GODAS is a real-time ocean analysis and a reanalysis. It is used for monitoring, retrospective analysis as well as for providing oceanic initial conditions for the CFS. Both temperature and synthetic salinity profiles are assimilated in a 3DVAR scheme. Beginning with March 2007, altimetry sea level is assimilated.
Note that the net surface heat flux are the total surface heat flux from the NCEP reanalysis 2 plus the relaxation terms.
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National Center for Atmospheric Research Staff (Eds). Last modified 20 Jan 2017. "The Climate Data Guide: GODAS: NCEP Global Ocean Data Assimilation System." Retrieved from https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data/godas-ncep-global-ocean-data-assimilation-system.
Funding: NSF | National Science Foundation
Based at: NCAR | National Center for Atmospheric Research
A Project of: Climate Analysis Section in Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory
Created by: Climate Data Guide PIs and Staff