NASA JPL Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center

nasa-podaac-oscar_l4_oc_third-deg

OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents

OSCAR (Ocean Surface Current Analysis Real-time) contains near-surface ocean current estimates, derived using quasi-linear and steady flow momentum equations. The horizontal velocity is directly estimated from sea surface height, surface vector wind and sea surface temperature. These data were collected from the various satellites and in situ instruments. The model formulation combines geostrophic, Ekman and Stommel shear dynamics, and a complementary term from the surface buoyancy gradient. Data are on a 1/3 degree grid with a 5 day resolution. OSCAR is generated by Earth Space Research (ESR) http://www.esr.org/oscar_index.html

podaac.jpl.nasa.gov

http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/OSCAR_L4_OC_third-deg

Identified by : OSCAR_L4_OC_third-deg

This dataset was released on January 21, 2011.

The time range for this dataset starts at October 12, 1992.

The spatial range for this dataset is -66° to 66° latitude, and -180° to 180° longitude. map (center)

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Also known as :

• dataset OSCAR_L4_OC_third-deg (podaac lexicon)
• datasetId PODAAC-OSCAR-03D01 (podaac lexicon)