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2015	Seasonal variability of salinity and salt transport in the northern Indian Ocean, Journal of Physical Oceanography,https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-14-0210.1
2015	Evolution and sub-surface characteristics of a sea-surface temperature filament and front in the northeastern Arabian Sea during November–December 2012, Journal of Marine Systems,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2015.05.003
2015	ESR. 2009. OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents. Ver. 1. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed (14 Feb. 2014). TRACKING VESSELS TO ILLEGAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGES USING MULTISOURCE VESSEL INFORMATION., 36th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-7-W3-927-2015
2015	PODAAC (Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/OSCAR_L4_OC_third-deg. Anomalous Appearance of Fish in Tambisan and Clams in Lumut during December 2013-January 2014: An Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction-Based Analysis, International Journal of Earth and Atmospheric Science
2015	Connectivity of marine protected areas and its relation with total kinetic energy, PloS one,https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139601
2015	DopSCAT: A mission concept for simultaneous measurements of marine winds and surface currents, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JC011011
2015	Dynamics and variability of the Subantarctic mixed-layer as determined from a high resolution glider dataset
2016	Windwaveinduced velocity in ATI SAR ocean surface currents: First experimental evidence from an airborne campaign, Journal of,https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JC011459
2016	Earth Space Research (ESR), 2009. OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents. Ver 1. http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/OSCAR_L4_OC_third-deg, pO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [2016-04-05] Risk assessment for marine spills along European coastlines, Marine pollution bulletin,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.09.015
2016	J-OFURO3, nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp
2016	Validation of Satellite-Derived Salinity in the Equatorial Pacific With Specific Emphasis on the 201415 ENSO Event, IEEE Geoscience and Remote,https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2016.2619980
2016	Utilization Of Satellite-Derived Salinity For ENSO Studies And Climate Indices
2016	Satellite Remote Sensing in Support of Fisheries Management in Global Oceans, Earth Science Satellite Applications,https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33438-7
2016	SMAP observes flooding from land to sea: The Texas event of 2015, Geophysical,https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL070821
2017	Hausman, J., Bonjean, F., and Dohan, K. (2009). Ocean Surface Current Analysis (OSCAR) Third Degree Resolution Users Handbook. ftp://podaac-ftp.jpl.nasa.gov/allData/oscar/preview/L4/oscar_third_deg/docs/oscarthirdguide.pdf. Online; date accessed: 23 Jan 2017 Shelf-edge exchange in a numerical model of the Shetland shelf, PhD Thesis,https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/handle/10044/1/52909
2017	A comparison of sea surface salinity in the equatorial Pacific Ocean during the 19971998, 20122013, and 20142015 ENSO events, Climate Dynamics,https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-017-3527-y
2017	Parrotfish recruitment revisited: a key role for sea surface currents, Environmental Biology of Fishes,https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-017-0673-3
2017	El NioSouthern Oscillationtime scale covariation of sea surface salinity and freshwater flux in the western tropical and northern subtropical Pacific, Geophysical Research,https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073573
2017	Ocean surface currents from satellite data, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC012961
2017	Ocean Surface Current Inversion Method for a Doppler Scatterometer, IEEE Transactions on,https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2017.2728824
2017	Do the Brazilian sardine commercial landings respond to local ocean circulation?, PloS one,https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176808
2017	Interannual Variation in Offshore Advection of AmazonOrinoco Plume Waters: Observations, Forcing Mechanisms, and Impacts, Journal of,https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC013103
2017	An efficient SPDE approach for El Ni\~ no, arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.04144
2017	ESR. (2009) OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents. Ver. 1. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [2017-07-08] at http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/OSCAR-03D01. Association of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) with thermo-biological frontal systems of the eastern tropical Pacific, PloS one,https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182599
2018	ESR (2009). OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents. Ver. 1. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.5067/OSCAR-03D01 Argo observations of the Deep Mixing Band in the Southern Ocean: a salinity modeling challenge, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014275
2018	BoBBLE: Ocean–Atmosphere Interaction and Its Impact on the South Asian Monsoon, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society,https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0230.1
2018	Causes and evolution of the southeastern tropical Atlantic warm event in early 2016, Climate Dynamics,https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4582-8
2018	[28] ESR, 2009. OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents. Ver. 1. PO.DAAC, CA, USA, http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/OSCAR-03D01. (Accessed 30 May 2016). Numerical low-rank approximation of matrix differential equations, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cam.2018.01.035
2018	Dual-Polarized Backscatter Features of Surface Currents in the Open Ocean during Typhoon Lan (2017), Remote Sensing,https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10060875
2018	Origins of eddy kinetic energy in the Bay of Bengal, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC013455
2018	Physical forces determine the annual bloom intensity of the giant jellyfish Nemopilema nomurai off the coast of Korea, Regional Studies in Marine Science,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2018.07.003
2018	Processos oceanográficos e climáticos preditores de encalhes de tartarugas marinhas em praias do Paraná., N/A,N/A
2018	Earth Space Research (2009). OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents. Ver. 1. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. https://doi.org/10.5067/OSCAR-03D01 Refined Estimates of Net Community Production in the Subarctic Northeast Pacific Derived From ΔO2/Ar Measurements With N2O‐Based Corrections for Vertical …, Global Biogeochemical Cycles,https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GB005792
2018	How oceanography influences Fishery Biology?-A Case of distribution differences in carnivorous and planktivorous fishes along the Coastal Waters of Eastern …, CMFRI Open Access Institutional Repository,N/A
2018	Salinification in the South China Sea since late 2012: A reversal of the freshening since the 1990s, Geophysical Research Letters,https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076574
2018	Impacts of the Mesoscale Ocean‐Atmosphere Coupling on the Peru‐Chile Ocean Dynamics: The Current‐Induced Wind Stress Modulation, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC013294
2018	Sea surface kinetic energy as a proxy for mesoscale light limitation for phyoplankton in the Southern Ocean, N/A,N/A
2018	Seasonal patterns of Patagonian sprat Sprattus fuegensis early life stages in an open sea Sub-Antarctic Marine Protected Area, Polar Biology,https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2352-z
2018	Improving the spatial allocation of marine mammal and sea turtle biomasses in spatially explicit ecosystem models, Marine Ecology Progress Series,https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12640
2018	Sensitivity of the Bay of Bengal upper ocean to different winds and river input conditions, Journal of Marine Systems,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2018.08.001
2018	[28] “OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents,” https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/OSCAR_L4_OC_ third-deg, 2015. Accessed: 2018-03. Simulation-based UAS Swarm Selection for Monitoring and Detection of Migrant Border Crossings, 2018 Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference,https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-3504
2018	Internship and master thesis: Sensitive Analysis of Added Power of Ships on Seaways,N/A
2018	ESR. 2009. OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents. Ver. 1. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [2018-03-20] at http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/OSCAR-03D01. Spatial Ecology and Movement Patterns of Deep-Diving Odontocetes in the Western North Atlantic, N/A,N/A
2018	Spatial variability and abundance pattern of Indian squid off Maharashtra coast, India, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India,https://doi.org/10.6024/jmbai.2018.60.2.2073-07
2018	Managing an invasive corallimorph at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Line Islands, Central Pacific, Biological Invasions,https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-018-1696-1
2018	ESR, 2009: OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents. Version 1, PO.DAAC, accessed 7 August 2017, https://doi.org/10.5067/OSCAR-03D01. Statistical inversion of surface ocean kinematics from sea surface temperature observations, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology,https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-18-0057.1
2018	Marathon penguins–Reasons and consequences of long-range dispersal in Fiordland penguins/Tawaki during the pre-moult period, PloS one,N/A
2018	Submesoscale processes at shallow salinity fronts in the Bay of Bengal: Observations during the winter monsoon, Journal of Physical Oceanography,https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-16-0283.1
2018	S3 ESR (2009). OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents. Ver. 1. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [2018-10-08] at http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/OSCAR-03D01. Supplemental Information Female-biased stranding in Magellanic penguins, Current Biology,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.11.023
2018	ESR. 2009. OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents. Ver. 1. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/OSCAR-03D01. The perfect storm: can sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) strandings in the North Sea be linked to storm activity?, N/A,N/A
2018	Transport between Palau and the Eastern Coral Triangle: Larval connectivity or near misses, Geophysical Research Letters,https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL077493
2018	“OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents.” NASA. 22 Nov. 2013. URL:https://gcmd.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/Metadata.do?Portal=daacs&KeywordPath=Parameters%7COCEANS%7COCEAN+CIRCULATION&OrigMetadataNode=GCMD&EntryId=PODAAC-OSCAR- 03D01&MetadataView=Full&MetadataType=0&lbnode=mdlb3 [cited: 6 Feb. 2017]. UAV Swarms for Migration Flow Monitoring and Search and Rescue Mission Support, 2018 AIAA Information Systems-AIAA Infotech @ Aerospace,https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-1489
2018	Using habitat models for chinstrap penguins Pygoscelis antarctica to advise krill fisheries management during the penguin breeding season, Diversity and Distributions,https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12817
2018	Voyage Optimization Algorithms for Ship Safety and Energy-efficiency, N/A ,N/A
2019	Biofloat observations of a phytoplankton bloom and carbon export in the Drake Passage, Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2019.02.004
2019	Modeling the dynamic habitats of mobile pelagic predators (Makaira nigricans and Istiompax indica) in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Marine Ecology Progress Series,https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12996
2019	Variability of the South Pacific subtropical surface salinity maximum, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014598
2019	Causes and evolution of the southeastern tropical Atlantic warm event in early 2016, Climate dynamics,https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4582-8
2019	Characteristics of the discontinuity of western boundary current in the Bay of Bengal, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015235
2019	ESR. (2009). OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents. http://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5067/OSCAR‐03D01 Characterization of intraseasonal kelvin waves in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014838
2019	Circumpolar frontal systems as potential feeding grounds of Southern Right whales, Progress in Oceanography,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102123
2019	ESR. 2009. OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents. Ver. 1. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [2018-05-22] at (https://podaac-www.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/OSCAR_L4_OC_third- deg?ids=Measurement&values=Ocean%20Circulation). Newly Discovered migratory corridor and foraging ground for Atlantic green turtles, Chelonia mydas, nesting on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, BioRxiv,https://doi.org/10.1101/556191
2019	Common cause for severe droughts in South America and marine heatwaves in the South Atlantic, Nature Geoscience,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0393-8
2019	with Dual-Sensor Lagrangian Drifters During SPURS-2, Oceanography,https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.214
2019	ESR, . OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents. PO.DAAC, CA, USA, 1 edition, 2009. Dataset accessed 2016-03-01. Observations of Anticyclones in Hawai 'i Using Surface Drifters, N/A,N/A
2019	Earth Space Research, 2009: OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents, version 1. PO.DAAC, accessed 20 January 2016, https://doi.org/10.5067/OSCAR-03D01. On the Seasonal Cycle of the Tropical South Indian Ocean. Part I: Mixed Layer Heat and Salt Budgets, Journal of Climate,https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0036.1
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2019	ESR, 2009: OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents, version 1. PO.DAAC, accessed 22 August 2018, https://doi.org/10.5067/OSCAR-03D01. Glider observations of a mesoscale oceanic island wake, Journal of Physical …,https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-18-0233.1
2019	Signature of La Niña in interannual variations of the East India Coastal Current during spring, Climate dynamics,https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4601-9
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2019	Earth Space Research. OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents. Ver. 1. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. 2009. [cited 2018 Nov 20]. Individual variation in migratory movements of chinstrap penguins leads to widespread occupancy of ice-free winter habitats over the continental shelf and deep …, PloS one,https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226207
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DOI	10.5067/OSCAR-03D01
Short Name	OSCAR_L4_OC_third-deg
Description	OSCAR (Ocean Surface Current Analysis Real-time) contains near-surface ocean current estimates, derived using quasi-linear and steady flow momentum equations. The horizontal velocity is directly estimated from sea surface height, surface vector wind and sea surface temperature. These data were collected from the various satellites and in situ instruments. The model formulation combines geostrophic, Ekman and Stommel shear dynamics, and a complementary term from the surface buoyancy gradient. Data are on a 1/3 degree grid with a 5 day resolution. OSCAR is generated by Earth Space Research (ESR) https://www.esr.org/research/oscar/oscar-surface-currents/
Version	1
Dataset Type	PREVIEW
Measurement	OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS > NONE
Processing Level	4
Coverage	Region: Global Northernmost Latitude: 66 degrees Southernmost Latitude: -66 degrees Westernmost Longitude: -180 degrees Easternmost Longitude: 180 degrees Time Span: 1992-Oct-21 to Present Granule Time Span: 1992-Oct-21 to 2020-Aug-06
Resolution	Spatial Resolution: 0.33 degrees (Latitude) x 0.33 degrees (Longitude) Temporal Resolution: 5 Day
Projection	Type: Gridded Detail: Ellipsoid:
Latency	120 hours
Platform/Sensor	ENVISAT Platform Name: Environmental Satellite (ENVISAT) Orbit Period: 100.59 minutes Inclination Angle: 98.55 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / RA-2 SENSOR Name: Radar Altimeter 2 (RA-2) Swath Width: 5 km Description: Nadir pointing radar altimeter measuring at 13.575 GHz (Ku band) and 3.2 GHz (S band) METOP-A Platform Name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A (METOP-A) Orbit Period: 101.3 minutes Inclination Angle: 98.7 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / AVHRR-3 SENSOR Name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3 (AVHRR-3) Swath Width: 2400 km Description: The AVHRR is a radiation-detection imager that can be used for remotely determining cloud cover and the surface temperature. Note that the term surface can mean the surface of the Earth, the upper surfaces of clouds, or the surface of a body of water. NOAA-16 Platform Name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16 (NOAA-16) Orbit Period: 102.1 minutes Inclination Angle: 99 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / AVHRR-3 SENSOR Name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3 (AVHRR-3) Swath Width: 2400 km Description: The AVHRR is a radiation-detection imager that can be used for remotely determining cloud cover and the surface temperature. Note that the term surface can mean the surface of the Earth, the upper surfaces of clouds, or the surface of a body of water. NOAA-17 Platform Name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17 (NOAA-17) Orbit Period: 101.2 minutes Inclination Angle: 98.7 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / AVHRR-3 SENSOR Name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3 (AVHRR-3) Swath Width: 2400 km Description: The AVHRR is a radiation-detection imager that can be used for remotely determining cloud cover and the surface temperature. Note that the term surface can mean the surface of the Earth, the upper surfaces of clouds, or the surface of a body of water. NOAA-19 Platform Name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19 (NOAA-19) Orbit Period: 102.12 minutes Inclination Angle: 98.74 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / AVHRR-3 SENSOR Name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3 (AVHRR-3) Swath Width: 2400 km Description: The AVHRR is a radiation-detection imager that can be used for remotely determining cloud cover and the surface temperature. Note that the term surface can mean the surface of the Earth, the upper surfaces of clouds, or the surface of a body of water. JASON-1 Platform Name: JASON-1 (JASON-1) Orbit Period: 112.43 minutes Inclination Angle: 66.04 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / POSEIDON-2 SENSOR Name: JASON-1 RADAR ALTIMETER (POSEIDON-2) Swath Width: - km Description: The Poseidon-2 altimeter, operating at 13.575 GHz (Ku band) and 5.3 GHz (C band), is the primary sensor for the JASON-1 mission. The measurements made at the two frequencies are combined to obtain measurements of the altimeter range, wind speed, significant wave height, and the ionospheric correction. The Poseidon-2 package consists of dual redundant altimeter units each of which has low mass and low power consumption. JASON-1 Platform Name: JASON-1 (JASON-1) Orbit Period: 112.43 minutes Inclination Angle: 66.04 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer SENSOR Name: JASON-1 MICROWAVE RADIOMETER (JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer) Swath Width: 22.9 km Description: The JMR measures the sea surface microwave brightness temperatures at three frequencies (18.7 GHz, 23.8 GHz and 34.0 GHz) to provide the total water vapor content in the troposphere along the altimeter beam. The 23.8 GHz channel is the primary channel for water-vapor measurement and is a redundant channel on the JMR. The 18.7 GHz channel provides a correction for wind-induced effects in the sea surface background emissions, and the 34.0 GHz channel provides a correction for cloud liquid water. The measurements are combined to obtain the error in the satellite range measurements caused by pulse delay due to the water vapor. QUIKSCAT Platform Name: QUIKSCAT (QUIKSCAT) Orbit Period: 100.93 minutes Inclination Angle: 98.6 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / SEAWINDS SENSOR Name: SeaWinds Scatterometer (SEAWINDS) Swath Width: 1800 km Description: SeaWinds is a Ku-band (13.4 GHz) Scatterometer which features a single circular scanning dish antenna to provide pencil-beam measurements, as opposed to the common fan beam design as seen with other spaceborne scatterometers. The pencil-beam design has several key advantages over the more common fan beam design: higher signal-to-noise ratio, smaller size, and superior coverage. The SeaWinds single antenna utilizes twin offset feeds, thus providing two pencil-beam footprint paths with an elliptical sampling footprint of approximately 25 km (in azimuth) by 37 km (in look/range direction); these pencil beams have opposing polarizations (i.e., vertical and horizontal), thus achieving dual-polarization. The SeaWinds instrument provides a full 1800 km-wide swath coverage (including the nadir region), which allows for a nominal daily measurement coverage of 90% over the ice-free oceans. TOPEX/POSEIDON Platform Name: Topography Experiment/Poseidon (TOPEX/POSEIDON) Orbit Period: 112.43 minutes Inclination Angle: 66.04 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / ALT (TOPEX) SENSOR Name: TOPEX ALTIMETER (ALT (TOPEX)) Swath Width: 5 km Description: A satellite altimeter consists of a transmitter that sends out very sharp pulses, a sensitive receiver to record the pulse after it is reflected from the sea surface, and an accurate clock to note the time interval between transmission and reception. Examples of satellite altimeters used in the remote sensing of ocean surface height, wave height and wind speed are Seasat, Geosat and Topex/Poseidon. TOPEX/POSEIDON Platform Name: Topography Experiment/Poseidon (TOPEX/POSEIDON) Orbit Period: 112.43 minutes Inclination Angle: 66.04 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / SSALT SENSOR Name: POSEIDON Solid State Radar Altimeter (SSALT) Swath Width: 5 km Description: A satellite altimeter consists of a transmitter that sends out very sharp pulses, a sensitive receiver to record the pulse after it is reflected from the sea surface, and an accurate clock to note the time interval between transmission and reception. Examples of satellite altimeters used in the remote sensing of ocean surface height, wave height and wind speed are Seasat, Geosat and Topex/Poseidon. TOPEX/POSEIDON Platform Name: Topography Experiment/Poseidon (TOPEX/POSEIDON) Orbit Period: 112.43 minutes Inclination Angle: 66.04 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / TMR SENSOR Name: TOPEX MICROWAVE RADIOMETER (TMR) Swath Width: 5 km Description: The TMR measures the sea surface microwave brightness temperatures at three frequencies (18 GHz, 21 GHz and 37 GHz) to provide the total water-vapor content in the troposphere along the altimeter beam. The 21 GHz channel is the primary channel for water-vapor measurement. It is redundant (21A and 21B). The 18 GHz and 37 GHz channels are used to remove the effects of wind speed and cloud cover, respectively in the water-vapor measurement. TMR data are sent to CNES for processing along with their altimeter data. The measurements are combined to obtain the error in the satellite range measurements caused by pulse delay due to the water vapor. ERS-1 Platform Name: European Remote Sensing Satellite-1 (ERS-1) Orbit Period: 100.3 minutes Inclination Angle: 98.5 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / ERS-1 ALTIMETER SENSOR Name: European Remote Sensing 1 altimeter (ERS-1 ALTIMETER) Swath Width: 143 km Description: A satellite altimeter consists of a transmitter that sends out very sharp pulses, a sensitive receiver to record the pulse after it is reflected from the sea surface, and an accurate clock to note the time interval between transmission and reception. Examples of satellite altimeters used in the remote sensing of ocean surface height, wave height and wind speed are Seasat, Geosat and Topex/Poseidon. ERS-2 Platform Name: European Remote Sensing Satellite-2 (ERS-2) Orbit Period: 100.3 minutes Inclination Angle: 98.5 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / ERS-2 Altimeter SENSOR Name: European Remote Sensing 2 altimeter (ERS-2 Altimeter) Swath Width: - km Description: Radar Altimeter (RA) provides accurate measurements of sea surface elevation, significant wave heights, various ice parameters and an estimate of sea surface wind speed. DMSP 5D-2/F10 Platform Name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F10 (DMSP 5D-2/F10) Orbit Period: 102 minutes Inclination Angle: 98.8 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / SSM/I SENSOR Name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) Swath Width: 1394 km Description: The Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) flown on board the DMSP F8, F10, F11, F13, F14, and F15 platforms is designed to measure ocean surface wind speed, ice coverage and age, cloud water content, rainfall and atmospheric vertical temperature and humidity profiles. DMSP 5D-2/F13 Platform Name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F13 (DMSP 5D-2/F13) Orbit Period: 102 minutes Inclination Angle: 98.8 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / SSM/I SENSOR Name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) Swath Width: 1394 km Description: The Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) flown on board the DMSP F8, F10, F11, F13, F14, and F15 platforms is designed to measure ocean surface wind speed, ice coverage and age, cloud water content, rainfall and atmospheric vertical temperature and humidity profiles. DMSP 5D-2/F11 Platform Name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F11 (DMSP 5D-2/F11) Orbit Period: 102 minutes Inclination Angle: 98.8 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / SSM/I SENSOR Name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) Swath Width: 1394 km Description: The Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) flown on board the DMSP F8, F10, F11, F13, F14, and F15 platforms is designed to measure ocean surface wind speed, ice coverage and age, cloud water content, rainfall and atmospheric vertical temperature and humidity profiles. DMSP 5D-2/F14 Platform Name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F14 (DMSP 5D-2/F14) Orbit Period: 102 minutes Inclination Angle: 98.8 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / SSM/I SENSOR Name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) Swath Width: 1394 km Description: The Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) flown on board the DMSP F8, F10, F11, F13, F14, and F15 platforms is designed to measure ocean surface wind speed, ice coverage and age, cloud water content, rainfall and atmospheric vertical temperature and humidity profiles. GFO Platform Name: GEOSAT FOLLOW-ON-1 (GFO) Orbit Period: 33220 minutes Inclination Angle: 108 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / GFO Altimeter SENSOR Name: Geosat Follow On Altimeter (GFO Altimeter) Swath Width: - km Description: Radar altimeter on GFO measuring at 13.5 GHz NOAA-14 Platform Name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14 (NOAA-14) Orbit Period: 102 minutes Inclination Angle: 99 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / AVHRR-2 SENSOR Name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2 (AVHRR-2) Swath Width: 2400 km Description: The AVHRR is a radiation-detection imager that can be used for remotely determining cloud cover and the surface temperature of water land and clouds. NOAA-20 Platform Name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20 (NOAA-20) Orbit Period: 102 minutes Inclination Angle: 99 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / AVHRR-3 SENSOR Name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3 (AVHRR-3) Swath Width: 2400 km Description: The AVHRR is a radiation-detection imager that can be used for remotely determining cloud cover and the surface temperature. Note that the term surface can mean the surface of the Earth, the upper surfaces of clouds, or the surface of a body of water. OSTM/JASON-2 Platform Name: Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 (OSTM/JASON-2) Orbit Period: 112.43 minutes Inclination Angle: 66.04 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / POSEIDON-3 SENSOR Name: OSTM/Jason-2 RADAR alitmieter (POSEIDON-3) Swath Width: 5.1 km Description: The Poseidon-3 altimeter, operating at 13.575 GHz (Ku band) and 5.3 GHz (C band), is the primary sensor for the OSTM mission. The measurements made at the two frequencies are combined to obtain measurements of the altimeter range, wind speed, significant wave height, and the ionoshperic correction. The Poseidon-3 package consists of dual redundant altimeter units each of which has low mass and low power consumption. OSTM/JASON-2 Platform Name: Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 (OSTM/JASON-2) Orbit Period: 112.43 minutes Inclination Angle: 66.04 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / AMR SENSOR Name: Advanced Microwave Radiometer (AMR) Swath Width: - km Description: - GRACE Platform Name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Orbit Period: -1 minutes Inclination Angle: 89 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / GRACE-FO ACC SENSOR Name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer (GRACE-FO ACC) Swath Width: -1 km Description: The accelerometer, located at the center of mass of each satellite, measures all non-gravitational forces acting on each satellite. These forces include air drag, solar radiation pressure, and attitude control activator operation. GRACE Platform Name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Orbit Period: -1 minutes Inclination Angle: 89 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / GRACE SCA SENSOR Name: Star Camera Assembly (GRACE SCA) Swath Width: - km Description: The two star cameras mounted close to the accelerometer on each satellite provide the precise attitude references for the satellites when making science measurements. GRACE Platform Name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Orbit Period: -1 minutes Inclination Angle: 89 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / GRACE-FO KBR SENSOR Name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System (GRACE-FO KBR) Swath Width: -1 km Description: This instrument precisely measures the changes in the separation between the two GRACE satellites using phase tracking of K- and Ka-band signals sent between the two satellites JASON-3 Platform Name: Jason-3 (JASON-3) Orbit Period: 112 minutes Inclination Angle: 66.05 degrees Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00 / POSEIDON-3B SENSOR Name: POSEIDON-3B (POSEIDON-3B) Swath Width: 5.1 km Description: POSEIDON-3B
Project	Ocean Surface Current Analysis (OSCAR)
Data Provider	Creator: ESR Release Place: JPL Release Date: 2009-May-01 Resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/oscar/preview/L4/oscar_third_deg/docs/oscarthirdguide.pdf
Keyword(s)	oscar, ocean currents, sea surface currents, currents
Persistent ID	PODAAC-OSCAR-03D01

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ESR. 2009. OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents. Ver. 1. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/OSCAR-03D01.

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Bonjean, F., and G. S. E. Lagerloef, 2002. Diagnostic model and analysis of the surface currents in the tropical Pacific Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., vol. 32, pg. 2938-2954.

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