HOAPS3_MONTHLY_TWPA: vertically integrated total (ice+liquid) water

Andersson, Axel et al.

Dataset
Summary
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The Hamburg Ocean Atmosphere Parameters and Fluxes from Satellite Data (HOAPS) set is a completely satellite based climatology of precipitation, evaporation and freshwater budget (evaporation minus precipitation) as well as related turbulent heat fluxes and atmospheric state variables over the global ice free oceans.
All variables are derived from SSM/I passive microwave radiometers, except for the SST, which is taken from AVHRR measurements. The data set includes multi-satellite averages, inter-sensor calibration, and an efficient sea ice detection procedure.
Changes in this version are a prolonged time series, now containing data from 1987 to 2005, a new neural network based precipitation algorithm, and inclusion of the RSMAS/NODC Pathfinder Version 5 SST fields. Additionally a new 85 GHz synthesis procedure has been implemented for the time period to compensate for the missing channel information on DMSP F08, see accuracy report.
Apart from monthly and pentad (5-day) means on a global 0.5 deg. x 0.5 deg. grid, twice daily multi-satellite composite data on a global 1 x 1 grid are available.
Project
HOAPS (Hamburg Ocean Atmosphere Parameters and Fluxes from Satellite Data)
Location(s)
World Ocean
Additional Information
Quality Control timeseries plots MaD HOAPS3_MONTHLY
Spatial Coverage
Longitude -180 to 180 Latitude -80 to 80 Altitude: 0 m
Temporal Coverage
1987-07-09 to 2005-12-31 (calendrical)
Use constraints
For scientific use only
Data Catalog
World Data Center for Climate
Access constraints
restricted: scientific use only
Size
400.92 MiB (420392812 Byte)
Format
NetCDF
Status
completely archived
Creation Date
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Cite as
[ Derived from parent entry - See data hierarchy tab ]
Andersson, Axel; Bakan, Stephan; Fennig, Karsten; Grassl, Hartmut; Klepp, Christian; Schulz, Joerg (2007). Hamburg Ocean Atmosphere Parameters and Fluxes from Satellite Data - HOAPS-3 - monthly mean. World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. https://doi.org/10.1594/WDCC/HOAPS3_MONTHLY

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Description
Satellite derived data.
Data coverage is partly poor before 1992.
From 04/1988 to 12/1991 the SSM/I on DMSP-F08 was defective, thus synthesized 85 GHz brightness temperatures are used to derive this paramter, resulting in limited accuracy for some values.
VariableCodeAggregationUnit
atmosphere_cloud_condensed_water_contentCF
TWPA (HOAPS: 4)
monthly meankg m-2
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Parent

Hamburg Ocean Atmosphere Parameters and Fluxes from Satellite Data - HOAPS-3 - monthly mean
Details
[Entry acronym: HOAPS3_MONTHLY_TWPA] [Entry id: 2142071]