S-MODE Pre-Pilot Level 1 Data from the Ka-band Ocean Doppler Scatterometer (KaBODS) at the Air-Sea Interaction Tower Version 1

Description

This data set includes tower-based Ka-band ocean surface backscatter measurements (cross section, incidence angle, radial velocity from radar, pulse-pair correlation) located offshore of Martha’s Vineyard (41°19.5′N, 70°34′W), Massachusetts (USA) over a period of three months, from October 2019 to January 2020. Data from the Ka-band radar are collected at multiple distances from the tower (up to ~32 m) at several incidence angles and at sub-second resolution. The measurements are provided as hourly files in netCDF format.

Ka-band backscatter data are often utilized to derived ocean surface vector winds. The instrument used for this dataset was a Ka-Band Ocean continuous wave Doppler Scatterometer (KaBODS) built by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, which was installed on the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Air-Sea Interaction Tower (ASIT). The tower is located in 15 m deep water and extends 76 feet into the marine atmosphere. Data were collected as part of a pre-pilot campaign for the S-MODE (Submesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment) project. The measurements provided the opportunity to develop Ka-band backscatter models as well as study backscattering mechanisms under different wind, wave, and weather conditions in order to support operation of the airborne Ka-band Doppler scatterometer used during the main S-MODE intensive observation periods.

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%2FSMODE-KABODS
21 PO.DAAC Landing Page for the S-MODE Project (field campaign, instruments, available data sets, cruise reports, other resources/links related to the project as a whole) http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/s-mode
22 Thumbnail https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/Podaac/thumbnails/SMODE_L1_ASIT_KABODS_V1.jpg
21 Data Use and Citation Policy https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC
21 Browse and download granules over HTTPS using the virtual directories https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C2162113242-POCLOUD
21 Browse granule search results in Earthdata Search https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2162113242-POCLOUD
21 Description of the instrument, data collection, processing algorithms, and algorithm validation https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14092067

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  • spectral-engineering
  • radar
  • earth-science

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