CYGNSS L3 Ocean Microplastic Concentration V1.0
(CYGNSS_L3_MICROPLASTIC_V1.0)| Version | 1.0 |
| Processing Level | 3 |
| Start/Stop Date | 2017-Apr-02 to 2018-Sep-25 |
| Short Name | CYGNSS_L3_MICROPLASTIC_V1.0 |
| Description | This 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). |
| DOI | 10.5067/CYGNS-L3M10 |
| Measurement | OCEANS > 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 DDMI SENSOR Name: Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument (DDMI) Swath Width: 25.0 kilometers Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator. |
| Project | Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) |
| Data Provider | Publisher: PO.DAAC Creator: CYGNSS Release Place: PO.DAAC Release Date: 2021-Nov-22 Resource: https://cygnss.engin.umich.edu/ |
| Format | netCDF-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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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