The DRAKKAR project develops consistent global forcing datasets based on a combination of ECMWF analyses and reanalysis and observed flux data, called "Drakkar forcing sets" (DFS).
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.
Contact: Bernard Barnier, LEGI, Grenoble.