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Ocean Surface Forcing


Wind Stress Daily stress from the NCEP reanalysis II, with monthly mean climatology replaced with that from the NASA/DAO/SSMI-derived climatology.
Heat Flux Daily heat flux from the NCEP reanalysis II, with a relaxation to Reynolds weekly OISST product. Each assimilation group will be free to choose the relaxation time scale.
Fresh Water Flux E-P from daily NCEP reanalysis II
Virtual Salt Flux Relaxation to Levitus Sea Surface salinity, with each assimilation group free to choose the relaxation time scale.