NCEP Pacific Ocean Analysis

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center

Publication_Date: 20011014

Title: NCEP Pacific Ocean Analysis

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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/cdc/data.ncep.pac.ocean.html

Description:

Abstract:

The analysis contains weekly and monthly means for temperature, salinity, u and v velocity components of ocean current all at multiple depths. Also included are weekly means for the surface variables east-west wind stress, north-south wind stress, surface pressure variation, short wave flux from NCEP's GDAS analysis and the heat flux. For the monthly means the surface variables east-west wind stress and north-south wind stress are included. Both monthly and weekly means includes the average temperature correction due to data assimilation. The monthly means are from the ocean reanalysis ra6. Also included is a mask variable for both weekly and monthly means. The mask can vary with time to indicate values are available at a certain depth at some times and not at others. In the land mask array, value at each grid point indicates number of vertical levels of ocean at this grid point. Thus, a value of 0 indicates a land point, a value of 27 indicates this is an ocean point, and it has full ocean depth; a value of 10 indicates that this is an ocean point, but only the top 10 levels are in active ocean, the lower 17 levels are part of an under ocean mountain. Data variables at grid points shown to be invalid by the mask variable have been set to the missing value. Please note that the TOPEX altimitry data were used in the analysis after 1997. NOAAServer Codes: [POL 45 -35 122 -71.25] ; nodateline preview obtain Scientific research.

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19800101

Ending_Date: 20011014

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.25

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 122.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -35.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE VARIATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND STRESS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > HEAT FLUX

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > HEAT FLUX > SHORT WAVE HEAT FLUX

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > LANDFORMS > LAND SEA MASK

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS > U COMPONENT OF OCEAN CURRENT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS > V COMPONENT OF OCEAN CURRENT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > U-WIND STRESS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > V-WIND STRESS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY

Theme_Keyword: Ncep Pacific Ocean Analysis [pol 45.00 -35.00 122.00 -71.25]

Theme_Keyword: Temperature Correction

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: ELEVATION

Theme_Keyword: OCEANS

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

Access_Constraints: None.

Use_Constraints:

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

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

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Contact_Person: ESRL/PSD DATA INQUIRIES

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: esrl.psd.data@noaa.gov

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Contact_Organization_Primary:

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

Contact_Person: ESRL/PSD DATA INQUIRIES

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: esrl.psd.data@noaa.gov

Resource_Description: CDC020

Distribution_Liability:

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Digital_Form:

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Online_Option:

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http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/psd1/

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DATA CENTER URL

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Online_Option:

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Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.ncep.pac...

Access_Instructions:

Obtain this data set via HTML.

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Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

ftp://ftp.cdc.noaa.gov/Datasets/ncep.pac.ocean/

Access_Instructions:

Obtain this data set via FTP.

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date:

Metadata_Review_Date: 20090706

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: ESRL/PSD DATA INQUIRIES

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: esrl.psd.data@noaa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time