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Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Acces- sible	Title	Sum- mary	FGDC, ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
data			graph	M		public	NOAA/NCDC Blended 6-Hourly Global 0.25° Sea Surface Wind Stress, 1987-2011		F   I   M	background			NOAA NCEI	ncdcOw6hrStrs

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 at 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
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	NOAA NCEI
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords	String	0.25-degree, air-sea flux, air-sea interaction, amplitude, amplitude_as_scalar_mean, atmosphere, atmospheric, blended, component, daily, degree, downward, earth science, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Stress, 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_of_6h_Ocean_Wind_Stress
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
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_of_6h_Ocean_Wind_Stress_best.ncd
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 https://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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