QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3.1
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| 2017 | SeaPAC, 2016: QuikSCAT Level 2B ocean wind vectors in 12.5-km slice composites version 3.1. PO.DAAC, accessed 7 September 2017, doi:10.5067/QSX12-L2B31. Large-Scale Structure in Wind Forcing over the California Current System in Summer, Monthly Weather Review,https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-17-0106.1 |
| 2017 | PO.DAAC (2017, July 14th). QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3.1. Retrieved from https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_LEVEL_2B_OWV_COMP_12_LCR_3.1 Eddies of the Cape Verde Archipelago |
| 2018 | EUMETSAT/OSI SAF, 2010: MetOp-A ASCAT Level 2 Ocean Surface Wind Vectors Optimized for Coastal Ocean. Ver. Operational/Near-Real-Time. PO.DAAC, CA, USA, accessed 6 June 2017 at ftp://podaac-ftp.jpl.nasa.gov/allData/ascat/preview/L2/metop_a/coastal_opt/ Intraseasonal Variability in the diurnal cycle of precipitation in the Philippines, N/A,N/A |
| 2019 | Canada Meteorological Center (2012). GHRSST Level 4 CMC0.2deg Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2). Ver. 2.0. PO.DAAC, CA. Available online at: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/CMC0.2deg-CMC-L4-GLOB-v2.0 (accessed April 9, 2019). Regional structure in the marine heat wave of summer 2015 off the western United States, Frontiers in Marine Science,https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00564 |
| DOI | 10.5067/QSX12-L2B31 |
| Short Name | QSCAT_LEVEL_2B_OWV_COMP_12_LCR_3.1 |
| Description | This dataset contains the latest reprocessed version 3.1 of the Level 2B science-quality ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the QuikSCAT scatterometer. The retrievals are provided on a non-uniform grid within the swath at 12.5 km pixel resolution. Higher resolution is achieved through a slice composite technique in which high resolution slice measurements from L1B data are composited into a 12.5 km wind vector cell. Version 3.1 processing begins with the same L1B (time-ordered backscatter) data as used in the previous Version 3.0 processing. Version 3.1 improves upon the previous Version 3.0 processing by incorporating enhanced coastal processing using a Land Contamination Ratio (LCR) method with a fixed threshold. The 12.5 km binning resolution combined with the LCR processing enables this dataset to provide wind vector retrievals with approximately half the coastal gap as compared to the Version 3.0 12.5 km L2B dataset. The geophysical model function used to produce the wind vector cell retrievals remains unchanged between Version 3.0 and 3.1. Each L2B file corresponds to a specific orbital revolution (rev) number, which begins at the southernmost point of the ascending orbit. This is the official dataset produced by the NASA QuikSCAT Project through the SeaWinds Processing and Analysis Center (SeaPAC). More details to the processing changes and improvements are to be published in the near future, but for now can be referenced by the following presentation: https://mdc.coaps.fsu.edu/scatterometry/meeting/docs/2016/Thu_AM/coastal-poster.pdf. |
| Version | 3.1 |
| Dataset Type | COMPLETE |
| Measurement | OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS |
| Processing Level | 2 |
| 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: 1999-Oct-27 to 2009-Nov-22 Granule Time Span: 1999-Oct-27 to 2009-Nov-22 |
| Resolution | Spatial Resolution: 12.5 km (Along) x 12.5 km (Across) |
| Projection | Projection Type: Swath Projection Detail: Along-track Grid Ellipsoid: WGS 84 |
| Swath Width | 1800 km |
| Platform/Sensor | 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 | Quick Scatterometer (QUIKSCAT) |
| Data Provider | Publisher: SeaPAC Creator: SeaPAC Release Place: PO.DAAC Release Date: 2016-Jul-12 Resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L2B12/docs/qscat_l2b_v3_ug_v1_0.pdf |
| Keyword(s) | wind data, wind, ocean wind, wind speed, vector, vectors, ocean wind vector, ocean wind vectors, seawinds, quikscat, scatterometer, l2b, version 3.1, v3.1, level 2, level 2b |
Questions related to this dataset? Contact podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov
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| PO.DAAC DRIVE | https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L2B12/v3.1 PO.DAAC Drive |
| OPENDAP DATA | https://podaac-opendap.jpl.nasa.gov/opendap/allData/quikscat/L2B12/v3.1/ The OPeNDAP base directory location for the collection. |
| Format (Compression) | NETCDF |
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| Citation | SeaPAC. 2016. QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3.1. Ver. 3.1. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/QSX12-L2B31
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| Version | Dataset | Version Date | Status | |
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| 4.1 | QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 4.1 | 2020-07-29 | ACTIVE | 1596065930173 |
| 4.0 | QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 4.0 | 2018-01-29 | ACTIVE | 1517261161822 |
| 3.1 | QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3.1 | 2016-06-08 | ACTIVE | 1465349413392 |
| 3 | QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3 | 2011-05-17 | ACTIVE | 1305669355223 |
| 1 | SeaWinds on QuikSCAT L2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites | 2006-11-14 | ACTIVE | 1163462400000 |