CYGNSS Level 2 Ocean Surface Heat Flux Science Data Record Version 3.2

Description

The CYGNSS level 2 ocean surface heat flux science data record version 3.2 dataset is provided as a service to the oceanographic and meteorological research communities on behalf of the CYGNSS Science Team in direct collaboration with the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) Mission. CYGNSS was launched on 15 December 2016, it is a NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder Mission that was launched with the purpose of collecting the first frequent space‐based measurements of surface wind speeds in the inner core of tropical cyclones. Originally made up of a constellation of eight micro-satellites, the observatories provide nearly gap-free Earth coverage using an orbital inclination of approximately 35° from the equator, with a mean (i.e., average) revisit time of seven hours and a median revisit time of three hours.

This dataset provides time-tagged and geolocated ocean surface heat flux parameters with 25x25 kilometer footprint resolution from the Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument (DDMI) aboard the CYGNSS satellite constellation. The reported sample locations are determined by the specular points corresponding to the Delay Doppler Maps (DDMs). Version 3.2 uses CYGNSS Level 2 (L2) Science Data Record (SDR) Version 3.2 surface wind speeds and ECMWF Reanalysis, Version 5 (ERA5). The Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE) algorithm is what is used in this dataset to estimate the latent and sensible heat fluxes and their respective transfer coefficients. While COARE's initial intentions were for low to moderate wind speeds, the version used for this product, COARE 3.5, has been verified with direct in situ flux measurements for wind speeds up to 25 m/s. As CYGNSS does not provide air/sea temperature, humidity, surface pressure or density, the producer of this dataset obtains these values from this dataset obtains these values from ERA5. This dataset is made available from 1 August 2018 to present with an approximate 1 week latency in the netCDF-4 formatted data files, where each file contains data within a 24-hour UTC period from a combination of up to 8 unique CYGNSS spacecraft. More information on CYGNSS can be found on the CYGNSS mission page.

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5 https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov%2FCitingPODAAC
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5 https://github.com%2Fpodaac%2Fdata-readers
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5 https://cygnss.engin.umich.edu%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F534%2F2021%2F06%2FCYGNSS_Handbook_April2016.pdf
5 https://docs.google.com%2Fspreadsheets%2Fd%2F1AFAZanVGDApLSnJQAAdPfOKoJQs0jnB8ZvIuD1Z5mAc%2Fedit%23gid%3D0
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5 https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fpodaac-ops-cumulus-docs%2Fcygnss%2Fopen%2FL1%2Fdocs%2Fatt_tables%2FAttitude_Table_FM_4.txt
5 https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fpodaac-ops-cumulus-docs%2Fcygnss%2Fopen%2FL1%2Fdocs%2Fatt_tables%2FAttitude_Table_FM_5.txt
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5 https://doi.org%2F10.1109%2FJSTARS.2018.2833075
5 https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fvirtual-directory%2Fcollections%2FC2927907727-POCLOUD
5 https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov%2FOPeNDAP-in-the-Cloud
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5 https://podaac.github.io/tutorials/
5 https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC
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5 https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2016.2541343
33 cygnss_l2_sdr_heat_flux_user_guide_v3.2_final.pdf https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/cygnss/open/L2/docs/cygnss_l2_sdr_heat_flux_user_guide_v3.2_final.pdf
5 https://github.com/podaac/data-readers
5 148-0382-6_Level_2_Surface_Flux_netCDF_Data_Dictionary.xlsx https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/cygnss/open/L2/docs/148-0382-6_Level_2_Surface_Flux_netCDF_Data_Dictionary.xlsx
5 https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00218.1
33 CYGNSS_Handbook_April2016.pdf https://cygnss.engin.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/534/2021/06/CYGNSS_Handbook_April2016.pdf
5 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AFAZanVGDApLSnJQAAdPfOKoJQs0jnB8ZvIuD1Z5mAc/edit#gid=0
5 https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0337.1
21 https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11192294
5 https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2018.2833075
5 https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C2927907727-POCLOUD
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2927907727-POCLOUD
5 https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OPeNDAP-in-the-Cloud
47 Attitude_Table_FM_2.txt https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/cygnss/open/L1/docs/att_tables/Attitude_Table_FM_2.txt
47 Attitude_Table_FM_3.txt https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/cygnss/open/L1/docs/att_tables/Attitude_Table_FM_3.txt
47 Attitude_Table_FM_4.txt https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/cygnss/open/L1/docs/att_tables/Attitude_Table_FM_4.txt
47 Attitude_Table_FM_5.txt https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/cygnss/open/L1/docs/att_tables/Attitude_Table_FM_5.txt
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47 Attitude_Table_FM_8.txt https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/cygnss/open/L1/docs/att_tables/Attitude_Table_FM_8.txt
5 https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12741920
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47 Attitude_Table_FM_1.txt https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/cygnss/open/L1/docs/att_tables/Attitude_Table_FM_1.txt

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  • earth-science-ocean-temperature-oceans-sea-surface-temperature
  • earth-science-ocean-heat-budget-oceans-heat-flux-ocean-surface-latent-and-sensible-heat-fluxes

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