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Ocean Heat Budget Data Access and Tools

NASA has ocean heat budget datasets that help researchers characterize how the ocean gains and loses heat. Access a range of data and data tools such as AppEEARS, Worldview, and Giovanni to make the most of ocean heat budget data.

Ocean Heat Budget Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
MERRA-2 tavgM_2d_int_Nx: 2d,Monthly mean,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Vertically Integrated Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TMNXINT) at GES DISC MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
MERRA-2 tavgM_2d_ocn_Nx: 2d,Monthly mean,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Ocean Surface Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TMNXOCN) at GES DISC MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
MERRA-2 tavgU_2d_flx_Nx: 2d,diurnal,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Surface Flux Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TUNXFLX) at GES DISC MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
MERRA-2 tavgU_2d_int_Nx: 2d,diurnal,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Vertically Integrated Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TUNXINT) at GES DISC MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
MERRA-2 tavgU_2d_ocn_Nx: 2d,diurnal,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Ocean Surface Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TUNXOCN) at GES DISC MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
MISR L2 TOA/Cloud Albedo Product subset for the RICO region V002 Terra MISR 2000-11-01 to 2005-02-01 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 HDF4
NASA Energy and Water cycle Study (NEWS) Annual Climatology of the 1st decade of the 21st Century V1.0 (NEWS_WEB_ACLIM) at GES DISC OBSERVATION BASED NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2010-12-31 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
NASA Energy and Water cycle Study (NEWS) Monthly Climatology of the 1st decade of the 21st Century V1.0 (NEWS_WEB_MCLIM) at GES DISC OBSERVATION BASED NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2010-12-31 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
NCEP/DOE Reanalysis II in HDF-EOS5, for GSSTF2c, 1x1 deg Daily grid V2c (GSSTF_NCEP) at GES DISC NCEP-GFS NOT APPLICABLE 1987-07-01 to 2009-01-01 GLOBAL OCEAN N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
NCEP/DOE Reanalysis II in HDF-EOS5, for GSSTF2c, 1x1 deg Monthly grid V2c (GSSTFM_NCEP) at GES DISC NCEP-GFS NOT APPLICABLE 1987-07-01 to 2008-12-31 GLOBAL OCEAN N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
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Featured Ocean Heat Budget Observation Method: CYGNSS
NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) uses eight micro-satellites to measure wind speeds over oceans to improve forecasting for extreme weather such as hurricanes. The Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument (DDMI) onboard CYGNSS platform measures ocean roughness, which is used to indicate wind speeds and can be applied to calculate ocean heat flux.
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