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- The SeaWinds QuikSCAT L2B Scatterometer Ocean Winds, Version 3.0
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Callahan,P. S., and Ted Lungu - Editors, 2006: QuikSCAT Science Data
Product User's Manual, Version 3.0. D-18053 - Rev A, JPL/NASA, 85
pp., URL: https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds744.2/docs/QSUG_v3.pdf.
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The SeaWinds instrument on QuikSCAT is an active microwave radar
designed to measure electromagnetic backscatter from the wind
roughened ocean surface. The L2B data are presented as orbit swaths
of wind speed and direction at a 25 km resolution. The satellite is
in a sun synchronous orbit with a 101 minute period and a repeat
cycle of 4 days (57 orbits).
Notice of potential satellite failure from JPL.PODAAC 10 December
2000. The QuikSCAT antenna remains in a stalled position.
Near-real-time data have not been available since 0700 UTC on 23
November 2009 (orbital revolution number 54315), and science-quality
data have not been available since 00 UTC 22 November 2009 (orbital
revolution 54296).
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