National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
United States Department of Commerce

Surface Fluxes from Ships

Surface Fluxes from Ships

10-minute latent and sensible air-sea heat fluxes and surface wind stress derived from observations taken by various ships. Example of the ship cruise tracks of R/V Sikuliaq in 2019 and R/V CGBN in 1993 -1999 are given in the figures to the right. Their corresponding flux products are available below.
Maps of ship cruise tracks
Ship Name Time Download
Sikuliaq January 3 00:10:00Z - December 23 23:50:00Z, 2019 NetCDF CSV
CGBN August 1993 - November 1997 (US waters) NetCDF CSV
CGBN August 1993 - November 1997 (Canadian waters) NetCDF CSV