edu.ucar.gdex::d744004 eng; USA utf-8 dataset NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange datahelp@ucar.edu https://gdex.ucar.edu NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange The Geoscience Data Exchange (GDEX), managed by the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at NSF NCAR, contains a large collection of meteorological, atmospheric composition, and oceanographic observations, and operational and reanalysis model outputs, integrated with NSF NCAR High Performance Compute services to support atmospheric and geosciences research. download pointOfContact 2019-03-07T21:30:29Z ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata ISO19115:2003/Cor 1 2006 https://doi.org/10.5065/XQYC-1602 http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/quikscat/ http Related Resource #1 NASA JPL PO.DAAC https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/reanalysis/ https Related Resource #2 The re-analyses winds are from the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis project QSCAT/NCEP Blended Ocean Winds from Colorado Research Associates (version 5.0) d744004 2001-02-26 publication Northwest Research Associates, Inc. author NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research publisher Ocean surface wind data are derived from spatial blending of high-resolution satellite data (SeaWinds instrument on the QuikSCAT satellite - QSCAT) and global weather center re-analyses (NCEP), resulting in high temporal and spatial resolution datasets (6-hourly, and 0.5 by 0.5 degree) of u- and v- wind vector components and windstress curl. The global coverage datasets begin in July 1999 and ends in July 2009. Surface wind component and wind stress curl fields are available in three forms: 1) a product that is the blended wind field output, 2) fields consisting of the NCEP re-analyses spline interpolated to the 0.5 by 0.5 degree grid (i.e. no QSCAT data blended), and 3) a product that is output from an intermediate step in the blending process that consists of the superposition of QSCAT observations on NCEP before blending. This product is useful to identify the satellite data swaths in each composite of 12-hours of QSCAT observations. CAUTION: This blended wind product was developed for general circulation scale analyses - see these cautionary notes [https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds744.4/docs/Blended_Winds_Caution]. The blending methodology is summarized in this document [https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds744.4/docs/Blended_Winds_Summary]. NOTE: The QSCAT satellite has permanent failed so this data time series has ended. completed datahelp@ucar.edu pointOfContact notPlanned dataset Binary dataset Resource Type 2021-03-30 revision 4.4 DataCite Metadata Working Group orginator resourceTypeGeneral GRIDDING METHODS U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directory GCMD 2026-02-27 revision 23.4 NASA Global Change Master Directory orginator Valids List: Platforms SCATTEROMETERS > SCATTEROMETERS U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directory GCMD 2026-02-27 revision 23.4 NASA Global Change Master Directory orginator Valids List: Instruments EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > WIND STRESS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directory GCMD 2026-02-27 revision 23.4 NASA Global Change Master Directory orginator Valids List: Science and Services Keywords Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License None eng utf-8 oceans 1999-07 2009-07-31 NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange datahelp@ucar.edu https://gdex.ucar.edu distributor 1.286 https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d744004/ https Dataset Description Related Link information https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d744004/dataaccess/ https Data Access Related Link download none asNeeded