Identification

Title

Observed World Ocean Seasonal Surface Currents on a 5 Degree Grid

Abstract

A digitized ocean current data set for use in ocean model or diagnostic computer studies is described. Various sources of observed ocean currents are examined, and surface current data from pilot charts prepared by the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) are used in the data set. The pilot chart data are long-term means of over four million ship drift records compiled since 1900 by NAVOCEANO. The ocean current data set prepared from these data and presented here combines the following: 1) current speeds and directions are digitized on a global 5�� latitude-longitude grid; 2) current speeds are in cm/sec; 3) current speeds and directions are given for each season; 4) u and v components as well as resultant current speeds are included; 5) the data are stored on magnetic tape and are accessible for computer use.

Resource type

document

Resource locator

Unique resource identifier

code

http://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7k936x7

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Text

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Resource Type

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS

originating controlled vocabulary

title

U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directory

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2021-09-17

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

East bounding longitude

North bounding latitude

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Temporal reference

Temporal extent

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End position

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date type

publication

effective date

1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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Constraints related to access and use

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Use constraints

Copyright Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Limitations on public access

None

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

OpenSky Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Library

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

opensky@ucar.edu

web address

http://opensky.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

OpenSky Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Library

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

opensky@ucar.edu

web address

http://opensky.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-08-18T18:05:49.149022

Metadata language

eng; USA