Annual Means of WHOTS Reference Data Set

Data is presented for all years in which we have complete observations from the ORS buoy.

For information on data sources and variable descriptions, please see AnnualMeans.html, or mouse-over fields in tables, below.

See also model comparison page


Meteorological Means

Mouse over column headers for definitions. Values presented are at measurement height.

yearATMPRHSHSSTPSALWSPDscWSPDvWDIRSWRLWRRAINtotBPR
200524.2474.613.825.1435.16.84.9263.9235.2395.8761.51016.8
200623.9977.114.024.8735.16.85.8267.7222.0390.0925.71017.1
200724.1176.114.025.0635.07.15.7267.6235.0384.3508.81017.4
200824.1476.114.024.9535.16.55.6268.7234.5383.7412.31017.9
200923.9676.013.824.7135.36.75.4261.1234.9383.4616.21016.7
201023.9276.013.824.7735.36.85.5262.1243.3384.3581.81018.0
201124.1476.614.124.9135.27.16.1264.8243.7388.4538.71017.8
201223.7975.013.524.4835.27.06.0268.8243.8386.2439.11018.0
201324.1273.713.524.9835.36.35.1264.5240.0385.3402.11016.9
201424.4674.714.025.4735.26.54.8258.4239.2390.7561.21016.1
201524.5974.414.125.5035.26.74.8259.7249.4394.0541.41015.4
All24.1675.413.925.0235.16.85.4264.3238.4388.5570.21017.1


Surface Flux Means

Surface fluxes are calculated with the COARE 3.5 Bulk Flux algorithm (Fairall et al., 1996, 2003, Edson et al., 2012)

Wind, air temperature and specific hmidity are adjusted to standard heights

Mouse over column headers for definitions.

yearATMPSHWSPDscWSPDvQBQHQNQsQlWSSscWSSvWSSd
200524.2914.25.35.3-7.5-143.021.5222.2-50.30.068262.0262.0
200624.0414.56.36.3-7.5-129.218.7209.8-54.40.083265.5265.5
200724.1614.46.16.1-7.9-139.214.0222.1-61.00.078268.1268.1
200824.1814.36.16.1-6.2-127.227.3221.6-60.90.075266.8266.8
200924.0014.36.06.0-5.6-125.730.8221.9-59.80.078260.0260.0
201023.9714.26.06.0-7.1-132.031.5229.9-59.30.077259.6259.6
201124.1914.46.66.6-6.2-132.635.3230.3-56.20.086262.9262.9
201223.8313.86.66.6-5.4-135.233.9230.4-55.80.086265.5265.5
201324.1613.95.55.5-6.0-133.727.5226.8-59.40.066263.5263.5
201424.5114.45.25.2-8.7-143.416.9226.1-57.10.065254.3254.3
201524.6414.65.35.3-7.3-145.129.2235.7-54.10.068258.0258.0
All 24.2 14.3 5.9 5.9-6.98 -136.1 25.6 225.3-56.7 0.075 262.4 262.4





Last updated: July 5, 2018