ECCO Ocean and Sea-Ice Surface Heat Fluxes - Daily Mean 0.5 Degree (Version 4 Release 4)

(ECCO_L4_HEAT_FLUX_05DEG_DAILY_V4R4)
VersionV4r4
Processing Level4
Start/Stop Date1992-Jan-01 to 2018-Jan-01
Short NameECCO_L4_HEAT_FLUX_05DEG_DAILY_V4R4
DescriptionThis dataset contains daily-averaged ocean and sea-ice surface heat fluxes interpolated to a regular 0.5-degree grid from the ECCO Version 4 revision 4 (V4r4) ocean and sea-ice state estimate. Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) ocean and sea-ice state estimates are dynamically and kinematically-consistent reconstructions of the three-dimensional, time-evolving ocean, sea-ice, and surface atmospheric states. ECCO V4r4 is a free-running solution of the 1-degree global configuration of the MIT general circulation model (MITgcm) that has been fit to observations in a least-squares sense. Observational data constraints used in V4r4 include sea surface height (SSH) from satellite altimeters [ERS-1/2, TOPEX/Poseidon, GFO, ENVISAT, Jason-1,2,3, CryoSat-2, and SARAL/AltiKa]; sea surface temperature (SST) from satellite radiometers [AVHRR], sea surface salinity (SSS) from the Aquarius satellite radiometer/scatterometer, ocean bottom pressure (OBP) from the GRACE satellite gravimeter; sea ice concentration from satellite radiometers [SSM/I and SSMIS], and in-situ ocean temperature and salinity measured with conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) sensors and expendable bathythermographs (XBTs) from several programs [e.g., WOCE, GO-SHIP, Argo, and others] and platforms [e.g.,research vessels, gliders, moorings, ice-tethered profilers, and instrumented pinnipeds]. V4r4 covers the period 1992-01-01T12:00:00 to 2018-01-01T00:00:00.
DOI10.5067/ECG5D-HEA44
MeasurementMODELS > EARTH SCIENCE REANALYSES/ASSIMILATION MODELS
OCEANS > OCEAN HEAT BUDGET > LONGWAVE RADIATION
OCEANS > OCEAN HEAT BUDGET > SHORTWAVE RADIATION
OCEANS > OCEAN HEAT BUDGET > EVAPORATION
OCEANS > OCEAN HEAT BUDGET > HEAT FLUX
Platform/Sensor
ProjectEstimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO)
Data ProviderPublisher: PO.DAAC
Creator: ECCO Consortium, Fukumori, I., Wang, O., Fenty, I., Forget, G., Heimbach, P., & Ponte, R. M.
Release Place: PO.DAAC
Release Date: 2021-Apr-19

FormatnetCDF-4
Keyword(s)ECCO, Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, reconstruction, remote sensing, in situ, estimate, ocean, sea ice, global, surface state, model
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Resolution
Spatial Resolution: 0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
Temporal Resolution: Daily - < Weekly
 
Coverage
Region: GLOBAL OCEAN
North Bounding Coordinate: 90 degrees
South Bounding Coordinate: -90 degrees
West Bounding Coordinate: -180 degrees
East Bounding Coordinate: 180 degrees
Time Span: 1992-Jan-01 to 2018-Jan-01
 
Projection
Ellipsoid: WGS 84
 
NameLong NameUnit
EXFhlOpen ocean air-sea latent heat fluxW m-2
EXFhsOpen ocean air-sea sensible heat fluxW m-2
EXFlwdnDownward longwave radiative fluxW m-2
EXFlwnetNet open ocean longwave radiative fluxW m-2
EXFqnetOpen ocean net air-sea heat fluxW m-2
EXFswdnDownwelling shortwave radiative fluxW m-2
EXFswnetOpen ocean net shortwave radiative fluxW m-2
latitudelatitude at grid cell centerdegrees_north
latitude_bndslatitude bounds grid cells
longitudelongitude at grid cell centerdegrees_east
longitude_bndslongitude bounds grid cells
oceQnetNet heat flux into the ocean surfaceW m-2
oceQswNet shortwave radiative flux across the ocean surfaceW m-2
SIaafluxConservative ocean and sea-ice advective heat flux adjustmentW m-2
SIatmQntNet upward heat flux to the atmosphereW m-2
TFLUXRate of change of ocean heat content per m2 accounting for mass fluxes.W m-2
timecenter time of averaging periodhours since 1992-01-01T12:00:00
time_bndstime bounds of averaging period
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Citation ECCO Consortium, Fukumori, I., Wang, O., Fenty, I., Forget, G., Heimbach, P., & Ponte, R. M.. 2021. ECCO Ocean and Sea-Ice Surface Heat Fluxes - Daily Mean 0.5 Degree (Version 4 Release 4). Ver. V4r4. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/ECG5D-HEA44

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Journal Reference ECCO Consortium, Fukumori, I., Wang, O., Fenty, I., Forget, G., Heimbach, P., & Ponte, R. M.. 2021. Synopsis of the ECCO Central Production Global Ocean and Sea-Ice State Estimate (Version 4 Release 4)., Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765928