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The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type Variable Name Attribute Name Data Type Value
attribute NC_GLOBAL _CoordSysBuilder String ucar.nc2.dataset.conv.CF1Convention
attribute NC_GLOBAL acknowledgment String The gridded data were generated from the multiple satellite observations of DOD, NOAA and NASA (and future others) and wind retrievals of the Remote Sensing Systems, Inc. (http://www.remss.com), using scientific methods such as objective analysis (OA). The OA is only truly objective when the needed statistics are completely known, which may not be always the case.
attribute NC_GLOBAL cdm_data_type String Grid
attribute NC_GLOBAL Contact String Huai-Min.Zhang AT noaa.gov or satorder AT noaa.gov; ph:1+828-271-4090
attribute NC_GLOBAL contributor_name String NOAA NCDC
attribute NC_GLOBAL contributor_role String Source of data.
attribute NC_GLOBAL Conventions String COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_email String Huai-Min.Zhang@noaa.gov
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_name String Huai-Min Zhang
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_type String person
attribute NC_GLOBAL Data_Calendar_Date String 2011-09-29
attribute NC_GLOBAL defaultGraphQuery String &.draw=vectors
attribute NC_GLOBAL Easternmost_Easting double 359.75
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_max double 89.75
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_min double -89.75
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_resolution double 0.25
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_units String degrees_north
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_max double 359.75
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_min double 0.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_resolution double 0.25
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_units String degrees_east
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_vertical_max double 0.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_vertical_min double 0.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_vertical_positive String up
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_vertical_units String m
attribute NC_GLOBAL history String Simple spatiotemporally weighted Interpolation (SI), V.1.2. Version 1.2 uses updated satellite retrievals by Remote Sensing System, released in September 2006: SSMI V06, TMI V04, QSCAT V03a. AMSRE V05 was also updated using the new SSMI rain rate
attribute NC_GLOBAL infoUrl String https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/marineocean-data/blended-global/blended-sea-winds (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL institution String NOAA NCEI
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords String 0.25-degree,
Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Stress,
air-sea flux, air-sea interaction, amplitude, amplitude_as_scalar_mean, atmosphere, atmospheric, blended, component, daily, degree, downward, earth science, eastward, ekman pumping, ekman transport, mean, ncdc, noaa, northward, ocean upwelling, ocean winds, oceans, scalar, sea, sea surface winds, sea winds, stress, surface, surface_downward_eastward_stress, surface_downward_northward_stress, wind, wind stress, wind-driven circulation, winds, windstress, x-component, y-component
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords_vocabulary String GCMD Science Keywords
attribute NC_GLOBAL license String The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended
for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data
Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any
of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or
implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
attribute NC_GLOBAL location String Proto fmrc:Aggregation
attribute NC_GLOBAL Northernmost_Northing double 89.75
attribute NC_GLOBAL references String https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/marineocean-data/blended-global/blended-sea-winds (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL source String multiple satellite observations: DMSP SSMI F08, F10, F11, F13,F14 F15; TMI; QuikSCAT; AMSR-E; Direction from NCEP Reanalysis-2
attribute NC_GLOBAL sourceUrl String https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/uv/6h_strs_agg/Aggregation_best.ncd (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL Southernmost_Northing double -89.75
attribute NC_GLOBAL standard_name_vocabulary String CF Standard Name Table v29
attribute NC_GLOBAL summary String Gridded and blended sea surface windstresses from multiple satellites with direction from NCEP Reanalysis-2; Global ocean coverage with a 0.25-degree resolution; The whole datasets covers from July 1987 to present, 6-hourly resolution in this dataset; daily and monthly are also available in other directories; See http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/rsad/blendedseawinds.html and links within for details
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_end String 2011-09-30T18:00:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_start String 1987-07-09T00:00:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL title String NOAA/NCDC Blended 6-Hourly Global 0.25° Sea Surface Wind Stress, 1987-2011
attribute NC_GLOBAL Westernmost_Easting double 0.0
dimension time   double nValues=35396, evenlySpaced=false, averageSpacing=6h 0m 2s
attribute time _CoordinateAxisType String Time
attribute time actual_range double 5.527872E8, 1.3174056E9
attribute time axis String T
attribute time calendar String proleptic_gregorian
attribute time ioos_category String Time
attribute time long_name String Center Time
attribute time missing_value double NaN
attribute time standard_name String time
attribute time time_origin String 01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute time units String seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
dimension altitude   float nValues=1, onlyValue=0.0
attribute altitude _CoordinateAxisType String Height
attribute altitude _CoordinateZisPositive String up
attribute altitude actual_range float 0.0, 0.0
attribute altitude axis String Z
attribute altitude ioos_category String Location
attribute altitude long_name String Altitude
attribute altitude positive String up
attribute altitude standard_name String altitude
attribute altitude units String m
dimension latitude   float nValues=719, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=0.25
attribute latitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lat
attribute latitude actual_range float -89.75, 89.75
attribute latitude axis String Y
attribute latitude ioos_category String Location
attribute latitude long_name String Latitude
attribute latitude standard_name String latitude
attribute latitude units String degrees_north
dimension longitude   float nValues=1440, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=0.25
attribute longitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lon
attribute longitude actual_range float 0.0, 359.75
attribute longitude axis String X
attribute longitude ioos_category String Location
attribute longitude long_name String Longitude
attribute longitude standard_name String longitude
attribute longitude units String degrees_east
variable taux   float time, altitude, latitude, longitude
attribute taux _FillValue float -9999.0
attribute taux colorBarMaximum double 0.5
attribute taux colorBarMinimum double -0.5
attribute taux coordinates String time_run time zlev lat lon
attribute taux ioos_category String Wind
attribute taux long_name String Sea Surface Wind Stress: x-component
attribute taux standard_name String surface_downward_eastward_stress
attribute taux units String N m-2
variable tauy   float time, altitude, latitude, longitude
attribute tauy _FillValue float -9999.0
attribute tauy colorBarMaximum double 0.5
attribute tauy colorBarMinimum double -0.5
attribute tauy coordinates String time_run time zlev lat lon
attribute tauy ioos_category String Wind
attribute tauy long_name String Sea Surface Wind Stress: y-component
attribute tauy standard_name String surface_downward_northward_stress
attribute tauy units String N m-2

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