Global characterization of the ocean's internal gravity wave vertical wavenumber spectrum from Argo float profiles

<p>Oceanic internal gravity wave energy levels E (m^2/s^2), vertical wavenumber spectral slopes s, and vertical wavenumber scale m* (1/m) estimated by fitting the Garrett Munk model vertical wavenumber shape function to strain spectra obtained from Argo float hydrographic profiles based on the finestructure method, as discussed in Pollmann (2020): &quot;Global Characterization of the Ocean&rsquo;s Internal Wave Spectrum&quot; (<em>Journal of Physical Oceanography</em> 50.7: 1871-1891). The paper and hence this dataset are a contribution to the Collaborative Research Centre TRR181 &lsquo;Energy Transfers in Atmosphere and Ocean&rsquo; funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)&mdash;Projektnummer 274762653.&nbsp; The hydrographic profiles used in this study were collected and made freely available by the International Argo Program and the national programs that contribute to it (http://www.argo.ucsd.edu, http://argo.jcommops.org). The Argo Program is part of the Global Ocean Observing System.</p> <p>Please cite Pollmann (2020) when using this dataset.</p> <p>This dataset includes:</p> <p>a) energy density (m^2/s^2) binned into 1&deg;x1&deg; horizontal bins and averaged into 3 depth bins (300-500 m, 500-1000 m, 1000-2000 m)</p> <p>b) vertical wavenumber spectral slopes binned into 1&deg;x1&deg; horizontal bins and averaged into 3 depth bins (300-500 m, 500-1000 m, 1000-2000 m)</p> <p>c) vertical wavenumber scale m* (1/m) binned into 1&deg;x1&deg; horizontal bins and averaged into 3 depth bins (300-500 m, 500-1000 m, 1000-2000 m)</p> <p>d) latitude and longitude, defined such that, e.g., E(10,10) represents energy levels in the bin bounded by lat(10), lat(11) as well as lon(10), lon(11)</p>