SEASAT SCATTEROMETER DERIVED GLOBAL GRIDDED MONTHLY OCEAN WIND STRESS (Chelton)
(CHELTON_SEASAT_SASS_L3)| Version | 1 |
| Processing Level | 3 |
| Start/Stop Date | 1978-Jul-07 to 1978-Oct-10 |
| Short Name | CHELTON_SEASAT_SASS_L3 |
| Description | Contains monthly averaged ocean surface wind stress derived from Seasat-A Scatterometer (SASS) wind retrievals, from July 1978 until October 1978, gridded on a 2.5-degree by 2.5 degree global grid. The vector average wind stress is stored in units of dynes per centimeter squared (dyn/cm^2). Data is provided in formatted ASCII text. The primary data set used to construct these wind stress fields consists of 96 days of SASS vector winds supplied by Robert Atlas at GSFC. The directional ambiguities in the raw SASS data had been objectively removed using the GSFC Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences atmospheric general circulation model. |
| DOI | 10.5067/SSCH3-01XM1 |
| Measurement | OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > WIND STRESS |
| Platform/Sensor | SEASAT 1 / Platform Name: Ocean Dynamics Satellite (SEASAT 1) Orbit Period: 100.7 minutes Inclination Angle: 108.0 degrees SASS SENSOR Name: SEASAT-A Scatterometer System (SASS) Swath Width: 1900.0 kilometers Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator. |
| Data Provider | Publisher: PO.DAAC Creator: GSFC/JPL Release Place: PO.DAAC Release Date: 1996-Apr-18 Resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/pub/documents/dataset_docs/seasat_chelton.html |
| Format | ASCII |
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Resolution Spatial Resolution: 2.5 Decimal Degrees x 2.5 Decimal Degrees Temporal Resolution: 1 Month Coverage Region: GLOBAL North Bounding Coordinate: 70 degrees South Bounding Coordinate: -70 degrees West Bounding Coordinate: -180 degrees East Bounding Coordinate: 180 degrees Time Span: 1978-Jul-07 to 1978-Oct-10 Granule Time Span: 1978-Jul-07 to 1978-Oct-10 Projection Projection Type: Gridded |
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| Citation | GSFC/JPL. 1996. SEASAT SCATTEROMETER DERIVED GLOBAL GRIDDED MONTHLY OCEAN WIND STRESS (Chelton). Ver. 1. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/SSCH3-01XM1
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| Journal Reference | Case, K and D.B. Chelton. SEASAT-A Scatterometer Global Gridded Monthly Surface Wind Stress User Guide. June 16, 1997. . |
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