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NOAA/NCDC Blended Monthly Global 0.25° Sea Surface Wind Stress, 1987-2011

Published by NOAA NMFS SWFSC Environmental Research Division | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2022-09-03T00:00:00.000+00:00
Gridded and blended sea surface windstresses from multiple satellites with direction from NCEP Reanalysis-2; Global ocean coverage with a 0.25-degree resolution; The whole datasets covers from July 1987 to present, monthly resolution in this dataset; 6-hourly and daily are also available in other directories; See https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/rsad/blendedseawinds.html and links within for details. Include (taux,tauy) means & mean tau as scalar means

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