Imaging · collection · 2023
RSS WindSat L1C Calibrated TB Version 8
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/wsa80-1crtb
The WindSat Polarimetric Radiometer, launched on January 6, 2003 aboard the Department of Defense Coriolis satellite, was designed to measure the ocean surface wind vector from space.
Description
It developed by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Remote Sensing Division and the Naval Center for Space Technology for the U.S. Navy and the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Integrated Program Office (IPO).
The dataset contains the Level 1C WindSat Top of the Atmosphere (TOA) TB processed by RSS. The WindSat radiances are turned into TOA TB after correction for hot and cold calibration anomalies, receiver non-linearities, sensor pointing errors, antenna cross-polarization contamination, spillover, Faraday rotation and polarization alignment. The data are resampled on a fixed regular 0.125 deg Earth grid using Backus-Gilbert Optimum Interpolation.
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The sampling is done separately for fore and aft looks. The 10.7, 18.7, 23.8, 37.0 GHz channels are resampled to the 10.7 GHz spatial resolution. The 6.8 GHz channels are given at their native spatial resolution.
The 10.7, 18.7, 23.8, 37.0 GHz channels are absolutely calibrated using the GMI sensor as calibration reference. The 6.8 GHz channels are calibrated using the open ocean with the RSS ocean emission model and the Amazon rain forest as calibration targets. The Faraday rotation angle (FRA) and geometric polarization basis rotation angle (PRA) were added in the last run.
Links
Get the data
- Resource opendap.earthdata.nasa.gov ↗
This dataset can be accessed with the Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol (OPeNDAP) API framework. This service enables variable and dimensional subsetting. The URL redirects to a p
metadata API · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- User's Guide archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/web-misc/WindSat/L1C/Summary_WindSat_L… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.2005.858413 ↗
T. Meissner and F. Wentz, Polarization rotation and the third Stokes parameter: the effects of spacecraft attitude and Faraday rotation, in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 44,
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- Resource doi.org/10.1109/micrad.2006.1677074 ↗
T. Meissner and F. Wentz, Ocean Retrievals for WindSat, 2006 IEEE MicroRad, 2006, pp. 119-124, doi: 10.1109/MICRAD.2006.1677074
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- Resource doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.2011.2179662 ↗
T. Meissner and F. Wentz, The Emissivity of the Ocean Surface Between 6 and 90 GHz Over a Large Range of Wind Speeds and Earth Incidence Angles,in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, v
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- PDF images.remss.com/papers/rsstech/2012_041912_Meissner_GMI_ATBD_vG.pdf ↗
T. Meissner, F. Wentz and D. Draper, 2012, GMI Calibration Algorithm and Analysis Theoretical Basis Document, report number 041912, Version-G, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA, 124 pp
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- Resource doi.org/10.1175/jtech-d-15-0212.1 ↗
F. Wentz and D. Draper, 2016, On-Orbit Absolute Calibration of the Global Precipitation Measurement Microwave Imager. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 33, 1393-1412, DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0212.1
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- Resource doi.org/10.1002/2015rs005858 ↗
F. Wentz and T. Meissner, 2016, Atmospheric absorption model for dry air and water vapor at microwave frequencies below 100?GHz derived from spaceborne radiometer observations, Radio Sci., 51, 381-391
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- Data Use and Citation Guidelines podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC ↗
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- Generic Data Readers github.com/podaac/data-readers ↗
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- Resource doi.org/10.1109/igarss.2010.5649513 ↗
T. Meissner and F. Wentz, Intercalibration of AMSR-E and WindSat brightness temperature measurements over land scenes, 2010 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2010, pp. 3218-3
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- Resource doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.2004.836867 ↗
P. Gaiser, The WindSat Spaceborne Polarimetric Microwave Radiometer: Sensor Description and Early Orbit Performance,in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, VOL. 42, NO. 11, NOVEMBER 200
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- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2559430954-POCLOUD.iso19115 ↗
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- JPEG podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/Podaac/thumbnails/RSS_WindSat_L1C_TB_V08.0.jpg ↗
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- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C2559430954-POCLOUD ↗
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- HTTPS endpoint for data browse and download cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C2559430954-POCLOUD ↗
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Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/rss-windsat-l1c-calibrated-tb-version-8-3ca9e ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/wsa80-1crtb ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=f416e790-b962-4ae3-8875-3477e44b4… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2559430954-POCLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2559430954-POCLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Bistatic Radar Cross-Section · CORIOLIS · Surface Winds · WindSat · Wind Velocity/Speed · Zenith Signal Power
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Engineering · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Satellite remote sensing 65%
Provenance · 2 source records, 22 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2559430954-POCLOUD | 8 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | f416e790-b962-4ae3-8875-3477e44b42c5 | 5 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:windsat | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-winds/surface-winds | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/ocean-winds/wind-velocity-speed | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/radar/radar-cross-section/bistatic-radar-cross-section | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/radar/radar-reflectivity/zenith-signal-power | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:remote-sensing | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:coriolis | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |