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A note on reviving the Goddard Satellite-based Surface Turbulent Fluxes (GSSTF) dataset

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Accurate sea surface flux measurements are crucial for understanding the global water and energy cycles. The oceanic evaporation, which is a major component of the global oceanic fresh water flux, is useful for predicting oceanic circulation and transport. The global Goddard Satellite-based Surface Turbulent Fluxes Version-2 (GSSTF2; July 1987–December 2000) dateset that was officially released in 2001 has been widely used by scientific community for global energy and water cycle research, and regional and short period data analyses. We have recently been funded by NASA to resume processing the GSSTF dataset with an objective of continually producing a uniform dataset of sea surface turbulent fluxes, derived from remote sensing data. The dataset is to be reprocessed and brought up-to-date (GSSTF2b) using improved input datasets such as a recently upgraded NCEP/DOE sea surface temperature reanalysis, and an upgraded surface wind and microwave brightness temperature V6 dataset (Version 6) from the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) produced by Remote Sensing Systems (RSS). A second new product (GSSTF3) is further proposed with a finer temporal (12-h) and spatial (0.25° × 0.25°) resolution. GSSTF2b (July 1987–December 2008) and GSSTF3 (July 1999–December 2009) will be released for the research community to use by late 2009 and early 2011, respectively.

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  1. UMBC/GEST, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Chung-Lin Shie & D. Allen Chu

  2. Code 613.1, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA

    Chung-Lin Shie, Robert Adler, Eric Nelkin & William Olson

  3. GMU/CEOSR, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

    Long S. Chiu & R. Chokngamwong

  4. CUHK/ISEIS, Shatin NT, Hong Kong, China

    Long S. Chiu

  5. UMCP/ESSIC, College Park, Maryland, USA

    Robert Adler

  6. SSAI, Lanham, Maryland, USA

    Eric Nelkin

  7. NTU, Taipei, Taiwan

    I. -I. Lin

  8. NOAA/CPC, Camp Springs, Maryland, USA

    Pingping Xie

  9. CWB, Taipei, Taiwan

    Feng-Chin Wang

  10. UMBC/JCET, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    William Olson

  11. Code 613.2, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA

    D. Allen Chu

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Shie, CL., Chiu, L.S., Adler, R. et al. A note on reviving the Goddard Satellite-based Surface Turbulent Fluxes (GSSTF) dataset. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 26, 1071–1080 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-009-8138-z

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