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Feel free to ask more questions here, and also utilize our Help documentation. If you are unfamiliar with Giovanni, the User Guide should be useful. https://giovanni.gsfc.nasa.gov/giovanni/doc/UsersManualworkingdocument.docx.html

Thomas, Hello. Though it might take some time, you could use our Giovanni system ( https://giovanni.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ) and generate time-series for specific locations, which could then be downloaded as both an image and as CSV data. Giovanni accepts lat/lon coordinates for specific locations. There ar...

Hello, I apologize for the delay in this response. I can answer part of your question, and we will ask our subject matter experts for additional information. Over most of the ocean, the MERRA-2 skin surface temperature is close to the oceanographic SST. There are larger differences in the polar regi...

It appears that you are looking at a file from the Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OBDAAC). What tool/software are you using to examine the data? Further replies will likely be from an OBDAAC staff member - I'm asking that question to help them out in answering your query.

Hello,

Sorry for additional questions, but what is the name of the data variable you are examining?

I/we are just attempting to determine which data center should address your question.

Hello,

What data are you working with, or alternatively, what data center is this question directed to?

I'm glad you are able to access Giovanni.

When you can, please inform me if this will help with your research efforts.

I'm glad you are able to access Giovanni.

When you can, please inform me if this will help with your research efforts.

Further information: GLDAS only has windspeed, not direction. This URL selects the GLDAS windspeed variables (different temporal resolutions). https://giovanni.gsfc.nasa.gov/giovanni/#service=TmAvMp&starttime=&endtime=&variableFacets=dataFieldMeasurement%3AWind%3BdataProductPlatformInstr...

Chloe, I would recommend using our Giovanni system, https://giovanni.gsfc.nasa.gov/ . It provides windspeed and wind direction data from both the Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) and the Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications Version 2 (MERRA-2). Giovanni is not ...