Monthly and Climatological Tropical Pacific Wind Stress
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Abstract:
Five million international ship observations of the Pacific trade winds are presented in monthly summaries. For each month in the period from 1947 to 1973, a 10-degree latitude by 2-degree longitude grid includes various wind and wind stress information. Coverage within the grid is not 100% as most observations occurred along shipping routes. Most of the raw wind observations were Beaufort estimates that were converted to wind speed and direction.
Temporal Range:
1947 to 1973
Variables:
| Wind Stress |
Vertical Levels:
| Ground or water surface |
Data Types:
Grid
Spatial Coverage:
Longitude Range: Westernmost=125E Easternmost=75W
Latitude Range: Southernmost=29S Northernmost=29N Detailed coverage information Detailed coverage information 10° x 2° from 125E to 75W and 29S to 29N (17 x 30 Longitude/Latitude)
Latitude Range: Southernmost=29S Northernmost=29N Detailed coverage information Detailed coverage information 10° x 2° from 125E to 75W and 29S to 29N (17 x 30 Longitude/Latitude)
Data Contributors:
UHI/SOEST/METEO
Meteorology Department, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii
Publications:
Wyrtki, K. and G. Meyers, 1975: The trade wind field over the Pacific Ocean. Part I. The mean field and mean annual variation. HIG-75-1, Hawaii Inst. Geophys., University of Hawaii, 26 pp.
Total Volume:
1.87 MB
Data Formats:
ASCII (see dataset documentation)
Metadata Record:
Data License:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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