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    • NSCAT High Resolution R-MGDR, Selected Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL)

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    The NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) Level 2.5 high-resolution reduced MGDR contains only wind vector data (sigma-0 is excluded) in 25 km wind vector cell (WVC) swaths which contain daily data from ascending and descending passes. Wind vectors are accurate to within 2 m/s (vector speed) and 20 degrees (vector direction). Wind vectors are not considered valid in rain contaminated regions; rain flags and precipitation information are not provided. Data is flagged where measurements are either missing or ambiguous. In the presence of land or sea ice winds values are set to 0. Wind vectors are processed using the NSCAT-2 geophysical model function.

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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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    Metadata Created Date April 27, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 27, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher NASA/JPL/PODAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2617226887-POCLOUD
    Data First Published 2009-09-10
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2011-01-21
    Category NSCAT, geospatial
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    Citation NASA/JPL/PO.DAAC. 2006-02-20. NSCAT High Resolution R-MGDR, Selected Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL). Version 2. NSCAT High Resolution R-MGDR, Selected Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL). PO.DAAC. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, PO.DAAC. https://doi.org/10.5067/NSGDR-L2R00. https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/pub/ocean_wind/nscat/doc/l25_usersguide.pdf. NASA/JPL/PO.DAAC, PO.DAAC, 2006-02-20, NSCAT High Resolution R-MGDR, Selected Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL), https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/pub/ocean_wind/nscat/doc/l25_usersguide.pdf.
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    Temporal 1996-09-15T00:00:00Z/1997-06-29T23:59:59.999Z

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