Attributes { latitude { String units "degrees_north"; } longitude { String units "degrees_east"; } january { String long_name "January Zonal Wind Component"; Float32 fillValue_ -9999.; String units "m/s"; } february { String long_name "February Zonal Wind Component"; Float32 fillValue_ -9999.; String units "m/s"; } march { String long_name "March Zonal Wind Component"; Float32 fillValue_ -9999.; String units "m/s"; } april { String long_name "April Zonal Wind Component"; Float32 fillValue_ -9999.; String units "m/s"; } may { String long_name "May Zonal Wind Component"; Float32 fillValue_ -9999.; String units "m/s"; } june { String long_name "June Zonal Wind Component"; Float32 fillValue_ -9999.; String units "m/s"; } july { String long_name "July Zonal Wind Component"; Float32 fillValue_ -9999.; String units "m/s"; } august { String long_name "August Zonal Wind Component"; Float32 fillValue_ -9999.; String units "m/s"; } september { String long_name "September Zonal Wind Component"; Float32 fillValue_ -9999.; String units "m/s"; } october { String long_name "October Zonal Wind Component"; Float32 fillValue_ -9999.; String units "m/s"; } november { String long_name "November Zonal Wind Component"; Float32 fillValue_ -9999.; String units "m/s"; } december { String long_name "December Zonal Wind Component"; Float32 fillValue_ -9999.; String units "m/s"; } NC_GLOBAL { String title "Scatterometer Climatology of Ocean Winds (SCOW)"; String author "Craig Risien (crisien@coas.oregonstate.edu)"; String institution "Oregon State University, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences"; String date_created "2010-01-20"; String 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."; String history "From the updated Risien and Chelton 2008 SCOW climatology."; } }