NSCAT Level 2 Ocean Wind Vector Geophysical Data Record

Description

The NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) Level 2 ocean wind vectors in 50 km wind vector cell (WVC) swaths 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, ambiguous, or contaminated by land/sea ice. Winds are calculated using the NSCAT-2 model function. This is the most up-to-date version, which designates the final phase of calibration, validation and science data processing, which was completed in November of 1998, on behalf of the JPL NSCAT Project; wind vectors are processed using the NSCAT-2 geophysical model function.

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5 https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov%2FCitingPODAAC
5 https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fpodaac-ops-cumulus-docs%2Fnscat%2Fopen%2Fdocs%2Fnscat_manual.pdf
5 https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fvirtual-directory%2Fcollections%2FC2617226657-POCLOUD
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fsearch%2Fgranules%3Fp%3DC2617226657-POCLOUD
5 https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov%2FPodaac%2Fthumbnails%2FNSCAT_LEVEL_2_V2.jpg
5 https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC
33 nscat_manual.pdf https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/nscat/open/docs/nscat_manual.pdf
5 https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C2617226657-POCLOUD
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2617226657-POCLOUD
22 NSCAT_LEVEL_2_V2.jpg https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/Podaac/thumbnails/NSCAT_LEVEL_2_V2.jpg
5 https://lance.nsstc.nasa.gov/amsr2-science/data/level2/rain/R02/
5 https://lance.itsc.uah.edu/amsr2-science/data/level2/rain/R02/
5 https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/near-real-time
5 https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?l=AMSRU2_Columnar_Water_Vapor_Night,AMSRU2_Columnar_Water_Vapor_Day,AMSRU2_Surface_Precipitation_Night,AMSRU2_Surface_Precipitation_Day,Coastlines,MODIS_Terra_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor
5 https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/all-data-recipes#drp-formatcon
34 AMSR_U2_Rain.png https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/browse_sample/lance/AMSR_U2_Rain.png
5 https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
5 https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C2617226657-POCLOUD
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2617226657-POCLOUD
22 NSCAT_LEVEL_2_V2.jpg https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/Podaac/thumbnails/NSCAT_LEVEL_2_V2.jpg
5 https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC
33 nscat_manual.pdf https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/nscat/open/docs/nscat_manual.pdf
0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2617226657-POCLOUD.iso19115

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