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Each netcdf file's name is labelled: v_gekco_exp_b_YYYYMMDD.nc with YYYYMMDD: date of the data (YYYY: year, MM: month, DD: day)

Each daily file includes 11 fields corresponding to the GEKCO product :

- Longitude in degrees: lon (vector field)
- Latitude in degrees: lat (vector field)
- Absolute Dynamic Topography (from AVISO DT_MADT_UPD) in (cm): h (matrix field)
- Zonal wind stress component (from NCDC Blended product) in (Pa): tx (matrix field)
- Meridional wind stress component (from NCDC Blended product) in (Pa): ty (matrix field)
- Zonal geostrophic current component in (cm/s): ug (matrix field)
- Meridional geostrophic current component in (cm/s): vg (matrix field)
- Zonal Ekman current component in (cm/s): ue (matrix field)
- Meridional Ekman current component (cm/s): ve (matrix field)
- Zonal total surface current : sum of zonal geostrophic and Ekman current component in (cm/s): u (matrix field)
- Meridional total surface current : sum of meridional geostrophic and Ekman current component in (cm/s): v (matrix field)

Note : the flag value for each field is 999 (missing values in the netcdf file)

2. Disclaimer and term of use policy

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF USE AND DISCLAIMER CAREFULLY BEFORE USING GEKCO DATA. BY ACCESSING OR USING GEKCO DATA, YOU AGREE TO THE DISCLAIMER AND ALL OTHER TERMS PROVIDED BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE DISCLAIMER AND ALL OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THESE DATA.

Disclaimer

All such items and materials are provided on an "as is" basis, and you are fully and solely responsible of these items and materials and for any results or consequences of their use.

Term of use

By using the GEKCO product, the users accept the following data policy. Commercial use is prohibited.

The GEKCO product is provided free of charge under the condition that it is exclusively used for scientific studies and experiments. This implies that:
- Copying the GEKCO product for use by third parties is forbidden
- Granting access to the GEKCO product for use by third parties is forbidden
- Commercial use of the GEKCO product, or products directly derived from them, is forbidden

We encourage that the users communicate to Joël Sudre any problem they find with the GEKCO product ( joel.sudre@legos.obs-mip.fr).

Acknowledgements:

Please do not forget to mention the following sentence in all publications or communications referring to a work based on the GEKCO product: “The GEKCO product used in this study was developed by Joël Sudre at LEGOS, France”

Reference:

Joël Sudre, Christophe Maes and Véronique Garçon, On the global estimates of geostrophic and Ekman surface currents, Limnology and Oceanography: Fluids and Environments, 2013, 3, pp 1–20, DOI 10.1215/21573689-2071927