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  • SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Images of Antarctica

    Metadata Updated: December 4, 2020

    This dataset contains GIF images of polar-stereographic-gridded, daily averaged Sigma-0 retrievals over the Antarctic Polar from the QuikSCAT L1B retrievals, which are generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU). The QuikSCAT scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The GIF image files are separated according to polarization, and the averaged Sigma-0 measurements are displayed in grayscale with no color bar. Very bright areas indicate high Sigma-0 averages. It should be noted that these GIF images are meant for browse purposes only and should not be considered science quality. The science quality source dataset containing the SIR files used to generate the GIF images is accessible here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTICA_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_LITE. An additional complimentary dataset of SIR files contains the full daily Sigma-0 statistcs: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTICA_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_FULL. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 4, 2020

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 4, 2020
    Publisher NASA/JPL/PODAAC
    Unique Identifier Unknown
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1723370127-PODAAC
    Data First Published 2010-04-12
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2011-01-21
    Category SCP, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation BYU/SCP. 2001-03-20. SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Images of Antarctica. Version 1. SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Images of Antarctica. PO.DAAC. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, PO.DAAC. https://doi.org/10.5067/QSBYU-ANBIM. https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSigBrw.pdf. BYU/SCP, PO.DAAC, 2001-03-20, SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Images of Antarctica, https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSigBrw.pdf.
    Creator BYU/SCP
    Graphic Preview Description Thumbnail
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/QSBYU-ANBIM
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place PO.DAAC
    Series Name SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Images of Antarctica
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 3ab88a4ef4638bb8d0c321418849f64fa8427e23
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial -180.0 -89.6 180.0 -70.0
    Temporal 1999-07-19T00:00:00Z/2009-11-21T23:59:59Z

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