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.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FNSGDR-L2X02
22 Thumbnail https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/Podaac/thumbnails/NSCAT_LEVEL_2_V2.jpg
21 PO.DAAC Drive https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/cygnss/open/L2/v2.1/README.txt
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/C2617226657-POCLOUD
21 Browse granule search results in Earthdata Search https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2617226657-POCLOUD
33 Dataset User Guide https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/nscat/open/docs/nscat_manual.pdf

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  • oceans
  • ocean-winds
  • earth-science

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