In response to users in the air-sea flux and satellite validation communities, the Marine Data Center has extracted subsets of high true wind speed data from their archives of WOCE, post-WOCE, and SAMOS research vessel meteorological observations. Only reports with unadjusted true (earth-relative) wind speeds greater than or equal to 20 m/s are included. The wind data must also pass a series of quality control processes.
SAMOS:
The SAMOS_high_wind_v02.nc file contains individual marine reports collected during the period 2005 to 6 August 2016 from a select set of research vessels contributing to the SAMOS project. The marine reports are all from automated instrumentation. A readme [PDF] describes the contents of the file. Version 2 of the SAMOS high wind dataset was created in August 2016 and periodic updates will be made as time/funding permit.
WOCE/post-WOCE:
The FSU_RV_highwind1.txt file contains individual marine reports collected during the period 1989 to 2005 from a select set of research vessels. The marine reports were extracted from an extensive collection of both automated and bridge meteorological data. A readme [PDF] describes the contents of the file. The file was created based on the RVSMDC holdings as of 10 July 2006.
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