NSCAT Scatterometer Ocean Winds, Level 2

NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) global ocean surface winds are determined from sigma-naught backscatter. JPL has provided the data, and the satellite provided only a short archive (September 1996 to June 1997) before failure. The near surface wind speeds were determined with the NSCAT-1 model function. Several forms of NSCAT data are available.

 Level 2B orbit swath data. 
 0.5-degree by 0.5-degree twice daily gridded fields, 75S to 75N.
In July 1998 a collection of 11 CDROMs containing the Level
2 (50 km), Level 3 (daily average), and Level 2 (25 km) NSCAT
were received and archived in the DSS CDROM collection.  These
CDROMs have a full collection of documentation, read access
software, browse images, and ancillary information.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1996-09
    End:  1997-06

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1996-09
Temporal Range End 1997-06
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
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Resource Format HDF4
Binary
Standardized Resource Format HDF
Binary
Asset Size 62700.137 MB
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Author Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 1996-12-06
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/T7RM-ZY65
Alternate Identifier d744001
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category oceans
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:29:17Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d744001
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA. (1996). NSCAT Scatterometer Ocean Winds, Level 2. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/T7RM-ZY65. Accessed 10 October 2025.

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