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    • CYGNSS Level 2 Ocean Surface Heat Flux Climate Data Record Version 1.2

    Metadata Updated: September 19, 2025

    This dataset contains the third release, Version 1.2, of the CYGNSS Level 2 Ocean Surface Heat Flux Climate Data Record (CDR), which provides the time-tagged and geolocated ocean surface heat flux parameters with 25x25 kilometer footprint resolution with 6-7 day latency from the Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument (DDMI) aboard the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) constellation. CYGNSS is a NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder Mission designed to collect the first frequent space-based measurements of surface wind speeds in the inner core of tropical cyclones. The Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE) version 3.5 algorithm combines CYGNSS L2 CDR v1.2 ocean surface wind speed estimates with the auxiliary parameters provided by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Reanalysis Version 5 (ERA5) to produce latent and sensible heat fluxes and their respective transfer coefficients. More information on how the data is produced and validated can be found in the dataset user guide (see Documentation tab). More information on the CYGNSS mission, spacecraft, instrumentation and related datasets is available here: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CYGNSS . Additional information on the CYGNSS L2 CDR v1.2 wind speed dataset is available here: https://doi.org/10.5067/CYGNS-L2C12 .

    Access & Use Information

    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 September 19, 2025

    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 September 19, 2025
    Publisher NASA/JPL/PODAAC;NASA/ESSP/UMICH/CYGNSS
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/CYGNS-C2H12
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-11
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC
    Old Spatial "CARTESIAN",{"NorthBoundingCoordinate":38.0,"WestBoundingCoordinate":-180.0,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180.0,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-38.0}
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash a794d884241d3b40fb4420098632e53c33e2b50c46abc56cf5f9a5c0979f0e19
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2018-08-01/2018-08-01

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