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    • Wind Diffusivity Current, All Metop ASCAT, 0.25°, Global, Near Real Time, 2013-present (Monthly)

    Metadata Updated: June 10, 2023

    NOAA CoastWatch distributes science quality Ekman current (in zonal, meridional, and modulus sets) and Ekman upwelling data. This data begins with wind velocity measurements from the ASCAT instruments onboard all EUMETSAT's MetOp satellites. ASCAT is a microwave scatterometer designed to measure surface winds over the global ocean. NOAA CoastWatch processes wind velocity to wind stress and wind stress curl, and finally to Ekman current and Ekman upwelling. (This is a monthly composite.)

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    Dates

    Metadata Date September 3, 2022
    Metadata Created Date December 19, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
    Reference Date(s) September 3, 2022 (creation)
    Frequency Of Update

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date September 3, 2022
    Metadata Created Date December 19, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
    Reference Date(s) September 3, 2022 (creation)
    Responsible Party NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid erdQMekmmday
    Access Constraints
    Bbox East Long 180.0
    Bbox North Lat 75.0
    Bbox South Lat -75.0
    Bbox West Long -180.0
    Coupled Resource [{"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}]
    Frequency Of Update
    Harvest Object Id 1f655f00-8cbe-4e35-b385-49acf176900b
    Harvest Source Id 817069b7-5f4e-4664-9e6b-615af3dfcf2d
    Harvest Source Title Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory
    Licence
    Lineage 1-day geographic projection composites, created by erd.data@noaa.gov from L2 swath data obtained from NOAA|NESDIS, are used to create multi-day composites via the composite script in the dalesLibAscatB.py library by erd.data@noaa.gov at NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD.
    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
    Spatial Data Service Type ERDDAP griddap
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2013-09-16T00:00:00Z
    Temporal Extent End 2022-07-16T00:00:00Z

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