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Hamburg Ocean Atmosphere Parameters and Fluxes from Satellite Data - HOAPS II - monthly mean
The new version of the Hamburg Ocean Atmosphere Parameters and Fluxes from Satellite Data set - HOAPS II - contains improved global fields of precipitation and evaporation over the oceans and all basic state variables needed for the derivation of the turbulent fluxes.
Except for the NOAA Pathfinder SST data set, all variables are derived from SSM/I satellite data over the ice free oceans between 1987 and 2002.
The earlier HOAPS version was improved and includes now the utilisation of multi-satellite averages with proper inter-satellite calibration, improved algorithms and a new ice detection procedure, resulting in more homogeneous and reliable spatial and temporal fields as before.
The spatial resolution of 0.5 degree, makes them ideally suited for studies of climate variability over the global oceans.
Pentade and climatological means are also public and available via the CERA database system. Further information under : https://www.cmsaf.eu/EN/Overview/OurProducts/Hoaps/Hoaps_node.html .
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- Date (Publication)
- 2006-06-29
- Edition
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1
- Citation identifier
- HOAPS2_MONTHLY
- Citation identifier
- doi:10.1594/WDCC/HOAPS2_MONTHLY
http://www.mi.uni-hamburg.de/
- Name
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NetCDF
- Keywords
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SSM/I
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- Keywords
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air-sea-fluxes
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- Keywords
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remote sensing
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- Keywords
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satellite
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- Use limitation
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scientific use: For scientific use only
- Language
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eng; USA
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- Begin date
- 1987-07-09
- End date
- 2002-12-31
- Distribution format
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NetCDF
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NetCDF
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- Transfer size
- 5045
- OnLine resource
- https://www.wdc-climate.de/ui/entry?acronym=HOAPS2_MONTHLY
- Hierarchy level
- collection
Completeness commission
- Name of measure
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n/a
- Measure description
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None
Non quantitative attribute accuracy
- Name of measure
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n/a
- Measure description
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None
- Attribute description
- humidity difference
- Descriptor
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humidity difference; unit: g kg-1
- Attribute description
- surface_specific_humidity
- Descriptor
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The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: g kg-1
- Attribute description
- surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux
- Descriptor
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The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Upward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). The surface sensible heat flux, also called "turbulent" heat flux, is the exchange of heat between the surface and the air by motion of air. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2
- Attribute description
- surface_net_upward_longwave_flux
- Descriptor
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The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "longwave" means longwave radiation. "Upward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). Net upward radiation is the difference between radiation from below (upwelling) and radiation from above (downwelling). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2
- Attribute description
- wind_speed-at10m
- Descriptor
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Speed is the magnitude of velocity. Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity. [CF-Standard Name-vertical_coordinate]; unit: m s-1
- Attribute description
- surface_upward_latent_heat_flux
- Descriptor
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The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Upward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). The surface latent heat flux is the exchange of heat between the surface and the air on account of evaporation (including sublimation). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2
- Attribute description
- lwe_water_evaporation_rate
- Descriptor
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"lwe" means liquid water. "Water" means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".)[CF-Standard Name]; unit: mm d-1
- Attribute description
- sea_surface_temperature
- Descriptor
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Sea surface temperature is usually abbreviated as "SST". It is the temperature of sea water near the surface (including the part under sea-ice, if any), and not the skin temperature, whose standard name is surface_temperature. For the temperature of sea water at a particular depth or layer, a data variable of sea_water_temperature with a vertical coordinate axis should be used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degC
- Attribute description
- latent heat transfer coefficient (dalton number)
- Descriptor
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latent heat transfer coefficient (dalton number); unit: 1
- Attribute description
- atmosphere_water_vapor_content
- Descriptor
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"Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. Atmosphere water vapor content is sometimes referred to as "precipitable water", although this term does not imply the water could all be precipitated.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2
- Attribute description
- specific saturation humidity at sea surface
- Descriptor
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sea surface saturation specific humidity; unit: g kg-1
- Attribute description
- atmosphere_mass_content_of_cloud_liquid_water
- Descriptor
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"Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2
- Attribute description
- atmosphere_cloud_condensed_water_content
- Descriptor
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"condensed_water" means liquid and ice. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: kg m-2
- Attribute description
- lwe_precipitation_rate
- Descriptor
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"lwe" means liquid water equivalent. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: mm d-1
- Attribute description
- surface_upward_water_flux
- Descriptor
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The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Water" means water in all phases, including frozen i.e. ice and snow. "Upward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). The surface water flux is the result of precipitation and evaporation. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: mm d-1
- File identifier
- wdc-climate.de:2022868 XML
- Metadata language
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eng; USA
- Hierarchy level
- collection
- Hierarchy level name
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HOAPS2_MONTHLY
- Date stamp
- 2004-03-08T14:19:19
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115
- Metadata standard version
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ISO 19115-2:2009
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