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

NOAA CoastWatch distributes near real time divergence and modulus wind data originating 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. Wind velocity is processed to wind divergence by NOAA CoastWatch. (This is a 1 day composite.)
cdm_data_type=Grid
contact=[e-mail]
Conventions=CF-1.6, COARDS, ACDD-1.3
creation_date=Tue Dec 3 23:05:16 2024
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=10.0
geospatial_vertical_min=10.0
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_divw_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=2024-12-03T12:00:00Z
time_coverage_start=2013-04-27T12:00:00Z
Westernmost_Easting=0.0