Identification

Title

STAR SeaWinds Scatterometer Ocean Surface Winds Data

Alternative title(s)

251.014

Abstract

This dataset contains derived ocean surface wind vector imagery surrounding the Southern Baffin Island. Imagery of ocean surface winds at a 10m height from satellite passes were processed by NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), from near real-time data collected by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)'s SeaWinds Scatterometer instrument aboard the QuikSCAT satellite. The current empirically derived model function being used by NOAA to relate normalized radar cross-section with wind speed and direction is referred to as QSCAT1. The images have been divided into 30 x 20 degree bins for closer examination between latitudes 80N to 80S and longitudes 180W to 180E. STAR downloaded and archived 15 bins of them that cover the Southern Baffin Island and the surrounding area during the campaign period. Each bin contains the images up to 22 hours previous from update time for both ascending and descending passes. For additional information about SeaWinds or QuikSCAT, please visit JPL's Scatterometer web site at: https://winds.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/quikscat/

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu//dataset/251.014

protocol: https

description: Dataset homepage

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=251.014

protocol: https

description: Dataset order request form. Data files are made available via FTP.

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

251.014

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Resource Type

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

QuikSCAT

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-135.00000

East bounding longitude

-45.00000

North bounding latitude

75.00000

South bounding latitude

50.00000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2007-10-03T00:00:00Z

End position

2008-11-01T00:00:00Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2020-10-28T20:17:05Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

none

Limitations on public access

none

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-02-07T22:44:27Z

Metadata language

eng; USA