MetOp-C ASCAT Level 2 Ocean Surface Wind Vectors Optimized for Coastal Ocean
(ASCATC-L2-Coastal)
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| 2021 | MetOp-C ASCAT Level 2 Ocean Surface Wind Vectors Optimized for Coastal Ocean. Ver. Operational/Near-Real-Time. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Available online: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/ASCATC-L2-Coastal (accessed on 14 January 2021) Evaluation of the Sensitivity of Medicane Ianos to Model Microphysics and Initial Conditions Using Satellite Measurements, Journal ,10.3390/rs13244984 |
| 2022 | Evaluación de los modelos numéricos sobre el mar argentino a partir de información satelital de viento y olas en tiempo cercano al real, Servicio Meteoerológico Nacional ,http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12160/2412 |
| Version | Operational/Near-Real-Time |
| Processing Level | 2 |
| Start/Stop Date | 2019-Oct-22 to Present |
| Short Name | ASCATC-L2-Coastal |
| Description | This dataset contains operational near-real-time Level 2 coastal ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) on MetOp-C at 12.5 km sampling resolution (note: the effective resolution is 25 km). It is a product of the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) provided through the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). This coastal dataset differs from the standard 12.5 and 25 km datasets in that it utilizes a spatial box filter (rather than the Hamming filter) to generate a spatial average of the Sigma-0 retrievals from the Level 1B dataset; all full resolution Sigma-0 retrievals within a 15 km radius of the wind vector cell centroid are used in the averaging. Since the full resolution L1B Sigma-0 retrievals are used, all non-sea retrievals are discarded prior to the Sigma-0 averaging. Each box average Sigma-0 is then used to compute the wind vector cell using the same CMOD7.n geophysical model function as in the standard OSI SAF ASCAT wind vector datasets. With this enhanced coastal retrieval, winds can be computed as close to ~15 km from the coast. Each file is provided in netCDF version 3 format, and contains one full orbit derived from 3-minute orbit granules. Latency is approximately 2 hours from the latest measurement. The beginning of the orbit is defined by the first wind vector cell measurement within the first 3-minute orbit granule that starts north of the Equator in the ascending node. ASCAT is a C-band dual swath fan beam radar scatterometer providing two independent swaths of backscatter retrievals in sun-synchronous polar orbit aboard the MetOp-C platform. For more information on the MetOp-C mission, please visit: https://www.eumetsat.int/our-satellites/metop-series . For more timely announcements, users are encouraged to register with the KNMI scatterometer email list: scat@knmi.nl. Users are also highly advised to check the dataset user guide periodically for updates and new information on known problems and issues. All intellectual property rights of the OSI SAF products belong to EUMETSAT. The use of these products is granted to every interested user, free of charge. If you wish to use these products, EUMETSAT's copyright credit must be shown by displaying the words "copyright (year) EUMETSAT" on each of the products used. |
| DOI | Not Registered |
| Measurement | OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS |
| Swath Width | 1800 km |
| Platform/Sensor | METOP-C / Platform Name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - C (METOP-C) Orbit Period: 101.3 minutes Inclination Angle: 98.7 degrees ASCAT SENSOR Name: Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) Swath Width: 1800.0 kilometers Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator. |
| Project | Meteorological Operational (MetOp) |
| Data Provider | Publisher: KNMI Creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF Release Place: KNMI, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute Release Date: 2019-Nov-15 Resource: https://scatterometer.knmi.nl/publications/pdf/ASCAT_Product_Manual.pdf |
| Format | netCDF-4 |
| Keyword(s) | wind data, wind, ocean wind, wind speed, vector, vectors, ocean wind vector, ocean wind vectors, knmi, osi saf, eumetsat, metop, metop-c |
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Resolution Spatial Resolution: 12500 Meters x 12500 Meters Temporal Resolution: Hourly - < Daily Coverage Region: GLOBAL OCEAN North Bounding Coordinate: 89.6 degrees South Bounding Coordinate: -89.6 degrees West Bounding Coordinate: -180 degrees East Bounding Coordinate: 180 degrees Time Span: 2019-Oct-22 to Present Granule Time Span: 2019-Oct-22 to 2024-Nov-21Swath Width: 1800 km Projection Projection Type: Satellite native swath Projection Detail: Geolocation information included for each pixel |
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| bs_distance | backscatter distance | 1 |
| ice_age | ice age (a-parameter) | dB |
| ice_prob | ice probability | 1 |
| lat | latitude | degrees_north |
| lon | longitude | degrees_east |
| model_dir | model wind direction at 10 m | degree |
| model_speed | model wind speed at 10 m | m s-1 |
| time | time | seconds since 1990-01-01 00:00:00 |
| wind_dir | wind direction at 10 m | degree |
| wind_speed | wind speed at 10 m | m s-1 |
| wvc_index | cross track wind vector cell number | 1 |
| wvc_quality_flag | wind vector cell quality |
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| Citation | EUMETSAT/OSI SAF. 2019. MetOp-C ASCAT Level 2 Ocean Surface Wind Vectors Optimized for Coastal Ocean. Ver. Operational/Near-Real-Time. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/
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| Journal Reference | Stoffelen, A., Verspeek, J., Vogelzang, J., and Verhoef, A.. 2017. The CMOD7 Geophysical Model Function for ASCAT and ERS Wind Retrievals, IEEE, 10, 5. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2017.2681806 |
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