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 data       graph  M    files  public RSS CCMP V3.1 6-hourly surface winds (Level 4)    ?   F   I   M   background (external link) RSS Subscribe RSS ccmp_31

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type Variable Name Attribute Name Data Type Value
attribute NC_GLOBAL base_date String Y2024 M01 D31
attribute NC_GLOBAL cdm_data_type String Grid
attribute NC_GLOBAL contact String Remote Sensing Systems, support@remss.com
attribute NC_GLOBAL contributor_name String Carl Mears, Tong Lee, Frank Wentz
attribute NC_GLOBAL contributor_role String Principal-Investigator, Co-Investigator, Co-Investigator
attribute NC_GLOBAL Conventions String CF-1.10, ACDD-1.3, COARDS
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_email String support at remss.com
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_name String Remote Sensing Systems
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_type String institution
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_url String http://www.remss.com/ (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL data_structure String grid
attribute NC_GLOBAL date_created String 2024-04-02T03:02:33.958960Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL doi String 10.5067/CCMP-6HW10M-L4V31
attribute NC_GLOBAL Easternmost_Easting double 359.875
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_max double 89.875
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_min double -89.875
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_resolution double 0.25
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_units String degrees_north
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_max double 359.875
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_min double 0.125
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_resolution double 0.25
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_units String degrees_east
attribute NC_GLOBAL history String 2024-04-02T03:02:33.958960Z - netCDF generated from original data using Python 3.10 and xarray RSS using files: P:\CCMP\MEaSUREs\era5_current_corrected_adj4_v31\v3.1\native\y2024\M01\D31\vam_v3.1.analysis.t20240131.z00.dat,P:\CCMP\MEaSUREs\era5_current_corrected_adj4_v31\v3.1\native\y2024\M01\D31\vam_v3.1.analysis.t20240131.z06.dat,P:\CCMP\MEaSUREs\era5_current_corrected_adj4_v31\v3.1\native\y2024\M01\D31\vam_v3.1.analysis.t20240131.z12.dat,
attribute NC_GLOBAL infoUrl String http://www.remss.com/ (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL institute_id String RSS
attribute NC_GLOBAL institution String RSS
attribute NC_GLOBAL instrument String Earth Remote Sensing Instruments>Passive Remote Sensing>Spectrometers/Radiometers>Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers>SSMIS, Earth Remote Sensing Instruments>Passive Remote Sensing>Spectrometers/Radiometers>Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers>SSMIS, Earth Remote Sensing Instruments>Passive Remote Sensing>Spectrometers/Radiometers>Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers>SSMIS, Earth Remote Sensing Instruments>Passive Remote Sensing>Spectrometers/Radiometers>Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers>AMSRE, Earth Remote Sensing Instruments>Passive Remote Sensing>Spectrometers/Radiometers>Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers>GMI, Earth Remote Sensing Instruments>Active Remote Sensing>Scatterometers>ASCAT, Earth Remote Sensing Instruments>Active Remote Sensing>Scatterometers>ASCAT
attribute NC_GLOBAL instrument_vocabulary String GCMD instrument keywords
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords String 10km - < 50km or approximately 0.09 degree - < 0.5 degree, 6-hourly, atmosphere, atmospheric, ccmp, component, components, data, derive, direction, earth, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Surface Winds, Earth Science > Atmosphere Winds > Surface Winds > Wind Direction, Earth Science > Atmospheric Winds > Surface Winds > Wind Speed, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Winds, eastward, eastward_wind, hour, hourly, latitude, level, longitude, meters, nobs, northward, northward_wind, number, number_of_observations, observations, ocean, oceans, rss, science, speed, statistics, surface, time, u-wind, used, uwnd, v-wind, v3.1, vector, vwnd, wind, wind_speed, winds
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords_vocabulary String GCMD Science Keywords
attribute NC_GLOBAL license String This work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
attribute NC_GLOBAL long_name String RSS CCMP 6-Hourly 10 Meter Surface Winds Level 4 Version 3.1
attribute NC_GLOBAL naming_authority String gov.nasa
attribute NC_GLOBAL Northernmost_Northing double 89.875
attribute NC_GLOBAL platform String Space-based Platforms>Earth Observation Satellites>Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)>DMSP 5D-3/F16, Space-based Platforms>Earth Observation Satellites>Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)>DMSP 5D-3/F17, Space-based Platforms>Earth Observation Satellites>Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)>DMSP 5D-3/F18, Space-based Platforms>Earth Observation Satellites>GCOM-W1, Space-based Platforms>Earth Observation Satellites>GPM, Space-based PlatformsEarth Observation Satellites>Meteorological Operational Satellite (METOP)>METOP-A, Space-based PlatformsEarth Observation Satellites>Meteorological Operational Satellite (METOP)>METOP-B
attribute NC_GLOBAL platform_vocabulary String GCMD platform keywords
attribute NC_GLOBAL processing_level String L4
attribute NC_GLOBAL product_version String 3.1
attribute NC_GLOBAL program String NASA/Ocean Vector Winds Science Team
attribute NC_GLOBAL project String RSS Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Project
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_email String podaac at podaac.jpl.nasa.gov
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_institution String NASA/JPL/PO.DAAC
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_name String Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_type String institution
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_url String https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL references String Mears, C.; Lee, T.; Ricciardulli, L.; Wang, X.; Wentz, F. Improving the Accuracy of the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) Ocean Vector Winds. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 4230. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14174230, Atlas, R., R. N. Hoffman, J. Ardizzone, S. M. Leidner, J. C. Jusem, D. K. Smith, D. Gombos, 2011: A cross-calibrated, multiplatform ocean surface wind velocity product for meteorological and oceanographic applications. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92, 157-174. https://doi.org/10.1175/2010BAMS2946.1
attribute NC_GLOBAL short_name String CCMP_WINDS_10M6HR_L4_V3.1
attribute NC_GLOBAL source String blend of satellite and ERA-5 winds
attribute NC_GLOBAL sourceUrl String (local files)
attribute NC_GLOBAL Southernmost_Northing double -89.875
attribute NC_GLOBAL standard_name_vocabulary String CF Standard Name Table v70
attribute NC_GLOBAL summary String RSS VAM 6-hour analyses using ERA-5 wind reanalyses as background. Satellite winds (vector and scalar) are assimilated using a variational analysis identical to that used in CCMP V1.1. The ERA5 winds are adjusted to match winds from scatteromters before use in the analysis.
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_end String 2024-01-31T18:00:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_start String 1993-01-02T00:00:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL title String RSS CCMP V3.1 6-hourly surface winds (Level 4)
attribute NC_GLOBAL Westernmost_Easting double 0.125
dimension time   double nValues=45356, evenlySpaced=false, averageSpacing=6h 0m 25s
attribute time _CoordinateAxisType String Time
attribute time actual_range double 7.259328E8, 1.706724E9
attribute time axis String T
attribute time coverage_content_type String coordinate
attribute time delta_t String 0000-00-00 06:00:00
attribute time ioos_category String Time
attribute time long_name String time of analysis
attribute time standard_name String time
attribute time time_origin String 01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute time units String seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
attribute time valid_max float 325074.0
attribute time valid_min float 325056.0
dimension latitude   float nValues=720, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=0.25
attribute latitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lat
attribute latitude actual_range float -89.875, 89.875
attribute latitude axis String Y
attribute latitude coordinate_defines String center
attribute latitude coverage_content_type String coordinate
attribute latitude ioos_category String Location
attribute latitude long_name String Latitude
attribute latitude standard_name String latitude
attribute latitude units String degrees_north
attribute latitude valid_max float 90.0
attribute latitude valid_min float -90.0
dimension longitude   float nValues=1440, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=0.25
attribute longitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lon
attribute longitude actual_range float 0.125, 359.875
attribute longitude axis String X
attribute longitude coordinate_defines String center
attribute longitude coverage_content_type String coordinate
attribute longitude ioos_category String Location
attribute longitude long_name String Longitude
attribute longitude standard_name String longitude
attribute longitude units String degrees_east
attribute longitude valid_max float 360.0
attribute longitude valid_min float 0.0
variable uwnd   float time, latitude, longitude
attribute uwnd _FillValue float -9999.0
attribute uwnd ancillary_variables String nobs
attribute uwnd colorBarMaximum double 15.0
attribute uwnd colorBarMinimum double -15.0
attribute uwnd coverage_content_type String physicalMeasurement
attribute uwnd height String 10 meters above sea-surface
attribute uwnd ioos_category String Wind
attribute uwnd long_name String u-wind vector component at 10 meters
attribute uwnd standard_name String eastward_wind
attribute uwnd units String m s-1
attribute uwnd valid_max float 100.0
attribute uwnd valid_min float -100.0
variable vwnd   float time, latitude, longitude
attribute vwnd _FillValue float -9999.0
attribute vwnd ancillary_variables String nobs
attribute vwnd colorBarMaximum double 15.0
attribute vwnd colorBarMinimum double -15.0
attribute vwnd coverage_content_type String physicalMeasurement
attribute vwnd height String 10 meters above sea-surface
attribute vwnd ioos_category String Wind
attribute vwnd long_name String v-wind vector component at 10 meters
attribute vwnd standard_name String northward_wind
attribute vwnd units String m s-1
attribute vwnd valid_max float 100.0
attribute vwnd valid_min float -100.0
variable ws   float time, latitude, longitude
attribute ws _FillValue float -9999.0
attribute ws ancillary_variables String nobs
attribute ws colorBarMaximum double 15.0
attribute ws colorBarMinimum double 0.0
attribute ws coverage_content_type String physicalMeasurement
attribute ws height String 10 meters above sea-surface
attribute ws ioos_category String Wind
attribute ws long_name String wind speed at 10 meters
attribute ws standard_name String wind_speed
attribute ws units String m s-1
attribute ws valid_max float 140.0
attribute ws valid_min float 0.0
variable nobs   float time, latitude, longitude
attribute nobs _FillValue float -9999.0
attribute nobs colorBarMaximum double 100.0
attribute nobs colorBarMinimum double 0.0
attribute nobs coverage_content_type String auxiliaryInformation
attribute nobs ioos_category String Statistics
attribute nobs long_name String number of observations used to derive wind vector components
attribute nobs standard_name String number_of_observations
attribute nobs valid_max float 100.0
attribute nobs valid_min float 0.0

The information in the table above is also available in other file formats (.csv, .htmlTable, .itx, .json, .jsonlCSV1, .jsonlCSV, .jsonlKVP, .mat, .nc, .nccsv, .tsv, .xhtml) via a RESTful web service.


 
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