Swath Data Set Documentation
COAPS/QuikSCAT Compact Level 2B
RSS's Level 2B (Ku2001 model function) swath data set (25 km resolution) is sub-sampled to remove data fields that are less likely to be used (e.g., most of the header, unselected ambiguities, and engineering data). Retained fields are wind speed, wind direction, time, latitude, and longitude. The scatterometer winds are calibrated to a height of 10 m. The data sets are also resorted from the original orbit by orbit organization, to daily observations. There is no processing of data. The goal is to provide essential data in a more user-friendly format. The data set should be considered research quality.
COAPS/QuikSCAT Stresses
The QuikSCAT project's L2A and L2B swath data sets are used to calculate stress magnitudes (25 km resolution). Directions are assumed to be equal to the L2B directions. Retained fields are stress magnitude, stress direction, time, latitude, and longitude. The data sets are also resorted from the original orbit by orbit organization, to daily observations. The data set should be considered research quality. These will not be available unit the NSCAT stress algorithm is made applicable to the QuikSCAT data.
Last updated by PO.DAAC on 13-Nov-1998.
Last updated on this site 18 Jan. 1999.