Dr. Rob Scott
Data
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The first baroclinic Rossby radius of deformation, and corresponding gravity-wave phase speed have been calculated recently by Chelton et al. 1998. To make it easier to use, I've put their data into a netCDF file, (which contains the grid and units information), using this FORTRAN 90 program, and ferret script. Please see Chelton deSzoeke and Schlax's web page for more info on the data, and the appropriate citation information.
Click here to obtain the netCDF file of Rossby radius, lr, and phase speed, c.
References
Chelton, D. B., R. A. deSzoeke, M. G. Schlax, K. El Naggar and N. Siwertz, 1998: Geographical variability of the first-baroclinic Rossby radius of deformation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 28, 433-460.