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OAS accession Detail for 0251168
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| Title: | NOAA high resolution sea surface winds data from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) on the Sentinel-1 satellites, from 2022-03-01 to 2022-03-31 (NCEI Accession 0251168) |
| Abstract: | This dataset consists of high resolution sea surface winds data produced from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) on board Sentinel-1A and Sentinel-1B satellites. This product utilizes the CoastWatch product format and the basic archive file is a netCDF-3 file containing SAR wind, land mask, and time and earth location information. Also archived are maps of the SAR winds in GeoTIFF format. The product covers the geographic extent of the SAR image frame from which it was derived. These SAR-derived high resolution wind products are calculated from high resolution SAR images of normalized radar cross section (NRCS) of the Earth's surface. Backscattered microwave radar returns from the ocean surface are strongly dependent on wind speed and direction. When no wind is present, the surface of the water is smooth, almost glass-like. Radar energy will largely be reflected away and the radar cross section will be low. As the wind begins to blow, the surface roughens and surface waves begin to develop. As the wind continues to blow more strongly, the amplitude of the wave increases, thus, roughening the surface more. As the surface roughness increases, more energy is backscattered and NRCS increases. Moreover, careful examination of the wind-generated waves reveals that these surface wave crests are generally aligned perpendicular to the prevailing wind direction, suggesting a dependence of backscatter on the relative direction between the incident radar energy and the wind direction. |
| Date received: | 20220401 |
| Start date: | 20220301 |
| End date: | 20220331 |
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| West boundary: | -180 |
| East boundary: | -16 |
| North boundary: | 90 |
| South boundary: | -90 |
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| Submitter: | Qi, Hongming |
| Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; Center for Satellite Applications and Research |
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| Supplementary information: | Individual SAR images with wind data at a resolution of 0.5 km processed by OSPO are obtained for the US Coastal Waters - including Alaska and Hawaii (and the Great Lakes). Some coverage has been obtained over the Arctic Ocean North West of Greenland. SAR products support the following mission/projects: Weather and Water, Ecosystems, Commerce and Transportation, hazard monitoring and response, CoastWatch, the National Ice Center, the Office of Response and Restoration Emergency Response Division, and other NOAA offices. |
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| Metadata version: | 1 |
| Keydate: | 2022-04-06 12:18:12+00 |
| Editdate: | 2022-04-06 12:42:28+00 |