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title: "Scatterometer Climatology of Ocean Winds (SCOW)" author: "Craig Risien (crisien@coas.oregonstate.edu)" institution: "Oregon State University, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences" date_created: "2010-01-20" comments: "The original SCOW climatology (Risien and Chelton 2008) was derived from 96 QuikSCAT monthly maps (September 1999 - August 2007). This NetCDF file contains updated SCOW fields that are derived from 122 QuikSCAT monthly maps (September 1999 - October 2009). The methods used to produce this climatology are described in Risien and Chelton 2008." history: "From the updated Risien and Chelton 2008 SCOW climatology."
Variables:
latitude
: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..559]
latitude:
units: "degrees_north"
longitude
: Array of 32 bit Reals [longitude = 0..1439]
longitude:
units: "degrees_east"
january
: Grid
latitude:
longitude:
long_name: "Scalar Averaged January Wind Stress Magnitude" fillValue_: -9999. units: "N/m^2"
february
: Grid
latitude:
longitude:
long_name: "Scalar Averaged February Wind Stress Magnitude" fillValue_: -9999. units: "N/m^2"
march
: Grid
latitude:
longitude:
long_name: "Scalar Averaged March Wind Stress Magnitude" fillValue_: -9999. units: "N/m^2"
april
: Grid
latitude:
longitude:
long_name: "Scalar Averaged April Wind Stress Magnitude" fillValue_: -9999. units: "N/m^2"
may
: Grid
latitude:
longitude:
long_name: "Scalar Averaged May Wind Stress Magnitude" fillValue_: -9999. units: "N/m^2"
june
: Grid
latitude:
longitude:
long_name: "Scalar Averaged June Wind Stress Magnitude" fillValue_: -9999. units: "N/m^2"
july
: Grid
latitude:
longitude:
long_name: "Scalar Averaged July Wind Stress Magnitude" fillValue_: -9999. units: "N/m^2"
august
: Grid
latitude:
longitude:
long_name: "Scalar Averaged August Wind Stress Magnitude" fillValue_: -9999. units: "N/m^2"
september
: Grid
latitude:
longitude:
long_name: "Scalar Averaged September Wind Stress Magnitude" fillValue_: -9999. units: "N/m^2"
october
: Grid
latitude:
longitude:
long_name: "Scalar Averaged October Wind Stress Magnitude" fillValue_: -9999. units: "N/m^2"
november
: Grid
latitude:
longitude:
long_name: "Scalar Averaged November Wind Stress Magnitude" fillValue_: -9999. units: "N/m^2"
december
: Grid
latitude:
longitude:
long_name: "Scalar Averaged December Wind Stress Magnitude" fillValue_: -9999. units: "N/m^2"
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