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.
| year | ATMP | RH | SH | SST | PSAL | WSPDsc | WSPDv | WDIR | SWR | LWR | RAINtot | BPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 24.24 | 74.6 | 13.8 | 25.14 | 35.1 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 263.9 | 235.2 | 395.8 | 761.5 | 1016.8 |
| 2006 | 23.99 | 77.1 | 14.0 | 24.87 | 35.1 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 267.7 | 222.0 | 390.0 | 925.7 | 1017.1 |
| 2007 | 24.11 | 76.1 | 14.0 | 25.06 | 35.0 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 267.6 | 235.0 | 384.3 | 508.8 | 1017.4 |
| 2008 | 24.14 | 76.1 | 14.0 | 24.95 | 35.1 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 268.7 | 234.5 | 383.7 | 412.3 | 1017.9 |
| 2009 | 23.96 | 76.0 | 13.8 | 24.71 | 35.3 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 261.1 | 234.9 | 383.4 | 616.2 | 1016.7 |
| 2010 | 23.92 | 76.0 | 13.8 | 24.77 | 35.3 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 262.1 | 243.3 | 384.3 | 581.8 | 1018.0 |
| 2011 | 24.14 | 76.6 | 14.1 | 24.91 | 35.2 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 264.8 | 243.7 | 388.4 | 538.7 | 1017.8 |
| 2012 | 23.79 | 75.0 | 13.5 | 24.48 | 35.2 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 268.8 | 243.8 | 386.2 | 439.1 | 1018.0 |
| 2013 | 24.12 | 73.7 | 13.5 | 24.98 | 35.3 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 264.5 | 240.0 | 385.3 | 402.1 | 1016.9 |
| 2014 | 24.46 | 74.7 | 14.0 | 25.47 | 35.2 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 258.4 | 239.2 | 390.7 | 561.2 | 1016.1 |
| 2015 | 24.59 | 74.4 | 14.1 | 25.50 | 35.2 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 259.7 | 249.4 | 394.0 | 541.4 | 1015.4 |
| All | 24.16 | 75.4 | 13.9 | 25.02 | 35.1 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 264.3 | 238.4 | 388.5 | 570.2 | 1017.1 |
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.
| year | ATMP | SH | WSPDsc | WSPDv | QB | QH | QN | Qs | Ql | WSSsc | WSSv | WSSd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 24.29 | 14.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 | -7.5 | -143.0 | 21.5 | 222.2 | -50.3 | 0.068 | 262.0 | 262.0 |
| 2006 | 24.04 | 14.5 | 6.3 | 6.3 | -7.5 | -129.2 | 18.7 | 209.8 | -54.4 | 0.083 | 265.5 | 265.5 |
| 2007 | 24.16 | 14.4 | 6.1 | 6.1 | -7.9 | -139.2 | 14.0 | 222.1 | -61.0 | 0.078 | 268.1 | 268.1 |
| 2008 | 24.18 | 14.3 | 6.1 | 6.1 | -6.2 | -127.2 | 27.3 | 221.6 | -60.9 | 0.075 | 266.8 | 266.8 |
| 2009 | 24.00 | 14.3 | 6.0 | 6.0 | -5.6 | -125.7 | 30.8 | 221.9 | -59.8 | 0.078 | 260.0 | 260.0 |
| 2010 | 23.97 | 14.2 | 6.0 | 6.0 | -7.1 | -132.0 | 31.5 | 229.9 | -59.3 | 0.077 | 259.6 | 259.6 |
| 2011 | 24.19 | 14.4 | 6.6 | 6.6 | -6.2 | -132.6 | 35.3 | 230.3 | -56.2 | 0.086 | 262.9 | 262.9 |
| 2012 | 23.83 | 13.8 | 6.6 | 6.6 | -5.4 | -135.2 | 33.9 | 230.4 | -55.8 | 0.086 | 265.5 | 265.5 |
| 2013 | 24.16 | 13.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 | -6.0 | -133.7 | 27.5 | 226.8 | -59.4 | 0.066 | 263.5 | 263.5 |
| 2014 | 24.51 | 14.4 | 5.2 | 5.2 | -8.7 | -143.4 | 16.9 | 226.1 | -57.1 | 0.065 | 254.3 | 254.3 |
| 2015 | 24.64 | 14.6 | 5.3 | 5.3 | -7.3 | -145.1 | 29.2 | 235.7 | -54.1 | 0.068 | 258.0 | 258.0 |
| 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