VERSION 1 GODDARD SATELLITE-BASED SURFACE TURBULENT FLUXES(GSSTF) DATA

The Version 1 of Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes (GSSTF) Data are produced by the surface turbulent fluxes research group at NASA GSFC (Code 912), led by Dr. Shu-Hsien Chou.

Currently, the Goddard DAAC maintains archives of three products (in binary format) from this data set.The first two provide daily and monthly-mean, global ocean, 2-degree latitude by 2.5-degree longitude, gridded surface fluxes and other related parameters, from July 1987 through December 1994. The third product provides the related 12 monthly-mean and one annual-mean climatology. The Goddard DAAC will update this data set as new data are processed and made available by the data producers.These data are available:

• On-line via anonymous FTP

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VERSION 1 OF GODDARD SATELLITE-BASED SURFACE TURBULENT FLUXES (GSSTF) DATA ON ANONYMOUS FTP:

Daily Product

Temporal Coverage:	Daily data from July 1987 to December 1994
Spatial Coverage:	2° latitude x 2.5° longitude, global (90N-90S)
Distribution Method:	Anonymous FTP
Number of Files:	1-2 files per month
Volume:	~6.3 MB (compressed)
Documentation:	GSSTF - Version 1
File Type:	Binary
File Name (e.g., for Dec. 94):	9412f11.2.5x2.daily.bin

Monthly-mean Product

Temporal Coverage:	Monthly-mean data from July 1987 to December 1994
Spatial Coverage:	2° latitude x 2.5° longitude, global (90N-90S)
Distribution Method:	Anonymous FTP
Number of Files:	1-2 files per month
Volume:	~.2 MB (compressed)
Documentation:	GSSTF - Version 1
File Type:	Binary
File Name (e.g., for Dec. 94):	9412f11.2.5x2.monthly.bin

Monthly- and Annual-mean Climatology Products

Temporal Coverage:	Monthly- and annual-mean data from January 1988 to December 1994
Spatial Coverage:	2° latitude x 2.5° longitude, global (90N-90S)
Distribution Method:	Anonymous FTP
Number of Files:	13 files
Volume:	~ .2 MB (compressed)
Documentation:	GSSTF - Version 1
File Type:	Binary
File Name (e.g., for Dec.):	8894clm.2.5x2.dec.bin