Global vertical velocity estimates from observation-based geostrophic meridional velocities

Annual vertical velocity (w) estimates from observation-based geostrophic velocities within the global themocline during the 1994-2018 period. The w fields are computed following the methodology described in <em>Cortés-Morales and Lazar, submitted</em> applied to the ARMOR3D [<em>Mulet et al., 2013</em>] geostrophic meridional velocities. The boundary condition used is the Ekman pumping vertical velocities computed from ERA5 wind stress. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Geographical coverage: Global Ocean Grid and horizontal spatial resolution: Evenly spaced 0.25º grid Vertical levels: 30 levels from sigma level 21 to 27. Temporal resolution: Annual (1993-2019) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Variables: LON (1D) LAT (1D) isop_level (1D) time (1D) LVBW3D (4D)