Description
These data are the Goddard Satellite-based Surface Turbulent Fluxes Version-3 Dataset recently produced through a MEaSUREs funded project led by Dr. Chung-Lin Shie (UMBC/GEST, NASA/GSFC), converted to HDF-EOS5 format. The stewardship of this HDF-EOS5 dataset is part of the MEaSUREs project.
This is the fine resolution version of the previously released GSSTFM.2c.
This is the Monthly product; data are projected to equidistant Grid that covers the globe at 0.25x00.25 degree cell size, resulting in data arrays of 1440x720 size. The monthly product is a result of averaging of a month worth of daily GSSTF3 files. Starting with Version 3, the "WB" variable, "lowest 500-m precipitable water" has been discontinued.
The monthly temporal and one-degree spatial resolution of the product can be used to examining climate variability at these scales. Oceanic evaporation contributes to the net fresh water input to the oceans and drives the upper ocean density structure and consequently the circulation of the oceans.
The short name for this product is GSSTFM.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| This dataset's landing page | HTML | Access the dataset landing page from the GES DISC website. | Open resource |
| Get a related visualization | PNG | Goddard Satellite-based Surface Turbulent Fluxes (GSSTF) Monthly Averaged Precipitable Water 1 x 1 degree 01/1991 [g/cm2] | Open resource |
| View this dataset's algorithm theoretical basis document | Science_of_the_data.GSSTF3.pdf | Open resource | |
| The dataset's project home page | HTML | MEaSUREs Project Home Page | Open resource |
| Download this dataset through a directory map | HTML | Access the data via HTTP. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's read me document | README Document | Open resource | |
| Use OPeNDAP to access the dataset's data | HTML | Access the data via the OPeNDAP protocol. | Open resource |
| Google Scholar search results | HTML | Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. | Open resource |
| Download this dataset through Earthdata Search | HTML | Use the Earthdata Search to find and retrieve data sets across multiple data centers. | Open resource |