Forcing the ocean
Up-dated description of the DFS5 forcing data set: The making of Drakkar forcing set DFS5. Dussin, R., B. Barnier and L. Brodeau, 2016. DRAKKAR/MyOcean Report 01-04-16, LGGE, Grenoble, France.
Older (obsolete) reference report for DFS5.1: (period 1979-2010) Dussin R., and Barnier B., 2013: The making of DFS5.1. Drakkar project report. 40 p. LGGE, Grenoble France.
Reference publication for DFS3 and DFS4:
Brodeau, L., B. Barnier, A.M. Treguier, T. Penduff, S. Gulev, 2009: An ERA40-based atmospheric forcing for global ocean circulation models. Ocean Modelling, 31, 88-104, doi: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.10.005
There is a freely available version of the paper on the ARCHIMER web site:
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/11154/14032.pdf
Contact: Bernard Barnier, LEGI, Grenoble.