Scatterometry - Animations

Animations

NSCAT

Animations are excellent tools for preliminary examination of the gross features of the scatterometer observations. There are more than 1000 animations based on the NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) winds. They are grouped below in terms of the main characteristic of the animation (first column), general region (second column), additional animated features (third column), specific region (fourth column), and the product or Background information (seventh column). The product or Background provides additional information such as tips on playing the movies, a different interface (e.g., graphical selection of regions), and/or information on the science related to the animation. Regions are often covered at several spatial scales, which allows the viewers to select the scale most appropriate for their interests.

Also available is an animation locator which spans several regions and hundreds of animations.

Parameter	General Region	Specific Region	Time Period	Coverage	Type	Size
Wind Velocity	Antarctic (Southern) Ocean	Southern Ocean	September 26, 1996 to June 23, 1997	1 week	mpg	2.7 to 3.9 mb
		Atlantic Indian Basin				1.6 to 2.2 mb
		Pacific Basin				2.3 to 3 mb
		South Indian Basin				1.8 to 2.9 mb
	Arctic Seas	Barents Sea				0.9 to 1.6 mb
		Bering Strait				0.9 to 1.7 mb
		Greenland-Iceland-UK Gap				1.9 to 2.3 mb
		Hudson Bay Baffin Bay				0.8 to 1.3 mb
	Atlantic Ocean	Greenland-Iceland-UK Gap				1.9 to 2.3 mb
		North Atlantic Ocean				2.3 to 2.8 mb
		North Western Atlantic Ocean				1.9 to 3.0 mb
		North Eastern Atlantic Ocean				1.4 to 2.1 mb
		North Sea				2 to 2.7 mb
		Equatorial Atlantic Ocean				2.4 to 2.5 mb
		South Atlantic Ocean				2.5 to 2.6 mb
	Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico	Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico				2.1 to 2.7 mb
	Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico	Gulf of Mexico				2.2 to 2.5 mb
	Indian Ocean	Arabian Sea				1.4 to 1.6 mb
		Bay of Bengal				1.2 to 1.5 mb
		Northern Indian Ocean				2.4 to 2.6 mb
		Southern Indian Ocean				2.5 to 2.9 mb
		South Western Indian Ocean				2.3 to 2.7 mb
		South Eastern Indian Ocean				2.6 to 3.0 mb
	Malaysia	Malaysia				3.0 to 3.2 mb
	Mediterranean Sea	Mediterranean Sea				1.6 to 1.9 mb
		Western Mediterranean Sea				1.7 to 1.9 mb
		Eastern Mediterranean Sea				1.7 to 1.8 mb
	Pacific Ocean	North Pacific				3.2 to 3.4 mb
		North Western Pacific				2.5 to 2.7 mb
		North Eastern Pacific				2.3 to 2.5 mb
		Equatorial Pacific				3.9 to 4.1 mb
		Equatorial Western Pacific				2.4 to 3.0 mb
		Equatorial Eastern Pacific				3.0 to 3.6 mb
		South Pacific				3.5 to 3.7 mb
		South Western Pacific				3.0 to 3.6 mb
		South Eastern Pacific				3.0 to 3.1 mb
		Sea of Japan				1.8 to 2.3 mb
		South China Sea				2.7 to 3.0 mb
Wind Speeds	Central America, Gridded Vectors	Central America	November 1, 1996 to June 25, 1997	Entire Period	Quicktime	2.8 mb
Wind Trajectories	Central America, Gridded Vectors	Central America	November 8-23, 1996	16 days	mpg	5.8 mb