QSCAT

Animation Playing Suggestions

MPEG: All the animations are best viewed at about 6-10 frames per second, but since the MPEG format only supports "video" rates (24fps, 30 fps, etc.), they will play back much too fast on a sufficiently powerful machine. Therefore, it is up to the player program to provide frame-rate control.

• UNIX: The original Berkeley MPEG player should play all these MPEGs correctly. It runs under nearly all UNIX variants (including Linux) and it supports adjustable frame rate control.
• Windows: The default Windows Media Player may not be able to play these MPEGs at all due to their "non-standard" sizes. The newest version should play them, but it may exhibit occasional graphical glitches and it doesn't provide frame-rate control. The other option is Apple's Quicktime player, but many of the same problems with Windows Media Player are likely occur with Quicktime.
• Macintosh: Apple's QuickTime player does have MPEG support, however, there is no frame-rate control. It also seems to play these MPEGs with an inconsistent frame rate. An alternative is a program called Sparkle which does provide frame-rate control. However, it too seems to play these MPEGs with a slightly inconsistent frame rate.

Data used in making the animations

You may also download the 1° resolution gridded gridded winds data and half degree resolution stress data from our website. You can also find out how we created the gridded wind data.

Favorite Animations

We have also put together some movies using QSCAT data that we feel best demonstrate what we're doing. They can be accessed by clicking on our Favorite movies.

Animation Locator

• Northern Hemisphere
• Southern Hemisphere
• Mediterranean and Indian Ocean
• COAPS Favorites

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1. Greenland-Iceland-UK Gap
2. North Sea
3. Barents Sea
4. Bering Strait
5. South China Sea
6. Sea of Japan
7. Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean
8. Western North Pacific Ocean
9. North Pacific Ocean
10. Equatorial Pacific Ocean
11. Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean
12. Eastern North Pacific Ocean
13. Hudson Bay and Baffin Bay
14. Gulf of Mexico
15. Western North Atlantic Ocean
16. Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico
17. North Atlantic Ocean
18. Eastern North Atlantic Ocean
19. Equatorial Atlantic Ocean

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1. Southern Ocean
2. South Atlantic Ocean
3. Equatorial Atlantic Ocean
4. Eastern South Pacific Ocean
5. Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean
6. Pacific Basin
7. South Pacific Ocean
8. Equatorial Pacific Ocean
9. Western South Pacific Ocean
10. Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean
11. South Eastern Indian Ocean
12. South Indian Basin
13. South Indian Ocean
14. South Western Indian Ocean
15. Atlantic Indian Basin

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1. Western Mediterranean Sea
2. Mediterranean Sea
3. Eastern Mediterranean Sea
4. Arabian Sea
5. North Indian Ocean
6. Bay of Bengal
7. South China Sea
8. Malaysia
9. Equatorial Atlantic Ocean
10. South Atlantic Ocean
11. South Western Indian Ocean
12. South Indian Ocean
13. South Eastern Indian Ocean
14. Atlantic Indian Basin
15. South Indian Basin
16. Southern Ocean

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Acknowledgments

Funding for this project is from the NASA JPL NSCAT Project and the Oregon State University SeaWinds Project. COAPS receives its base funding from ONR's Secretary of Navy Grant to Dr. James J. O'Brien.

Send all comments and suggestions to nscat-anim@coaps.fsu.edu.