CFSR
From variable 3.8
Summary of observation-based historical datasets with surface wind speed and/or direction available
- reference Saha et al. (2014)
- source
- NCEP
- data type
- Global atmospheric reanalysis
- spatial domain
- Global
- spatial resolution
- 0.5°x0.5°
- temporal coverage
- 1979/01 to 2017/11
- time step
- Sub-daily;Monthly
- data format
- GRIB
- comments
- 3rd generation reanalysis. CFSR ends March 2011; CFSV2 begins April 2011. Provides instantaneous 10m v and u component of wind.