NSCAT Scatterometer Ocean Winds, Level 2

NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) global ocean surface winds are determined from sigma-naught backscatter. JPL has provided the data, and the satellite provided only a short archive (September 1996 to June 1997) before failure. The near surface wind speeds were determined with the NSCAT-1 model function.

Several forms of NSCAT data are available. * Level 2B orbit swath data. * 0.5-degree by 0.5-degree twice daily gridded fields, 75S to 75N. * In July 1998 a collection of 11 CDROMs containing the Level 2 (50 km), Level 3 (daily average), and Level 2 (25 km) NSCAT were received and archived in the DSS CDROM collection. These CDROMs have a full collection of documentation, read access software, browse images, and ancillary information.

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  • Zaihua Ji
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    UCAR/NCAR - Research Data Archive

Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1996-09
    End:  1997-06

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1996-09
Temporal Range End 1997-06
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format HDF4 (Binary)
Binary
Standardized Resource Format Binary
HDF
Asset Size 62700 MB
Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Access Constraints None
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name Zaihua Ji
Resource Support Email zji@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization UCAR/NCAR - Research Data Archive
Distributor NCAR Research Data Archive
Metadata Contact Name N/A
Metadata Contact Email rdahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NCAR Research Data Archive

Author Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Publisher Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory
Publication Date 1996-12-06
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/T7RM-ZY65
Alternate Identifier d744001
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category oceans
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-08-04T02:11:41Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.rda::d744001
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA. (1996). NSCAT Scatterometer Ocean Winds, Level 2. Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/T7RM-ZY65. Accessed 16 September 2024.

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