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    • Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) CPEX

    Metadata Updated: January 16, 2026

    The Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) CPEX dataset consists of ice probability, wind speed, and wind direction estimates collected by the ASCAT. The ASCAT is onboard the MetOp-A and MetOp-B satellites and uses radar to measure the electromagnetic backscatter from the wind-roughened ocean surface, from which data on wind speed and direction can be derived. These data were gathered during the Convective Processes Experiment (CPEX) field campaign. CPEX collected data to help answer questions about convective storm initiation, organization, growth, and dissipation in the North Atlantic-Gulf of America-Caribbean Oceanic region during the early summer of 2017. These data files are available from May 24, 2017 through July 16, 2017 in netCDF-3 format.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 16, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 16, 2026
    Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/CPEX/MODEL/DATA101
    Data Last Modified 2026-01-13
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id e10fe99b-bcce-456b-a110-e055d6c98ebe
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=ascatcpex
    Old Spatial "CARTESIAN",{"WestBoundingCoordinate":160.241,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":42.5176,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-25.0958,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":3.9062}
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 785d5a6108815ab141de7e8c88d4190e94fdbc1e3a6e3ff1c539aa29d9a9933e
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2017-05-24/2017-05-24

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