Identification

Title

ASCAT Ocean Surface Wind Vector Imagery

Alternative title(s)

347.056

Abstract

This data set contains ASCAT ocean surface wind vector imagery over the DYNAMO region. ASCAT is the scatterometer instrument aboard the METOP-A satellite. Products include four sub-sectors over the DYNAMO region and an overview sector. The regional sub-sectors were produced by NOAA/NESDIS and the overview sector was produced by NCAR/EOL. All images are in png format.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/347.056

protocol: https

name: ASCAT Ocean Surface Wind Vector Imagery homepage

description: Dataset homepage

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=347.056

protocol: https

name: ASCAT Ocean Surface Wind Vector Imagery Data Order Form

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

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

347.056

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

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

METOP-A

Keyword set

keyword value

Satellite

Keyword set

keyword value

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

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

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

60.00000

East bounding longitude

90.00000

North bounding latitude

10.00000

South bounding latitude

-10.00000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2011-09-09T20:27:00Z

End position

2012-04-02T19:11:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2012-11-01T14:26:00Z

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/

name: homepage

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/

name: homepage

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/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-12-26T23:51:00Z

Metadata language