QuikSCAT ESDR Level 2 Modeled Ocean Surface Auxiliary Fields Version 1.0
(QSCAT_ESDR_MODELED_L2_AUX_V1.0)| Version | 1.0 |
| Processing Level | 2 |
| Start/Stop Date | 2007-Jan-01 to 2009-Nov-22 |
| Short Name | QSCAT_ESDR_MODELED_L2_AUX_V1.0 |
| Description | This dataset contains the first provisional release of the MEaSUREs-funded Earth Science Data Record (ESDR) of ancillary data corresponding to the QuikSCAT Level 2 (L2) data products, interpolated in space and time to the scatterometer observations. These ancillary files include: i) ocean surface wind fields from ERA-5 short-term forecasts (removed from the analyses times to reduce impacts from assimilated scatterometer retrievals at the beginning of the forecast); ii) collocated in space and time estimations of precipitation from the GPM IMERG product; iii) estimation of the surface currents from the GlobeCurrent project. These auxiliary fields are included to complement the scatterometer observation fields and to help in the evaluation process. The primary purpose of this release is for provisional evaluation to be provided by the NASA International Ocean Vector Winds Science Team (IOVWST). As such, this release is not intended for science-quality research, and is subject to future revision based on feedback provided by the IOVWST. The modeled ocean surface auxiliary fields are provided on a non-uniform grid within the native L2 QuikSCAT sampled locations at 12.5 km pixel resolution. Each file corresponds to a specific orbital revolution (rev) number, which begins at the southernmost point of the ascending orbit. |
| DOI | 10.5067/ESDQS-L2C10 |
| Measurement | OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHT OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICES OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > WIND STRESS |
| Swath Width | 1800 km |
| Platform/Sensor | Model / Platform Name: Model (Model) Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees Model SENSOR Name: Model (Model) Swath Width: 0.0 kilometers Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator. QUIKSCAT / Platform Name: QUIKSCAT (QUIKSCAT) Orbit Period: 100.93 minutes Inclination Angle: 98.6 degrees SEAWINDS SENSOR Name: SeaWinds Scatterometer (SEAWINDS) Swath Width: 1800.0 kilometers Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator. |
| Project | MEaSUREs ESDR of the Ocean Surface Vector Winds, Stress, and Their Dynamically-Significant Derivatives (MEaSUREs/OSWV) |
| Data Provider | Publisher: PO.DAAC Creator: MEaSUREs/OSWV Release Place: PO.DAAC Release Date: 2022-May-29 Resource: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/esds/competitive-programs/measures/esdr-ocean-surface-winds-1999-2022 |
| Format | netCDF-4 |
| Keyword(s) | wind data, wind, ocean wind, wind speed, vector, vectors, stress data, wind stress, stress, ocean surface wind stress, ocean wind vector, ocean wind vectors, seawinds, quikscat, scatterometer, l2b, level 2, level 2b, version 1.0, v1, measures, esdr, auxiliary, ancillary, model, modeled |
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Resolution Spatial Resolution: 12.5 Kilometers x 12.5 Kilometers Temporal Resolution: Hourly - < Daily Coverage Region: GLOBAL North Bounding Coordinate: 90 degrees South Bounding Coordinate: -90 degrees West Bounding Coordinate: -180 degrees East Bounding Coordinate: 180 degrees Time Span: 2007-Jan-01 to 2009-Nov-22 Granule Time Span: 2007-Jan-01 to 2009-Nov-22Swath Width: 1800 km Projection Projection Type: Swath Projection Detail: Along-track Grid Ellipsoid: WGS 84 |
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| Citation | MEaSUREs/OSWV. 2022. QuikSCAT ESDR Level 2 Modeled Ocean Surface Auxiliary Fields Version 1.0. Ver. 1.0. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/ESDQS-L2C10
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| Journal Reference | https://earthdata.nasa.gov/esds/competitive-programs/measures/esdr-ocean-surface-winds-1999-2022 . |
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