NSCAT Level 1.7 SDR, Sigma-0 Cells

The NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) Level 1.7 ocean sigma-0 referenced to 50 km wind vector cells (WVC) contains daily backscatter (sigma-0) data from ascending and descending passes. Rain flagging information is not included. Data is flagged where measurements are either missing, ambiguous, or contaminated by land/sea ice. This is the most up-to-date version, which designates the final phase of calibration, validation and science data processing, which was completed in November of 1998, on behalf of the JPL NSCAT Project; re-processing had only minor impacts on the Level 1.7 data.

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citation NASA/JPL/PO.DAAC. 1998-07-23. NSCAT Level 1.7 SDR, Sigma-0 Cells. Version 2. NSCAT Level 1.7 SDR, Sigma-0 Cells. PO.DAAC. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA/JPL/PO.DAAC. https://doi.org/10.5067/NSSDR-17X02. https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/nscat/docs/nscat_manual.pdf. NASA/JPL/PO.DAAC, NASA/JPL/PO.DAAC, 1998-07-23, NSCAT Level 1.7 SDR, Sigma-0 Cells, https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/nscat/docs/nscat_manual.pdf.
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notes The NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) Level 1.7 ocean sigma-0 referenced to 50 km wind vector cells (WVC) contains daily backscatter (sigma-0) data from ascending and descending passes. Rain flagging information is not included. Data is flagged where measurements are either missing, ambiguous, or contaminated by land/sea ice. This is the most up-to-date version, which designates the final phase of calibration, validation and science data processing, which was completed in November of 1998, on behalf of the JPL NSCAT Project; re-processing had only minor impacts on the Level 1.7 data.
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title NSCAT Level 1.7 SDR, Sigma-0 Cells