O. Box 3000
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80307
Country: U.S.A.

Climate Data Library, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University [Information]
Data Center URL: http://ingrid.ldeo.columbia.edu/

Data Center Personnel

Name: BENNO BLUMENTHAL
Phone: (845) 680-4450
Fax: (845) 680-4864
Email: benno at iri.ldeo.columbia.edu
Contact Address:
Data Library Manager
International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Columbia University
City: Palisades
Province or State: NY
Postal Code: 10964-8000
Country: USA

Max Planck Institute for Meteorology [Information]
Data Center URL: http://www.mpimet.mpg.de/
Dataset ID: MPI_FLUX

Data Center Personnel

Name: KLAUS HASSELMANN
Phone: +1 (040) 41173-0
Fax: +1 (040) 41173-298
Contact Address:
Max Plank Institute fur Meteorologie
Bundesstrasse 55 W/2000
City: Hamburg
Country: 13 Deutschland

Distribution

Distribution_Media: Online, magnetic tape
Fees: none (LDEO), cost (NCAR)

Personnel

JOSEF M. OBERHUBER
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Contact Address:
Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology
City: Hamburg 13
Postal Code: 2000
Country: Bundersstrasse 55, FRG

SCOTT A. RITZ
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: 301-614-5126
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: Scott.A.Ritz at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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City: Greenbelt
Province or State: Maryland
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA

Publications/References

Oberhuber, J. M. 1988. "An atlas based on COADS Data Set", Tech. Report
No. 15, Max-Planck-Institut fur Meteorologie.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2005-09-29

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