COADS 2-degree Standard

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Originator: NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center

Publication_Date: 19971201

Title: COADS 2-degree Standard

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Publication_Place: Boulder, CO

Publisher: NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center

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Online_Linkage: http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.coads.2deg.html

Description:

Abstract:

Purpose - Scientific research. Abstract - COADS Data Online at NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center CDC | CIRES | NCAR | NCDC The Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (COADS) is the most extensive collection of surface marine data available for the world ocean over the past two centuries. COADS is the result of a continuing cooperative project between NOAA and NCAR. Please refer to the COADS Website for more information about COADS, and associated metadata. NOAA's Climate Diagnostics Center (CDC) provides online access to monthly summary statistics for 2° latitude x 2° longitude boxes (and for 1°x1° boxes starting in 1960) selected from the full set of summary and observational products available at NCAR or NCDC. These online data are distributed in the netCDF format using metadata conventions developed at CDC. Among the conventions are the attributes scale_factor and add_offset, which are used to pack floating-point data into 16-bit integers (for more details, including information about small numerical biases in the resulting netCDF data, please see this webpage). The netCDF files can be downloaded by anonymous FTP or by following hyperlinks below. CDC can supply Fortran code and can suggest other software that can be used to display and analyze the COADS data. The netCDF files are subdivided into "standard" and "enhanced" products, which reflect the "trimming" (quality control) procedure used and the data mixture. In the standard products, the data have been edited using climatological 3.5 standard-deviation (sigma) limits, with the observations limited (as nearly as practical) to those from ships. In the "enhanced" products, in contrast, the data have been edited using broader 4.5 sigma limits to better represent extreme climate events, with observations from ships plus from other in situ marine platform types (e.g., drifting and moored buoys). For data starting in 1960, the netCDF files are further subdivided by gridbox size (2°x2° or 1°x1° boxes) and spatial domain, with the 1°x1° summaries available in global and equatorial formats. The equatorial products cover the latitude band 10.5°N to 10.5°S, and are global with respect to longitude. In contrast to the global 1°x1° boxes, the equatorial 1°x1°boxes are shifted half a degree in latitude (only) in comparison to the global domain, such that the center-latitude of the central row of boxes is the equator (e.g., 0-1°E, 0.5°S-0.5°N). Both the global and equatorial formats have a standard and enhanced product. Please note: If you acquire COADS data products from CDC, we ask that you acknowledge us in your use of the data. This may be done by including text such as COADS data provided by the NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, Colorado, USA, from their Web site at "http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/" in any documents or publications using these data. We would also appreciate receiving a copy of the relevant publications. This will help CDC to justify keeping COADS products freely available online in the future. Thank you! The following pages provide access to the data by box size, and selections within these pages provide access to the further subdivisions of data by spatial domain and product type (as applicable): COADS 2°x2° products (1800-1997)  (Including a correction.) NOAAServer Codes: [POL 89 -89 180 -180] ; nodateline preview obtain

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Beginning_Date: 18000101

Ending_Date: 20070531

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

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Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 89.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -89.0

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > ATMOSPHERIC HEATING > MERIDIONAL LATENT HEAT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > ATMOSPHERIC HEATING > SENSIBLE HEAT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > ATMOSPHERIC HEATING > SENSIBLE HEAT TRANSPORT EASTWARD

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > ATMOSPHERIC HEATING > ZONAL LATENT HEAT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE

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Theme_Keyword: Coads 2-degree Standard [pol 89.00 -89.00 180 -180]

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Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Access_Constraints: None

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None. Acknowledgement of CDC would appreciated in products derived from these data

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Latitude_Resolution: 2 Degrees

Longitude_Resolution: 2 Degrees

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

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Contact_Organization: DOC/NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD/CAB > Climate Analysis Branch, Physical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

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DATA CENTER URL

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http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.coads.2d...

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Obtain data set by HTTP.

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ftp://ftp.cdc.noaa.gov/Datasets/coads/2degree/std/...

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Obtain data set by FTP.

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20011227

Metadata_Review_Date: 20090717

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