Wind Diffusivity Current, Metop-A ASCAT, 0.25°, Global, Near Real Time, 2009-present (8 Day), Lon+/-180

Description

NOAA CoastWatch distributes science quality Ekman current (in zonal, meridional, and modulus sets) and Ekman upwelling data. This data begins with wind velocity measurements from the ASCAT instrument onboard EUMETSAT's Metop-A satellite. ASCAT is a microwave scatterometer designed to measure surface winds over the global ocean. NOAA CoastWatch processes wind velocity to wind stress and wind stress curl, and finally to Ekman current and Ekman upwelling. (This is an 8 day composite.)

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Background information from the source https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/infog/QA_uekm_las.html
21 Background information from the source https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/infog/QA_uekm_las.html
21 Background information from the source https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/infog/QA_uekm_las.html
0 An OPeNDAP service for gridded data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes. https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdQAekm8day_LonPM180
21 Background information from the source https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/infog/QA_uekm_las.html
0 ERDDAP's Make-A-Graph .html web page for this dataset. Create an image with a map or graph of a subset of the data. https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdQAekm8day_LonPM180.graph
0 ERDDAP's griddap service (a flavor of OPeNDAP) for gridded data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .graph, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes. https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdQAekm8day_LonPM180
21 Background information from the source https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/infog/QA_uekm_las.html
52 Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS) https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/wms/erdQAekm8day_LonPM180/request?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities
21 ERDDAP's version of the OPeNDAP .html web page for this dataset. Specify a subset of the dataset and download the data via OPeNDAP or in many different file types. https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdQAekm8day_LonPM180.html

Tags

  • coastwatch (https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/)
  • driven
  • data
  • latitude
  • real
  • diffusivity
  • altitude
  • longitude
  • near
  • oceans
  • scatterometer
  • circulation
  • wind-driven circulation
  • coastwatch
  • advanced
  • degrees
  • noaa
  • global
  • wind-driven
  • coast
  • satellites
  • earth science
  • european
  • west
  • wind
  • ocean
  • exploitation
  • qauekm
  • organisation
  • current
  • ascat
  • eumetsat
  • meteorological
  • near real time
  • time
  • ocean circulation
  • zonal
  • metop
  • wcn
  • node

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