Oceansat-3 50 km wind vectors
Development Near real time productNear-real time level 2 ocean wind vectors on a 50 km swath grid, based on the backscatter measurements of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Oceansat-3/OSCAT-3 scatterometer.
Identification
OSI SAF producer : Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Identifier : OSI-113-b
Acronym for EDC (APNM) : OO3SW050
Characteristics
Processing level : L2
Satellite input : Oceansat-3 (EOS-06)/ OSCAT-3
Other input : NWP outputs (wind, SST, land-sea mask)
Central time : NA
Spatial coverage : Global
Spatial sampling : 50 km
Projection : Swath
File Formats : WIND FTP Server (BUFR), WIND FTP Server (NetCDF3), EDC (BUFR), EDC (NetCDF3), EUMETCast (BUFR)
Characteristics & methods : Measurements of the wind direction and wind speed above the sea surface, obtained through the processing of scatterometer data originating from the scatterometer OSCAT-3 on ISRO's OceanSat-3 satellite.
Data Access
Credentials for access to OSI SAF tools
For the FTP access, you need credentials which are provided on request, after registration on OSI SAF web site.
OSI SAF FTP (last 3 days)
ftp://ftppro.knmi.nl/
Directory: oceansat3 and netcdf/oceansat3
Accuracy Requirements
Target accuracy : For winds below 25 m/s, better than 2 m/s in wind component Stdev with an absolute mean difference of less than 0.5 m/s in wind speed on a monthly basis.
Verification/validation method : Triple collocation with NWP and buoys
Applications and users
Usage : * Operational Met Services (including assimilation in NWP models, nowcasting),
* Operational analyses and ocean models,
* Research or Environmental monitoring.
* Operational analyses and ocean models,
* Research or Environmental monitoring.
History
Authorised to be operational / released :
On FTP server since :
Expected date for operational/released :
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