Ocean Data Collections
Dimensions: 3D: Longitude = 360, Latitude = 181, Levels = 50
Variables names using the CMIP5 protocol
Online Availability:
- 1° Analysis: monthly averages from 1960: FTP, TDS
- 1/2° Analysis: monthly averages from 1993-present: FTP, TDS
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| sic | Sea ice area fraction |
| sit | Sea ice thickness |
| pbo | Pressure at sea floor |
| zos | Sea level height |
| masscello | Mass per unit area |
| thetao | Potential temperataure |
| so | Salinity |
| uo | Eastward current |
| vo | Northward current |
| wmo | Upward mass transport |
| wmosq | Upward mass transport squared |
| hfds | Turbulent heat flux from skin to ocean |
| tsice | Weighted ice surface temperature |
| tsnint | Weighted temperature at interface between sea ice and snow |
| transiy | Y component of sea ice mass transport |
| tranix | X component of sea ice mass transport |
| snd | Mean snow thickness of grid cell |
| sim | Frozen water mass |
