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HOAPS: Hamburg Ocean Atmosphere Parameters and Fluxes from Satellite Data

The Hamburg Ocean Atmosphere Parameters and Fluxes from Satellite Data (HOAPS) set is a satellite-based climatology of precipitation, evaporation and freshwater budget (evaporation minus precipitation) as well as related turbulent heat fluxes and atmospheric state variables over the global ice free oceans. All variables are derived from SSM/I passive microwave radiometers, except for the SST, which is taken from AVHRR measurements. The data set includes multi-satellite averages, inter-sensor calibration, and an efficient sea ice detection procedure. All HOAPS products have global coverage, i.e., within ±180° longitude and ±80° latitude and are only defined over the ice-free ocean surface. The products are available as monthly averages and 6-hourly composites on a regular latitude/longitude grid with a spatial resolution of 0.5° x 0.5° degrees.

Years of Record

1987/01 to 2008/12
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Formats

Timestep

Climatology | Sub-daily | Monthly | Pentad

Domain

Global

Spatial Resolution

0.5 x 0.5

Ocean or Land

Ocean Only

Missing Data Flag

missing data present

Vertical Levels

Surface Data Set

Input Data

SSM/I passive microwave radiometers, except for the SST, which is taken from AVHRR

Earth system components and main variables

Atmosphere, Evaporation, Evaporation-Precipitation, Precipitation, Radiation, Specific Humidity, Wind, Latent & sensible heat flux, Precipitable water, Ocean, SST - sea surface temperature

Suggested Data Citation

Fennig, Karsten; Andersson, Axel; Bakan, Stephan; Klepp, Christian-Phillip; Schröder, Marc (2012): Hamburg Ocean Atmosphere Parameters and Fluxes from Satellite Data - HOAPS 3.2 - Monthly Means / 6-Hourly Composites. Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring. DOI:10.5676/EUM_SAF_CM/HOAPS/V001. http://dx.doi.org/10.5676/EUM_SAF_CM/HOAPS/V001

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Key Figures

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Climate Data Guide Image: HOAPS-3: Annual mean freshwater flux (E-P) for 2005. HOAPS-3: Annual mean freshwater flux (E-P) for 2005. (Climate Data Guide; D. Shea)

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National Center for Atmospheric Research Staff (Eds). Last modified 08 Oct 2013. "The Climate Data Guide: HOAPS: Hamburg Ocean Atmosphere Parameters and Fluxes from Satellite Data." Retrieved from https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data/hoaps-hamburg-ocean-atmosphere-parameters-and-fluxes-satellite-data.

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