Wind Stress, Metop-B ASCAT, 0.25°, Global, Near Real Time, 2013-present (1 Day)

NOAA CoastWatch distributes science quality wind stress data in zonal, meridional, modulus, and wind stress curl sets. This data begins with wind velocity measurements from the ASCAT instrument onboard EUMETSAT's Metop-B satellite. ASCAT is a microwave scatterometer designed to measure surface winds over the global ocean. NOAA CoastWatch processes wind velocity to wind stress and wind stress curl. (This is a 1 day composite.)
cdm_data_type=Grid
contact=[e-mail]
Conventions=CF-1.6, COARDS, ACDD-1.3
creation_date=Thu Dec 5 23:05:03 2024
defaultGraphQuery=&.draw=vectors
Easternmost_Easting=360.0
geospatial_lat_max=75.0
geospatial_lat_min=-75.0
geospatial_lat_resolution=0.25
geospatial_lat_units=degrees_north
geospatial_lon_max=360.0
geospatial_lon_min=0.0
geospatial_lon_resolution=0.25
geospatial_lon_units=degrees_east
geospatial_vertical_max=0.0
geospatial_vertical_min=0.0
geospatial_vertical_positive=up
geospatial_vertical_units=m
history=L2 swath data obtained from NOAA|NESDIS at ftp://dds.nesdis.noaa.gov are combined into geographic projection 1-day mean composites via the processAscat script in the dalesLibAscatB.py library by [e-mail] at NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD.
infoUrl=https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/infog/QB_taux_las.html
institution=NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
naming_authority=gov.noaa.pfeg.coastwatch
Northernmost_Northing=75.0
references=NOAA/NESDIS https://manati.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/products/ASCAT.php .
source_data=1-day composite mean of 0 swath files from the /u00/ascat/data/YYYY/raw dir with naming convention ascat_YYYYMMDD_hhmmss_metopx_XXXXX_srv_o_125_ovw.l2_winds-lite.gz, where XXXXX is orbit number and metopx is the satellite (e.g. metopa, metopb...).
sourceUrl=(local files)
Southernmost_Northing=-75.0
spatial_resolution=0.25 degree
standard_name_vocabulary=CF Standard Name Table v70
testOutOfDate=now-3days
time_coverage_end=2024-12-06T12:00:00Z
time_coverage_start=2013-04-27T12:00:00Z
Westernmost_Easting=0.0