NSCAT High Resolution R-MGDR, Selected Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL)

Description

The NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) Level 2.5 high-resolution reduced MGDR contains only wind vector data (sigma-0 is excluded) in 25 km wind vector cell (WVC) swaths which contain daily data from ascending and descending passes. Wind vectors are accurate to within 2 m/s (vector speed) and 20 degrees (vector direction). Wind vectors are not considered valid in rain contaminated regions; rain flags and precipitation information are not provided. Data is flagged where measurements are either missing or ambiguous. In the presence of land or sea ice winds values are set to 0. Wind vectors are processed using the NSCAT-2 geophysical model function.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Data Use and Citation Policy https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC
21 Browse granule search results in Earthdata Search https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2617226887-POCLOUD
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FNSGDR-L2R00
33 Dataset User Guide https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/pub/ocean_wind/nscat/doc/l25_usersguide.pdf
22 Thumbnail https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/Podaac/thumbnails/NSCAT_W25_RMGDR_V2.jpg
21 HTTPS endpoint for data browse and download https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C2617226887-POCLOUD

Tags

  • oceans
  • ocean-winds
  • earth-science

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