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Metop-B ASCAT Inter-Calibrated ESDR Level 2 Observed and Modeled Spatial Derivatives of Surface Wind and Wind Stress Version 1.0
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/esasb-l2wd10
Description
This dataset contains the curl and divergence of ocean surface equivalent neutral wind and wind stress, derived from satellite-based scatterometer observations (the MetOp-B ASCAT scatterometer), representing the first science quality release of these data (post-provisional after v1.0) funded under the MEaSUREs program. This product from MetOp-B ASCAT has been intercalibrated with similar scatterometer measurements from instruments on the MetOp-A, ScatSat-1, and QuikScat satellites, all of which can be found on the MEaSUREs OSVW
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Page. These Level 2 data are provided on a non-uniform grid within the satellite swath at ~12.5 km pixel resolution. Each L2 file corresponds to a specific orbital revolution number, which begins at the southernmost point of the ascending orbit - the thumbnail preview shows data for all orbits over a day (typically 14 orbits).
Estimates for the curls and divergences are computed over several spatial domains with varying radii from the point of interest, and included as separate variables. The dataset represents the first science quality release funded under the MEaSUREs (Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments) program. The primary purpose of this release is for science evaluation by the NASA International Ocean Vector Winds Science Team (IOVWST).
This V1.0 of the data was derived from V1.1 of the L2 wind and stress product.
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
- Data Use and Citation Guidelines podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/measures_ocean_surface_wind_vectors/op… ↗
User Guide describing the project, objectives, processing algorithms, and data products
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3401765750-POCLOUD.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Resource harmony.earthdata.nasa.gov ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- github.com /podaac/data-subscriber ↗
This dataset can be downloaded using the podaac-data-subscriber (the recommended tool for bulk downloading PO.DAAC data). It is a Python package for downloading one or many files using the command lin
download · from NASA CMR
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C3401765750-POCLOUD ↗
Browse granule search results in Earthdata Search
download · from NASA CMR
- HTTPS endpoint for data browse and download cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C3401765750-POCLOUD ↗
download · from NASA CMR
- JPEG podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/Podaac/thumbnails/ASCATB_ESDR_L2_WSDERIV_V1.0.jpg ↗
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- Resource podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/MEaSUREs-OSVW ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/metop-b-ascat-inter-calibrated-esdr-level-2-observed-a… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/esasb-l2wd10 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=4113fa42-8303-42de-b2fc-277d33a95… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3401765750-POCLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3401765750-POCLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Advanced Scatterometer · Convergence/Divergence · Meteorological Operational Satellite - B · Vorticity
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Atmospheric sciences 71%
Provenance · 2 source records, 19 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C3401765750-POCLOUD | 8 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 4113fa42-8303-42de-b2fc-277d33a95c92 | 5 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3701 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (71%) |
| 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: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:ascat | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/ocean-winds/convergence-divergence | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/ocean-winds/vorticity | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:metop-b | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@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 · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |