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PSY3V2 : Global, native grid: 1/4°

Op. syst. desc. | Resolution, projection, size | Parameters list | Vert. res. | Temp. coverage | Temp. resolution | Format

Operational system description

PSY3V2

Resolution, projection, size

Name Area Resolution Projection Size
GLO Global 1/2° Géographic (lon/lat) 217 MB
NAT North Atlantic 1/6° Mercator 380 MB
TAT Tropical Atlantic 1/4° Mercator 58 MB
SAT South Atlantic 1/6° Mercator 240 MB
NPA North Pacific 1/4° Mercator 570 MB
TPA Tropical Pacific 1/4° Mercator 115 MB
SPA South Pacific 1/6° Mercator 350 MB
IND Indian Ocean 1/6° Mercator 239 MB
ACC Circumpolar Antarctic 1/4° Mercator 443 MB
ARC Arctic Ocean 1/8° Stereographic 559 MB
MED Mediterranean and Black Sea 1/8° Mercator 63 MB

Parameters list

Name Parameter Dimension
temperature temperature (deg.C) [depth, latitude, longitude]
salinity salinity (psu) [depth, latitude, longitude]
u zonal velocity (m/s) [depth, latitude, longitude]
v meridian velocity (m/s) [depth, latitude, longitude]
kz vertical diffusivity coefficient (m2/s) [depth, latitude, longitude]
ssh sea surface height (m) [latitude, longitude]
mlp density ocean mixed layer thickness (m) [latitude, longitude]
taux windstress eastward Tx component (Pa) [latitude, longitude]
tauy windstress northward Ty component (Pa) [latitude, longitude]
qtot total net heat flux (W/m2) [latitude, longitude]
emp water flux (Kg/m2/s) [latitude, longitude]
qsr surface downward solar heat flux (W/m2) [latitude, longitude]
hice Sea ice thickness (m) [latitude, longitude]
fice Ice concentration (%) [latitude, longitude]
uice Sea ice x velocity (m/s) [latitude, longitude]
hice Sea ice y velocity (m/s) [latitude, longitude]

Vertical resolution

43 levels (m) : 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 40 50 60 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1750 2000 2250 2500 2750 3000 3250 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500.

Temporal coverage

Thredds/Opendap server Archive server
Start April 2008 April 2008
End weekly updated weekly updated

Temporal resolution

Products are daily averaged.

Format

Netcdf, convention CF/COARDS 1.0.