Oceansat-2 L2 50 km winds data record, release 2
Development Climate productThe OSCAT scatterometer onboard the Oceansat-2 satellite, launched in September 2009 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), provided observations until February 2014. Reprocessed Oceansat-2 L2 25 km and 50 km winds Climate Data Records (CDR) have been created covering the period from December 2009 until February 2014, using the latest state-of-the-art wind retrieval algorithms. Scatterometer data have been collocated with ECMWF ERA-5 winds and scatterometer level 2 wind products have been created at 25 km and 50 km swath grids.
Identification
OSI SAF producer : Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Identifier : OSI-153-d
Digital object identifier (DOI) 10.15770/EUM_SAF_OSI_0019
Acronym for EDC (APNM) : OR2OSW050
Characteristics
Processing level : L2
Satellite input : Oceansat-2 scatterometer
Other input : ECMWF ERA5 re-analysis outputs (wind, SST, land-sea mask)
Temporal sampling : Once
Timeliness :
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The timeliness is the time elapsing from the sensing time of the last contributing file to the product dissemination to users. It is similar to the latency.
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Spatial coverage : Global
Spatial sampling : 50 km
Projection : Swath
File Formats : EDC (BUFR), EDC (NetCDF3)
Characteristics & methods : Swath sigma0’s and wind vectors.
Data Access
Accuracy Requirements
Target accuracy : Better than 2 m/s in wind component std. dev. with an absolute mean difference of less than 0.5 m/s in wind speed on a monthly basis. Wind speed stability better than 0.1 m/s over the mission lifetime.
Verification/validation method : Triple collocation with ECMWF ERA5 re-analysis and buoys
Applications and users
Usage : * Reanalyses
* Ocean models, air-sea interaction
* Climate research, environmental monitoring
* Ocean models, air-sea interaction
* Climate research, environmental monitoring
History
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