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SeaWinds QuikSCAT Scatterometer Ocean Winds from Remote Sensing Systems
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The SeaWinds instrument on the QuikSCAT satellite is a specialized radar that measures near-surface wind speed and direction at a 25 km resolution.
Description
This instrument has been measuring winds over approximately 90% of the ice-free ocean since 19 July 1999. These data were prepared by Remote Sensing Systems (RSS).
A new geophysical model function, called Ku-2001, was used in this version of the dataset and is considered an improvement over the earlier Ku-2000 and the old NSCAT-2 functions because of more accurate retrievals of high winds (greater than 30 m/s). The dataset time series ends in June 2002, however, continuing data are available from RSS. Many more details concerning the Ku-2001 data are available from the RSS website [remss.com/].
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These data are also directly available from RSS. Notice 07/28/2006: JPL PO.DAAC has initiated reprocessing of all ADEOS-II and QuikSCAT data with superior algorithms for retrievals in high wind speed and light rain areas. This reprocessing could effect this dataset.
More information is available at JPL PO.DAAC [podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/].
Links
Get the data
- Resource Homepage doi.org/10.5065/rwas-4015 ↗
download · DOI / persistent id · from data ucar edu
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/seawinds-quikscat-scatterometer-ocean-winds-from-remot… ↗
National Center for Atmospheric Research dataset page
landing page · from data ucar edu
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=c0f44cae-6656-4739-abd8-4c8a3ec18… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
- Inferred from text
- Satellite remote sensing 65%
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
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| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:remote-sensing | enrichment · data ucar edu | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
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