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ECV Products and Requirements for Surface Stress

These products and requirements reflect the Implementation Plan 2016 (GCOS-200). GCOS is reviewing and will update the requirements until 2022. More information on: gcos.wmo.int.

 

PRODUCT DEFINITION FREQ. RESOLUTION REQUIRED MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY STABILITY STANDARDS/ REFERENCES
OCEAN SURFACE STRESS The two-dimensional vector drag at the bottom of the atmosphere and the dynamical forcing at the top of the ocean hourly-monthly 10-100km 0.001-4Nm-2 Not specified See EOV Specification at www.goosocean.org/eov