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    • OW ASCAT Ocean Surface Winds

    Metadata Updated: December 13, 2025

    The Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) sensor onboard the EUMETSAT MetOp polar-orbiting satellite provides ocean surface wind observations by means of radar scatterometry. The data is available as 1-day composites with global coverage at 0.25 degrees (approximately 25 km/pix). Total wind speed, as well as zonal and meridional wind speed information is available since 2013-06-26 through the present.

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    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 Date December 3, 2025
    Metadata Created Date January 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date December 13, 2025
    Reference Date(s) (publication)
    Frequency Of Update daily

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS PIFSC

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date December 3, 2025
    Metadata Created Date January 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date December 13, 2025
    Reference Date(s) (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:12770
    Access Constraints Cite As: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: OW ASCAT Ocean Surface Winds [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/12770., Access Constraints: None
    Bbox East Long 180
    Bbox North Lat 75
    Bbox South Lat -75
    Bbox West Long -180
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update daily
    Harvest Object Id 9bf36795-8864-4f6c-9b03-a0015ccfcd2f
    Harvest Source Id c0beac72-5f43-4455-8c33-1b345fbc2dfe
    Harvest Source Title NMFS PIFSC
    Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
    Lineage Data is received from EUMETSAT and processed to make it into a format compatible with the Live Access Server and the THREDDS server.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-180.0, -75.0], [180.0, -75.0], [180.0, 75.0], [-180.0, 75.0], [-180.0, -75.0]]]}
    Progress underDevelopment
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2010-09-20

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