International CLIVAR Project Office
National Oceanography Centre
European Way
Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Phone: +44-2380 596777
Fax: +44-2380 596204
Email: icpo@noc.soton.ac.uk
Global Datasets
Air-sea Flux Global Datasets
Objectively Analyzed Air-Sea Fluxes (OAFlux) for the Global Ocean
The project is to develop an enhanced air-sea heat flux analysis product for the global oceans for the past 50 years. The product integrates satellite observations with surface moorings, ship reports, and atmospheric model reanalyzed surface meteorology. The NOAA CLIVAR Atlantic program supported the initial pilot effort in demonstrating that improved daily flux fields can be obtained by synthesizing observational data with weather prediction models. The current on-going 50-year global heat flux analysis is sponsored by the NOAA Office of Climate Observations (OCO) and Climate Change Data and Detection (CCDD) through the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research (CICOR).
Principal Investigators: Lisan Yu and Bob Weller
Email: lyu@whoi.edu
Website: http://oaflux.whoi.edu/
Data: http://oaflux.whoi.edu/data.html
The NOC (formerly SOC) Air-Sea Flux Climatology
Reliable estimates of the air-sea fluxes of heat, freshwater and momentum are vital to improve our understanding of the coupled ocean-atmosphere system. The National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOC) - formerly Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC) - flux climatology has been used in a wide range of research projects worldwide.
Principal Investigator: Simon Josey
Email: Simon.A.Josey@noc.soton.ac.uk
Website: http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/JRD/MET/fluxclimatology.php