ASCAT 12.5 km Level 2 Ocean Surface Wind Vector Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/347.036

Summary
This data set contains operational near-real-time global Level 2 ocean surface
wind vector retrievals from the Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) on the MetOp-A
satellite at 12.5 km sampling resolution (note: the effective resolution is 25
km). These data were provided by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological
Institute (KNMI) Ocean and Sea Ice Scatterometer Application Facility (OSI
SAF) and were retrieved from the NASA Physical Oceanography Distributed Active
Archive Center. The data are in NetCDF format.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 347.036
 * doi:10.26023/TQZK-JAT1-K50D
   https://doi.org/10.26023/TQZK-JAT1-K50D

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 EUMETSAT/OSI SAF. 2012. DYNAMO: ASCAT 12.5 km Level 2 Ocean Surface Wind
 Vector Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.26023/TQZK-JAT1-K50D Accessed 20 Apr 2024.

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Acknowledgement
In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements,
please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as:

  Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of
  the National Science Foundation.
  https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

Related projects
 * DYNAMO: Dynamics of the Madden-Julian Oscillation
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/DYNAMO

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: grid
 * Frequency: criteria
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Satellite

Platforms
 * METOP-A

Instruments
 * Advanced Scatterometer - ASCAT

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION

Documentation
 * ASCAT_Product_Manual.pdf [474 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/425CF1381B14/ASCAT_Product_Manual.pdf
 * readme_dynamo_ascat.txt [2 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/425CF1381B15/readme_dynamo_ascat.txt

Related links
 * info: DYNAMO Missions
   https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/dynamo/missions/missions.html
 * info: DYNAMO Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/dynamo-data-policy-and-management
 * info: DYNAMO Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/dynamo/missions/missions.html
 * homepage: DYNAMO Home Page
   http://data.eol.ucar.edu/master_list/?project=DYNAMO

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2011-10-01 01:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2012-04-01 02:58:00 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 90.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: -90.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 180.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Additional contact information
 * author: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2785

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/347.036?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/347.036?format=isotc211