CYGNSS L3 Ocean Microplastic Concentration V1.0

(CYGNSS_L3_MICROPLASTIC_V1.0)
Version1.0
Processing Level3
Start/Stop Date2017-Apr-02 to 2018-Sep-25
Short NameCYGNSS_L3_MICROPLASTIC_V1.0
DescriptionThis dataset contains the version 1.0 CYGNSS level 3 ocean microplastic concentration data record, which provides 18 netCDF files, each containing one month of daily gridded maps of microplastic number density (#/km^2). Microplastic concentration number density is indirectly estimated by an empirical relationship between ocean surface roughness and wind speed (Evans and Ruf, 2021). User caution is advised in regions containing independent, non-correlative factors affecting ocean surface roughness, such as anomalous atmospheric conditions within the Intertropical Convergence Zone, biogenic surfactants (such as algal blooms), oil spills, etc. This product reports microplastic concentration on a daily temporal and 0.25-degree latitude/longitude spatial grid with 30-day, 1 degree latitude/longitude feature resolution, as constrained by the binning and spatiotemporal averaging of the Mean Square Slope (MSS) anomaly (i.e., difference between measured and predicted ocean surface roughness for a given wind speed).
DOI10.5067/CYGNS-L3M10
MeasurementOCEANS > WATER QUALITY > SEA SURFACE CONTAMINANTS
Platform/Sensor
CYGNSS
Platform
Name: Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS)
Orbit Period: 94.0 minutes
Inclination Angle: 35.0 degrees
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DDMI
SENSOR
Name: Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument (DDMI)
Swath Width: 25.0 kilometers
Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator.

ProjectCyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS)
Data ProviderPublisher: PO.DAAC
Creator: CYGNSS
Release Place: PO.DAAC
Release Date: 2021-Nov-22
Resource: https://cygnss.engin.umich.edu/

FormatnetCDF-4
Keyword(s)cygnss, ddm, ddmi, doppler, delay doppler, delay, specular point, wind, winds, wind speed, microplastic, sea surface contaminants, water quality, version 1.0, v1.0, version 1, v1
Questions related to this dataset? Contact podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov
Resolution
Spatial Resolution: 0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees
Temporal Resolution: Daily - < Weekly
 
Coverage
Region: GLOBAL
North Bounding Coordinate: 37.125 degrees
South Bounding Coordinate: -37.125 degrees
West Bounding Coordinate: -180 degrees
East Bounding Coordinate: 180 degrees
Time Span: 2017-Apr-02 to 2018-Sep-25
Granule Time Span: 2017-Mar-18 to 2018-Sep-25
 
Projection
Projection Type: Cylindrical Lat Lon
Projection Detail: Geolocation information included for each pixel
Ellipsoid: WGS 84
 
PUBLICATIONS
  • http://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2021.3081691
    Evans M. C., and Ruf C. S., (2021). Toward the Detection and Imaging of Ocean Microplastics with a Spaceborne Radar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
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Citation CYGNSS. 2021. CYGNSS Level 3 Microplastic Concentration Retrievals Version 1.0. Ver. 1.0. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/CYGNS-L3M10

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Journal Reference Evans M. C., and Ruf C. S.. 2021. Toward the Detection and Imaging of Ocean Microplastics with a Spaceborne Radar, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. https://doi.org//10.1109/TGRS.2021.3081691