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    • S-MODE DopplerScatt Level 2 Ocean Winds and Currents Version 2

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    This dataset contains concurrent airborne DopplerScatt radar retrievals of surface vector winds and ocean currents from the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE). S-MODE aims to understand how ocean dynamics acting on short spatial scales influence the vertical exchange of physical and biological variables in the ocean. Data were collected approximately 300 km offshore of San Fransisco during a pilot campaign in October 2021, and two intensive operating periods (IOPs) in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023. DopplerScatt is a Ka-band (35.75 GHz) scatterometer with a swath width of 24 km that records Doppler measurements of the relative velocity between the platform and the surface. It is mounted on a B200 aircraft which flies daily surveys of the field domain during deployments, and data is used to give larger scale context, and also to compare with in-situ measurements of velocities and divergence. Level 2 data includes estimates of surface winds and currents. The V2 data have been cross-calibrated against ADCPs, surface drifters, and the SIO-DopVis instrument collected during the Pilot and IOP1 campaigns. Additional DopVis data collected during IOP1 and IOP2, in addition to IOP2 ADCP and surface drifter data will lead to a reprocessing of this dataset, and it should be regarded as provisional. Data are available in netCDF 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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    https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10040576

    Dates

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

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 27, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher NASA/JPL/PODAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2639507467-POCLOUD
    Data First Published 2021-10-20
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2023-04-29
    Category S-MODE, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation E. Rodriguez, A. Wineteer, T. Gal, D. Perkovic-Martin, H. Torres, G. Gunther. 2023-05-30. S-MODE DopplerScatt Level 2 Ocean Winds Currents Version 2. Version 2. S-MODE DopplerScatt Level 2 Ocean Winds Currents Version 2. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, S-MODE Project Data Manager, Frederick Bingham. https://doi.org/10.5067/SMODE-DSCT2-V2. http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/S-MODE.
    Creator E. Rodriguez, A. Wineteer, T. Gal, D. Perkovic-Martin, H. Torres, G. Gunther
    Graphic Preview Description Thumbnail
    Graphic Preview File https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/Podaac/thumbnails/SMODE_L2_DOPPLERSCATT_WIND_CURRENT_V1.jpg
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    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/SMODE-DSCT2-V2
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -126.5 36.0 -122.0 38.4
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10040576
    Series Name S-MODE DopplerScatt Level 2 Ocean Winds Currents Version 2
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    Temporal 2021-10-20T00:00:00Z/2023-04-30T00:00:00Z

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