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Aquarius Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Monthly Data V2.0

Entry ID: PODAAC-AQUAR-3WMKS

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Summary

Abstract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Monthly wind speed product for version 2.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official first release of the operational data from AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: 90.0	S: -90.0	E: 180.0	W: -180.0
Min Altitude: 0 Max Altitude: 0
Min Depth: 0 Max Depth: 0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Frank Wentz, Simon Yueh, Gary Lagerloef

Dataset Title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products

Dataset Series Name: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products

Dataset Release Date: 2013-01-31

Dataset Release Place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA

Dataset Publisher: Goddard Ocean Color Group, Gene Feldman, Joel Gales

Version: 2.0

Other Citation Details: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products

Online Resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2011-08-25

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 1
Longitude Resolution: 1
Temporal Resolution: Monthly

Science Keywords

OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS

ISO Topic Category

OCEANS

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

AQUARIUS_SAC-D > Aquarius SAC-D

Instrument

AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER > Aquarius Scatterometer

Project

AQUARIUS SAC-D > AQUARIUS SAC-D

Access Constraints NONE

Use Constraints NONE

Originating Center

Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE

Data Center

Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: PO.DAAC USER SERVICES Phone: (818) 393-7165 Email: podaac at podaac.jpl.nasa.gov Contact Address: Jet Propulsion Laboratory M/S 300-320 4800 Oak Grove Drive City: Pasadena Province or State: CA Postal Code: 91109-8099 Country: USA