Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes, 0.25 x 0.25 deg, Monthly Grid V3 (GSSTFM) at GES DISC

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.

本数据集为Goddard卫星地面湍流通量版本3数据集，由UMBC/GEST与NASA/GSFC共同资助的MEaSUREs项目，由钟林锡博士（UMBC/GEST，NASA/GSFC）领导，近期通过项目产出，并已转换为HDF-EOS5格式。该HDF-EOS5数据集的管理权亦属于MEaSUREs项目。此为之前发布的GSSTFM.2c的精细分辨率版本。该数据集为月度产品，数据被投影至全球覆盖的等距网格上，网格单元大小为0.25x0.25度，从而形成1440x720大小的数据阵列。月度产品是通过每日GSSTF3文件的一个月平均得来。自版本3起，'WB'变量，即最低500米可降水量，已被取消。该产品的月度时间和一度的空间分辨率可用于考察该尺度上的气候变率。海洋蒸发对海洋净淡水输入有贡献，并驱动上层海洋密度结构，进而影响海洋环流。该产品的简称是GSSTFM。