STAR SeaWinds Scatterometer Ocean Surface Winds Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/251.014

Summary
This dataset contains derived ocean surface wind vector imagery surrounding
the Southern Baffin Island. Imagery of ocean surface winds at a 10m height
from satellite passes were processed by NOAA’s National Environmental
Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), from near real-time data
collected by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)'s SeaWinds Scatterometer
instrument aboard the QuikSCAT satellite. The current empirically derived
model function being used by NOAA to relate normalized radar cross-section
with wind speed and direction is referred to as QSCAT1. The images have been
divided into 30 x 20 degree bins for closer examination between latitudes 80N
to 80S and longitudes 180W to 180E. STAR downloaded and archived 15 bins of
them that cover the Southern Baffin Island and the surrounding area during the
campaign period. Each bin contains the images up to 22 hours previous from
update time for both ascending and descending passes. For additional
information about SeaWinds or QuikSCAT, please visit JPL's Scatterometer web
site at: https://winds.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/quikscat/

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 251.014
 * doi:10.26023/NSYA-FXM9-P00B
   https://doi.org/10.26023/NSYA-FXM9-P00B

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 Hanesiak, J., et al. 2020. STAR SeaWinds Scatterometer Ocean Surface Winds
 Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.26023/NSYA-FXM9-P00B Accessed 19 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
 * STAR: Storm Studies in the Arctic
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/STAR

Additional information
 * Frequency: continuous
 * Language: English

Platforms
 * QuikSCAT

Instruments
 * SeaWinds Scatterometer

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

Documentation
 * Metadata_Ocean_Wind.pdf [71 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/54A5D95443D04/Metadata_Ocean_Wind.pdf
 * STAR_Data_Report_Final2011.pdf [12 MiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/54A5D954FC478/STAR_Data_Report_Final2011.pdf

Related links
 * homepage: STAR Project Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/star

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2007-10-03 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2008-11-01 00:00:00 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 75.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 50.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -135.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -45.00

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

Additional contact information
 * author: John Hanesiak <john_hanesiak@umanitoba.ca>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2026
 * author: Ron Stewart <ronald.stewart@umanitoba.ca>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2563
 * author: Kent Moore <gwk.moore@utoronto.ca>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1287
 * author: Peter Taylor <pat@yorku.ca>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2564
 * author: Walter Strapp <walter.strapp@gmail.com>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1716
 * author: Mengistu Wolde <mengistu.wolde@nrc.gc.ca>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2495

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/251.014?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/251.014?format=isotc211