NOAA/NCEI Blended Global Sea Surface Winds, Version 2

Description

The NBSv2.0 dataset synthesizes observations from multiple satellites (up to 16 satellites since 1987) to create globally gridded, high-resolution 10 m neutral ocean wind speeds and wind stress components. The wind directions come from two sources depending on the products: for the research delayed mode product, the source is the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts ERA5 and for the near-real-time products, the source is the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) GFS. This is an updated version of the existing NOAA NBS v1.0, which is a global gridded 0.25 degree and 6-hourly/daily/monthly sea surface winds product that has wide applications in marine transportation, marine ecosystem and fisheries, offshore winds, weather and ocean forecasts, and other areas. A Climatological mean or WMO 30-year Normals are also generated for this product. This newly developed version 2 shows improvement (over its predecessor version 1.0) in following aspects: Resolving very high winds associated with Cyclones/Hurricanes, A gap-free global spatial coverage, Better improved algorithm and coded with open source Python reducing the computational clock time by 10x, and A near-real time production. The data are available in netCDF format for the period of record, July 1987 to present, with six-hourly, daily, and monthly time resolutions for both the blended Sea Surface Wind (SSW) as well as SSW stress data.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C01702/html
0 Direct download for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/blended-global-sea-surface-wind-products/access/
0 Direct download for the documentation. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/blended-global-sea-surface-wind-products/doc/
21 THREDDS Data Server (TDS) for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds/blended-global/oceanWinds.html
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.935549
0 News Article https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/blending-multi-satellite-data-improve-hurricane-forecasting
21 Coastwatch Landing Page https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/cwn/products/noaa-ncei-blended-seawinds-nbs-v2.html
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/mxt4-b075
0 Direct download for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/blended-global-sea-surface-wind-products/access/
0 Direct download for the documentation. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/blended-global-sea-surface-wind-products/doc/
21 THREDDS Data Server (TDS) for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds/blended-global/oceanWinds.html
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.935549
0 News Article https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/blending-multi-satellite-data-improve-hurricane-forecasting
21 Coastwatch Landing Page https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/cwn/products/noaa-ncei-blended-seawinds-nbs-v2.html
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords

Tags

  • vertical location
  • sea surface
  • oceans
  • surface winds
  • global ocean
  • ocean winds
  • earth science
  • geographic region
  • wind stress

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