HYCOM: Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model, Water Temperature and Salinity (HYCOM/GLBu0_08/sea_temp_salinity)

The Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) is a data-assimilative hybrid
isopycnal-sigma-pressure (generalized) coordinate ocean model. The subset
of HYCOM data hosted in EE contains the variables salinity, temperature,
velocity, and elevation. They have been interpolated to a uniform
0.08 degree lat/long grid between 80.48°S and 80.48°N. The salinity,
temperature, and velocity variables have been interpolated to 40
standard z-levels.

NameDescriptionGee UnitGee ScaleGee Offset
sst_0Sea water temperature at a depth of 0m°C0.00120
salinity_0Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 0mpsu0.00120
sst_2Sea water temperature at a depth of 2m°C0.00120
salinity_2Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 2mpsu0.00120
sst_4Sea water temperature at a depth of 4m°C0.00120
salinity_4Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 4mpsu0.00120
sst_6Sea water temperature at a depth of 6m°C0.00120
salinity_6Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 6mpsu0.00120
sst_8Sea water temperature at a depth of 8m°C0.00120
salinity_8Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 8mpsu0.00120
sst_10Sea water temperature at a depth of 10m°C0.00120
salinity_10Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 10mpsu0.00120
sst_12Sea water temperature at a depth of 12m°C0.00120
salinity_12Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 12mpsu0.00120
sst_15Sea water temperature at a depth of 15m°C0.00120
salinity_15Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 15mpsu0.00120
sst_20Sea water temperature at a depth of 20m°C0.00120
salinity_20Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 20mpsu0.00120
sst_25Sea water temperature at a depth of 25m°C0.00120
salinity_25Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 25mpsu0.00120
sst_30Sea water temperature at a depth of 30m°C0.00120
salinity_30Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 30mpsu0.00120
sst_35Sea water temperature at a depth of 35m°C0.00120
salinity_35Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 35mpsu0.00120
sst_40Sea water temperature at a depth of 40m°C0.00120
salinity_40Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 40mpsu0.00120
sst_45Sea water temperature at a depth of 45m°C0.00120
salinity_45Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 45mpsu0.00120
sst_50Sea water temperature at a depth of 50m°C0.00120
salinity_50Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 50mpsu0.00120
sst_60Sea water temperature at a depth of 60m°C0.00120
salinity_60Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 60mpsu0.00120
sst_70Sea water temperature at a depth of 70m°C0.00120
salinity_70Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 70mpsu0.00120
sst_80Sea water temperature at a depth of 80m°C0.00120
salinity_80Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 80mpsu0.00120
sst_90Sea water temperature at a depth of 90m°C0.00120
salinity_90Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 90mpsu0.00120
sst_100Sea water temperature at a depth of 100m°C0.00120
salinity_100Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 100mpsu0.00120
sst_125Sea water temperature at a depth of 125m°C0.00120
salinity_125Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 125mpsu0.00120
sst_150Sea water temperature at a depth of 150m°C0.00120
salinity_150Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 150mpsu0.00120
sst_200Sea water temperature at a depth of 200m°C0.00120
salinity_200Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 200mpsu0.00120
sst_250Sea water temperature at a depth of 250m°C0.00120
salinity_250Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 250mpsu0.00120
sst_300Sea water temperature at a depth of 300m°C0.00120
salinity_300Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 300mpsu0.00120
sst_350Sea water temperature at a depth of 350m°C0.00120
salinity_350Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 350mpsu0.00120
sst_400Sea water temperature at a depth of 400m°C0.00120
salinity_400Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 400mpsu0.00120
sst_500Sea water temperature at a depth of 500m°C0.00120
salinity_500Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 500mpsu0.00120
sst_600Sea water temperature at a depth of 600m°C0.00120
salinity_600Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 600mpsu0.00120
sst_700Sea water temperature at a depth of 700m°C0.00120
salinity_700Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 700mpsu0.00120
sst_800Sea water temperature at a depth of 800m°C0.00120
salinity_800Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 800mpsu0.00120
sst_900Sea water temperature at a depth of 900m°C0.00120
salinity_900Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 900mpsu0.00120
sst_1000Sea water temperature at a depth of 1000m°C0.00120
salinity_1000Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 1000mpsu0.00120
sst_1250Sea water temperature at a depth of 1250m°C0.00120
salinity_1250Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 1250mpsu0.00120
sst_1500Sea water temperature at a depth of 1500m°C0.00120
salinity_1500Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 1500mpsu0.00120
sst_2000Sea water temperature at a depth of 2000m°C0.00120
salinity_2000Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 2000mpsu0.00120
sst_2500Sea water temperature at a depth of 2500m°C0.00120
salinity_2500Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 2500mpsu0.00120
sst_3000Sea water temperature at a depth of 3000m°C0.00120
salinity_3000Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 3000mpsu0.00120
sst_4000Sea water temperature at a depth of 4000m°C0.00120
salinity_4000Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 4000mpsu0.00120
sst_5000Sea water temperature at a depth of 5000m°C0.00120
salinity_5000Sea water salinity, in practical salinity units, at a depth of 5000mpsu0.00120

Providers

NOPP (producer, licensor)
Google Earth Engine (host)
STAC Version 0.6.0
Keywords HYCOM, NOPP, ocean, salinity, sst, water
License proprietary
Temporal Extent 10/1/1992, 5:00:00 PM - now
Citation J. A. Cummings and O. M. Smedstad. 2013: Variational Data Assimilation for the Global Ocean. Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Applications vol II, chapter 13, 303-343.
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GSD arc degreesm
Cadence day
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