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data | graph | M | Ocean Surface Winds, QuikSCAT - 3-Day, 1999-2009 | ![]() | F I M | background | ![]() | ![]() |
| OceanWatch_qscat_wind_3day |
Row Type | Variable Name | Attribute Name | Data Type | Value |
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attribute | NC_GLOBAL | acknowledgements | String | Remote Sensing Systems |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | cdm_data_type | String | Grid |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | comment | String | Satellite-Derived Ocean Surface Wind Data |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | composite | String | true |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | contributor_name | String | NOAA OceanWatch - Central Pacific |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | contributor_url | String | https://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.gov |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Conventions | String | CF-1.6, CW HDF, COARDS, ACDD-1.3 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creator_email | String | NESDIS.Data.Access at noaa.gov |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creator_name | String | NOAA/NESDIS/OceanWatch - Central Pacific |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creator_url | String | https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/![]() |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | date_created | String | 2012-09-20 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | date_issued | String | 2012-09-20 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Easternmost_Easting | double | 359.75 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lat_max | double | 70.0 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lat_min | double | -70.0 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lat_resolution | double | 0.25 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lat_units | String | degrees_north |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lon_max | double | 359.75 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lon_min | double | 0.0 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lon_resolution | double | 0.25 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_lon_units | String | degrees_east |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | grid_type | String | REGULAR |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | history | String | File generated at NOAA OceanWatch - Central Pacific |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | id | String | WD2009320_2009322_spd |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | infoUrl | String | https://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/qscat/3day.html |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | institution | String | NOAA/NESDIS/OceanWatch - Central Pacific |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | keywords | String | 3day, atmosphere, atmospheric, central, data, downward, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Surface Winds, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Stress, eastward, eastward_wind, environmental, information, meridional, national, nesdis, noaa, northward, northward_wind, ocean, oceanwatch, pacific, quikscat, satellite, service, spd, speed, stress, surface, surface_downward_eastward_stress, surface_downward_northward_stress, taux, tauy, time, wind, wind_speed, winds, zonal |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | keywords_vocabulary | String | GCMD Science Keywords |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | license | String | The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither OceanWatch, NOAA, nor the US Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, make any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information. |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | naming_authority | String | gov.noaa.pifsc.oceanwatch |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Northernmost_Northing | double | 70.0 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | origin | String | NOAA OceanWatch - Central Pacific |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | processing_level | String | 3 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | product | String | Ocean Surface Winds |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | project | String | NOAA CoastWatch/OceanWatch - Central Pacific |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | projection | String | Geographic |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | projection_type | String | mapped |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | references | String | Refer to Remote Sensing Systems for full listing http://www.remss.com. Wind Stress variables derived by NOAA OceanWatch - Central Pacific following the method proposed by Smith (1980). |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | satellite | String | QuikSCAT |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | sensor | String | Sea Winds Scatterometer |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | source_data | String | Remote Sensing Systems |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | sourceUrl | String | https://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/qscat/3day |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Southernmost_Northing | double | -70.0 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | standard_name_vocabulary | String | CF Standard Name Table v29 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | summary | String | QuikSCAT Winds - 3Day. Satellite-Derived Ocean Surface Wind Data. 1999 - 2009. spatial resolution = 0.5° |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | temporal_extent | double | 86400.0, 86400.0, 86398.0 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | time_coverage_end | String | 2009-11-17T00:00:00Z |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | time_coverage_start | String | 1999-07-17T00:00:00Z |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | title | String | Ocean Surface Winds, QuikSCAT - 3-Day, 1999-2009 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Westernmost_Easting | double | 0.0 |
dimension | time | double | nValues=1956, evenlySpaced=false, averageSpacing=1 day 22h 21m 18s | |
attribute | time | _CoordinateAxisType | String | Time |
attribute | time | actual_range | double | 9.321696E8, 1.258416E9 |
attribute | time | axis | String | T |
attribute | time | ioos_category | String | Time |
attribute | time | long_name | String | Time |
attribute | time | standard_name | String | time |
attribute | time | time_origin | String | 01-JAN-1970 00:00:00 |
attribute | time | units | String | seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z |
dimension | latitude | double | nValues=561, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=0.25 | |
attribute | latitude | _CoordinateAxisType | String | Lat |
attribute | latitude | actual_range | double | -70.0, 70.0 |
attribute | latitude | axis | String | Y |
attribute | latitude | coordsys | String | geographic |
attribute | latitude | ioos_category | String | Location |
attribute | latitude | long_name | String | Latitude |
attribute | latitude | point_spacing | String | even |
attribute | latitude | standard_name | String | latitude |
attribute | latitude | units | String | degrees_north |
dimension | longitude | double | nValues=1440, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=0.25 | |
attribute | longitude | _CoordinateAxisType | String | Lon |
attribute | longitude | actual_range | double | 0.0, 359.75 |
attribute | longitude | axis | String | X |
attribute | longitude | coordsys | String | geographic |
attribute | longitude | ioos_category | String | Location |
attribute | longitude | long_name | String | Longitude |
attribute | longitude | point_spacing | String | even |
attribute | longitude | standard_name | String | longitude |
attribute | longitude | units | String | degrees_east |
variable | spd | float | time, latitude, longitude | |
attribute | spd | _FillValue | float | -3.4E38 |
attribute | spd | colorBarMaximum | double | 15.0 |
attribute | spd | colorBarMinimum | double | 0.0 |
attribute | spd | ioos_category | String | Wind |
attribute | spd | long_name | String | Ocean Wind Speed |
attribute | spd | missing_value | float | -3.4E38 |
attribute | spd | short_units | String | m/s |
attribute | spd | standard_name | String | wind_speed |
attribute | spd | units | String | Meters per second |
variable | taux | float | time, latitude, longitude | |
attribute | taux | _FillValue | float | -3.4E38 |
attribute | taux | colorBarMaximum | double | 0.5 |
attribute | taux | colorBarMinimum | double | -0.5 |
attribute | taux | ioos_category | String | Wind |
attribute | taux | long_name | String | Zonal Wind Stress |
attribute | taux | missing_value | float | -3.4E38 |
attribute | taux | short_units | String | Pa |
attribute | taux | standard_name | String | surface_downward_eastward_stress |
attribute | taux | units | String | Pascals |
variable | tauy | float | time, latitude, longitude | |
attribute | tauy | _FillValue | float | -3.4E38 |
attribute | tauy | colorBarMaximum | double | 0.5 |
attribute | tauy | colorBarMinimum | double | -0.5 |
attribute | tauy | ioos_category | String | Wind |
attribute | tauy | long_name | String | Meridional Wind Stress |
attribute | tauy | missing_value | float | -3.4E38 |
attribute | tauy | short_units | String | Pa |
attribute | tauy | standard_name | String | surface_downward_northward_stress |
attribute | tauy | units | String | Pascals |
variable | ux | float | time, latitude, longitude | |
attribute | ux | _FillValue | float | -3.4E38 |
attribute | ux | colorBarMaximum | double | 15.0 |
attribute | ux | colorBarMinimum | double | -15.0 |
attribute | ux | ioos_category | String | Wind |
attribute | ux | long_name | String | Zonal Wind Speed |
attribute | ux | missing_value | float | -3.4E38 |
attribute | ux | short_units | String | m/s |
attribute | ux | standard_name | String | eastward_wind |
attribute | ux | units | String | meter second-1 |
variable | vy | float | time, latitude, longitude | |
attribute | vy | _FillValue | float | -3.4E38 |
attribute | vy | colorBarMaximum | double | 15.0 |
attribute | vy | colorBarMinimum | double | -15.0 |
attribute | vy | ioos_category | String | Wind |
attribute | vy | long_name | String | Meridional Wind Speed |
attribute | vy | missing_value | float | -3.4E38 |
attribute | vy | short_units | String | m/s |
attribute | vy | standard_name | String | northward_wind |
attribute | vy | units | String | meter second-1 |
The information in the table above is also available in other file formats (.csv, .htmlTable, .itx, .json, .jsonlCSV1, .jsonlCSV, .jsonlKVP, .mat, .nc, .nccsv, .tsv, .xhtml) via a RESTful web service.