Monthly Tropical Pacific Ocean Gridded Pseudo-Stress Analyses

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Unknown

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: Monthly Tropical Pacific Ocean Gridded Pseudo-Stress Analyses

Description:

Abstract:

This file contains monthly average pseudostress values on a 2-degree, 84x30 grid, (1 grid/month) over the Tropical Pacific Ocean. These values were obtained by subjective analysis of a 2-degree by 10-degree grid, which was digitized to a 2-degree grid. The raw data for this analysis included marine surface observations obtained from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), Asheville, North Carolina. The current year's analyses are the quick-look product based on reports coming in over the National Meteorological Center (NMC) Global Telecommunication System (GTS). The data are in (meters/sec)**2 with east = positive and north = positive.

Purpose:

Not Available

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Legler, D.M., and J.J. O'Brien, 1988; Tropical Pacific wind stress analysis for TOGA, IOC Time series of ocean measurements, IOC Technical Series 33, Volume 4, UNESCO.

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Stricherz, J., J. J. O'Brien, and D. M. Legler, 1992: Atlas of Florida State University Tropical Pacific Winds for TOGA 1966-1985, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 250 pp.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19610101

Ending_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 12.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -30.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD PLATFORM

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

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

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > WIND STRESS > PSEUDOSTRESS

Theme_Keyword: BUOYS

Theme_Keyword: SHIPS

Theme_Keyword: ANEMOMETERS

Theme_Keyword: DODS > DISTRIBUTED OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA SYSTEM

Theme_Keyword: ESIP > EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS PROGRAM

Theme_Keyword: TOGA > TROPICAL OCEAN GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: WOCE > WORLD OCEAN CIRCULATION EXPERIMENT

Theme_Keyword: OPENDAP > OPEN-SOURCE PROJECT FOR A NETWORK DATA ACCESS PROTOCOL

Theme_Keyword: Climatology

Theme_Keyword: Grid Data

Theme_Keyword: Idn_node Gsfc/fsu

Theme_Keyword: Marine

Theme_Keyword: Monthly Data

Theme_Keyword: Pseudostress

Theme_Keyword: Statistics

Theme_Keyword: Surface

Theme_Keyword: Windstress

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: OCEANS

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > EQUATORIAL

Place_Keyword: VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA SURFACE

Access_Constraints: Not Available

Use_Constraints:

Not Available

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: JAMES N. STRICHERZ

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: COAPS

Address: The Florida State University

City: Tallahassee

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 32306-2840

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (850) 644-6918

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (850) 644-4841

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: stricher@coaps.fsu.edu

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Not Available

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Not Available

Completeness_Report:

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Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Not Available

Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: FSU/COAPS > Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University

Contact_Person: JAMES N. STRICHERZ

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: COAPS

Address: The Florida State University

City: Tallahassee

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 32306-2840

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (850) 644-6918

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (850) 644-4841

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: stricher@coaps.fsu.edu

Resource_Description: PAC61

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/WOCE/html/pacwinds.htm

Access_Instructions:

FSU/COAPS Tropical Pacific Ocean Pseudostress Analyses

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://ingrid.ldeo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.FSU/

Access_Instructions:

FSU Pacific Ocean Pseudostress Analyses at LDEO/IRI Climate Data Library

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://ingrid.ldeo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.FSU/dods

Access_Instructions:

DODS BaseURL to FSU Pacific Ocean Pseudostress Analyses at LDEO/IRI Climate Data Library

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds230.0/

Access_Instructions:

This dataset is also available from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Data Support Section (DSS).

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20051020

Metadata_Review_Date: 20051020

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: JAMES N. STRICHERZ

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: COAPS

Address: The Florida State University

City: Tallahassee

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 32306-2840

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (850) 644-6918

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (850) 644-4841

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: stricher@coaps.fsu.edu

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time