NSCAT Gridded Level 3 Enhanced Resolution Sigma-0 from BYU

Description

This NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) satellite Sigma-0 dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at Brigham Young University (BYU) and is generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long. The SIR technique results in an enhanced resolution image reconstruction and gridded on an equal-area grid (for non-polar regions) at 4.45 km pixel resolution stored in SIR files; polar regions are gridded using a polar-stereographic technique. A non-enhanced version is provided at 22.25 km pixel resolution in a format known as GRD files. All files are produced in IEEE formatted binary. All data files are separated and organized by region, polarization, parameter, and sampling technique (i.e., SIR vs. GRD). The regions of China and Japan are combined into a single region. In additional to Sigma-0, various statistical parameters are provided for added guidance, including but not limited to: standard deviation, measurement counts, pixel time, Sigma-0 error, and average incidence angle. For more information, please visti: http://www.scp.byu.edu/docs/NSCAT_user_notes.html

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 PO.DAAC Drive https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/ers1/open/L3/byu_scp/sigma0enhanced/docs/dLongERS1.html
21 Data Use and Citation Policy https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC
21 HTTPS endpoint for data browse and download https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C2617226510-POCLOUD
22 Thumbnail https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/Podaac/thumbnails/NSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ENHANCED.jpg
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FNSBYU-SNEN0
21 Browse granule search results in Earthdata Search https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2617226510-POCLOUD
21 Dataset User Guide https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/nscat/open/L3/byu_scp/sigma0enhanced/docs/dLongNscat.html

Tags

  • cryosphere
  • spectral-engineering
  • radar
  • earth-science
  • sea-ice

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