Dataset Information

Producer_Agency:	NASA\\000
Producer_Institution:	JPL\\000
Sensor_Name:	NSCAT\\000
Project_ID:	NSCAT\\000
SIS_ID:	597-512-24/1996-07-01\\000
Build_ID:	3.2.1/1996-11-05\\000
ADEOS_Data_Package_ID:	S2\\000
ADEOS_Data_Package_Type:	S\\000
Product_Creation_Time:	1996-318T01:35:16.000\\000
Data_Type:	L2\\000
Data_Status:	COMPLETE\\000
First_Rev_Number:	415
First_Rev_Eq_Crossing_Time:	1996-259T04:01:28.226\\000
First_Rev_Eq_Crossing_Lon:	279.983
First_Data_Time:	1996-259T03:43:48.945\\000
Last_Data_Time:	1996-259T05:09:48.997\\000
Num_Expected_Output_Records:	458
Num_Actual_Output_Records:	458
Ambig_Removal_Method:	Baseline used\\000
HDF_Build_ID:	JPL D-xxxxx 12/15/94\\000
HDF_SIS_ID:	JPL D-12060 12/15/94\\000
HDF_Conversion_Organization:	JPL PO.DAAC\\000
HDF_Conversion_Time:	1996-320T17:32:34
Data_Format_Type:	HDF\\000

Variables in this Dataset

NSCAT Rev 20:

Structure

WVC_Lat:

Array of 16 bit Integers [row = 0..457][WVC = 0..23]
long_name: latitude
units: deg
scale_factor: 0.01
scale_factor_err: 0
add_offset: 0
add_offset_err: 0
calibrated_nt: 22
valid_range: -9000, 7771

WVC_Lon:

Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [row = 0..457][WVC = 0..23]
long_name: longitude
units: deg
scale_factor: 0.01
scale_factor_err: 0
add_offset: 0
add_offset_err: 0
calibrated_nt: 22
valid_range: 0, 31242

Num_Sigma0:

Array of Bytes [row = 0..457][WVC = 0..23]
long_name: The total number of sigma-0 measurements
units: counts
scale_factor: 1
scale_factor_err: 0
add_offset: 0
add_offset_err: 0
calibrated_nt: 21
valid_range: 0, 19

Num_Beam_12:

Array of Bytes [row = 0..457][WVC = 0..23]
long_name: The total number of sigma-0s received from beam 1 or 2
units: counts
scale_factor: 1
scale_factor_err: 0
add_offset: 0
add_offset_err: 0
calibrated_nt: 21
valid_range: 0, 6

Num_Beam_34:

Array of Bytes [row = 0..457][WVC = 0..23]
long_name: The total number of sigma-0s received from beam 3 or 4
units: counts
scale_factor: 1
scale_factor_err: 0
add_offset: 0
add_offset_err: 0
calibrated_nt: 21
valid_range: 0, 6

Num_Beam_56:

Array of Bytes [row = 0..457][WVC = 0..23]
long_name: The total number of sigma-0s received from beam 5 or 6
units: counts
scale_factor: 1
scale_factor_err: 0
add_offset: 0
add_offset_err: 0
calibrated_nt: 21
valid_range: 0, 6

Num_Beam_78:

Array of Bytes [row = 0..457][WVC = 0..23]
long_name: The total number of sigma-0s received from beam 7 or 8
units: counts
scale_factor: 1
scale_factor_err: 0
add_offset: 0
add_offset_err: 0
calibrated_nt: 21
valid_range: 0, 6

WVC_Quality_Flag:

Array of Bytes [row = 0..457][WVC = 0..23]
long_name: WVC Quality Flag
scale_factor: 1
scale_factor_err: 0
add_offset: 0
add_offset_err: 0
calibrated_nt: 21
valid_range: 0, 3

Mean_Wind:

Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [row = 0..457][WVC = 0..23]
long_name: Mean Wind Speed
units: m/s
scale_factor: 0.01
scale_factor_err: 0
add_offset: 0
add_offset_err: 0
calibrated_nt: 23
valid_range: 0, 2374

Wind_Speed:

Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [row = 0..457][WVC = 0..23][position = 0..3]
long_name: Wind speed associated with a WVC
units: m/s
scale_factor: 0.01
scale_factor_err: 0
add_offset: 0
add_offset_err: 0
calibrated_nt: 23
valid_range: 0, 2571

Wind_Dir:

Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [row = 0..457][WVC = 0..23][position = 0..3]
long_name: Wind direction solution associated with a WVC
units: deg
scale_factor: 0.01
scale_factor_err: 0
add_offset: 0
add_offset_err: 0
calibrated_nt: 23
valid_range: 0, 35997

Error_Speed:

Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [row = 0..457][WVC = 0..23][position = 0..3]
long_name: Uncertainty estimated for the wind speed value
units: m/s
scale_factor: 0.01
scale_factor_err: 0
add_offset: 0
add_offset_err: 0
calibrated_nt: 23
valid_range: 0, 2410

Error_Dir:

Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [row = 0..457][WVC = 0..23][position = 0..3]
long_name: Uncertainty estimated for the wind direction value
units: deg
scale_factor: 0.01
scale_factor_err: 0
add_offset: 0
add_offset_err: 0
calibrated_nt: 23
valid_range: 0, 2435

MLE_Likelihood:

Array of 16 bit Integers [row = 0..457][WVC = 0..23][position = 0..3]
long_name: Relative likelihood that a given win vector solution is correct
scale_factor: 0.1
scale_factor_err: 0
add_offset: 0
add_offset_err: 0
calibrated_nt: 22
valid_range: -32768, 2825

Num_Ambigs:

Array of Bytes [row = 0..457][WVC = 0..23]
long_name: Number of ambiguous wind vectors reported for a given cell
units: counts
scale_factor: 1
scale_factor_err: 0
add_offset: 0
add_offset_err: 0
calibrated_nt: 21
valid_range: 0, 4

SwathIndex:

Sequence

begin:

Structure

begin__0:

16 bit Integer

NSCAT L2:

Sequence

Mean_Time:

Structure

Mean_Time__0:

String

Low_Wind_Speed_Flag:

Structure

Low_Wind_Speed_Flag__0:

32 bit Unsigned integer

High_Wind_Speed_Flag:

Structure

High_Wind_Speed_Flag__0:

32 bit Unsigned integer