Abstract

The ASCAT Wind Product contains measurements of the wind direction and wind speed above the sea surface. The measurements are obtained through the processing of scatterometer data originating from the ASCAT instrument on EUMETSAT's Metop-A satellite, as described in the ASCAT Wind Product User Manual (https://scatterometer.knmi.nl/publications/pdf/ASCAT_Product_Manual.pdf). The sampling distance is 12.5 km and the processing is optimised to obtain the best wind quality as close as possible to the coast. Note: All intellectual property rights of the OSI SAF products belong to EUMETSAT. The use of these products is granted to every interested user, free of charge. If you wish to use these products, EUMETSAT's copyright credit must be shown by displaying the words "copyright (year) EUMETSAT" on each of the products used.

Supplemental information

https://scatterometer.knmi.nl/ascat_osi_co_prod/


Metadata

Dataset name osisaf_ascat_a_coa
Dataset version nrt
Status completed
Update frequency asNeeded
File formats NetCDF
Spatial representation type undefined
License https://www.eumetsat.int/eumetsat-data-licensing
North bound latitude 90.0
East bound longitude 180.0
South bound latitude -90.0
West bound longitude -180.0
Dataset edition near-real time data
Dataset manager KNMI Scatterometer Team
Maintainer KNMI Data Services
Publication date 2012-12-04
Reference system identifier EPSG4326
Dataset start time 2010-08-18
Dataset end time 2021-11-15
Identifier urn:xkdc:ds:nl.knmi::osisaf_ascat_a_coa/nrt/
Lineage statement ASCAT Wind Product User Manual: https://scatterometer.knmi.nl/publications/pdf/ASCAT_Product_Manual.pdf
Use limitation No use limitations
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