Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) CPEX

The Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) CPEX dataset consists of ice probability, wind speed, and wind direction estimates collected by the ASCAT. The ASCAT is onboard the MetOp-A and MetOp-B satellites and uses radar to measure the electromagnetic backscatter from the wind-roughened ocean surface, from which data on wind speed and direction can be derived. These data were gathered during the Convective Processes Experiment (CPEX) field campaign. CPEX collected data to help answer questions about convective storm initiation, organization, growth, and dissipation in the North Atlantic-Gulf of Mexico-Caribbean Oceanic region during the early summer of 2017. These data files are available from May 24, 2017 through July 16, 2017 in netCDF-3 format.

高级散射计（ASCAT）CPEX数据集包含由ASCAT收集的冰概率、风速和风向估计值。ASCAT搭载于MetOp-A和MetOp-B卫星上，利用雷达测量由风粗糙海面产生的电磁回波，从而推导出风速和风向数据。这些数据是在对流过程实验（CPEX）现场活动中收集的。CPEX旨在收集数据以解答有关北美洲大西洋-墨西哥湾-加勒比海区域在2017年夏季初期对流风暴的起始、组织、成长和消散等问题。这些数据文件以netCDF-3格式自2017年5月24日至2017年7月16日可供获取。