Figures & data
Figure 1. Technical routine.
Figure 2. Spherical hexagonal discrete global based on an icosahedron.
Table 1. Resolution information of the hexagonal grid.
Figure 3. Schematic diagram of diffusing query adjacent neighbour.
Figure 4. Orientation of local plane coordinate system for rectangular grid to the hexagonal discrete grid.
Table 2. Integrated ocean data.
Figure 5. Distribution of tidal gauge stations.
Figure 6. The 9-year mean sea surface currents in the global oceans.
Figure 7. Standard deviation in global surface currents, calculated from 2010 to 2019.
Figure 8. The zonal profile of zonal mean U and longitudinal mean V.
Figure 9. U and V component error comparison.
Figure 10. Absolute Error comparison of U component based of two type of grids.
Figure 11. Absolute Error comparison of V component based of two type of grids.
Table 3. Percent of grid cells of each category.
Figure 12. RMSE of estimates from different level grids when compared to gauge stations.
