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Version 2 Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes (GSSTF2)Information on the turbulent fluxes of momentum, moisture, and heat at the air-sea interface is essential in improving model simulations of climate variations and in climate studies. We have derived a 13.5-year (July 1987-December 2000) dataset of daily surface turbulent fluxes over global oceans from the Special Sensor Mcrowave/Imager (SSM/I) radiance measurements. This dataset, version 2 Goddard Satellite-based Surface Turbulent Fluxes (GSSTF2), has a spatial resolution of 1 degree x 1 degree latitude-longitude and a temporal resolution of 1 day. Turbulent fluxes are derived from the SSM/I surface winds and surface air humidity, as well as the 2-m air and sea surface temperatures (SST) of the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis, using a bulk aerodynamic algorithm based on the surface layer similarity theory.
Document ID
20030025770
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Chou, Shu-Hsien (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Nelkin, Eric (Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Lanham, MD, United States)
Ardizzone, Joe (Science Applications International Corp. Laurel, MD, United States)
Atlas, Robert M. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Shie, Chung-Lin (Maryland Univ. Baltimore County Catonsville, MD, United States)
Starr, David O'C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
October 22, 2002
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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