Dataset Information

Producer_Agency:	NASA
Producer_Institution:	JPL
Sensor_Name:	NSCAT
Project_ID:	NSCAT
SIS_ID:	597-512-24/1996-07-01
Build_ID:	3.2.1/1996-11-05
ADEOS_Data_Package_ID:	S2
ADEOS_Data_Package_Type:	S
Product_Creation_Time:	1996-318T01:35:16.000
Data_Type:	L2
Data_Status:	COMPLETE
First_Rev_Number:	415
First_Rev_Eq_Crossing_Time:	1996-259T04:01:28.226
First_Rev_Eq_Crossing_Lon:	279.9830017
First_Data_Time:	1996-259T03:43:48.945
Last_Data_Time:	1996-259T05:09:48.997
Num_Expected_Output_Records:	458
Num_Actual_Output_Records:	458
Ambig_Removal_Method:	Baseline used
HDF_Build_ID:	JPL D-xxxxx 12/15/94
HDF_SIS_ID:	JPL D-12060 12/15/94
HDF_Conversion_Organization:	JPL PO.DAAC
HDF_Conversion_Time:	1996-320T17:32:34
Data_Format_Type:	HDF

Variables in this Dataset

NSCAT_Rev_20_WVC_Lat:	Array of 16 bit Integers [row = 0..457][WVC = 0..23] long_name: latitude units: deg scale_factor: 0.010000000000000000 scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000 calibrated_nt: 22 valid_range: -9000, 7771
NSCAT_Rev_20_WVC_Lon:	Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [row = 0..457][WVC = 0..23] long_name: longitude units: deg scale_factor: 0.010000000000000000 scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000 calibrated_nt: 22 valid_range: 0, 31242
NSCAT_Rev_20_Num_Sigma0:	Array of Bytes [row = 0..457][WVC = 0..23] long_name: The total number of sigma-0 measurements units: counts scale_factor: 1.0000000000000000 scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000 calibrated_nt: 21 valid_range: 0, 19
NSCAT_Rev_20_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: 1.0000000000000000 scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000 calibrated_nt: 21 valid_range: 0, 6
NSCAT_Rev_20_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: 1.0000000000000000 scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000 calibrated_nt: 21 valid_range: 0, 6
NSCAT_Rev_20_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: 1.0000000000000000 scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000 calibrated_nt: 21 valid_range: 0, 6
NSCAT_Rev_20_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: 1.0000000000000000 scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000 calibrated_nt: 21 valid_range: 0, 6
NSCAT_Rev_20_WVC_Quality_Flag:	Array of Bytes [row = 0..457][WVC = 0..23] long_name: WVC Quality Flag scale_factor: 1.0000000000000000 scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000 calibrated_nt: 21 valid_range: 0, 3
NSCAT_Rev_20_Mean_Wind:	Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [row = 0..457][WVC = 0..23] long_name: Mean Wind Speed units: m/s scale_factor: 0.010000000000000000 scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000 calibrated_nt: 23 valid_range: 0, 2374
NSCAT_Rev_20_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: 0.010000000000000000 scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000 calibrated_nt: 23 valid_range: 0, 2571
NSCAT_Rev_20_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: 0.010000000000000000 scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000 calibrated_nt: 23 valid_range: 0, 35997
NSCAT_Rev_20_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: 0.010000000000000000 scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000 calibrated_nt: 23 valid_range: 0, 2410
NSCAT_Rev_20_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: 0.010000000000000000 scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000 calibrated_nt: 23 valid_range: 0, 2435
NSCAT_Rev_20_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: 0.10000000000000001 scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000 calibrated_nt: 22 valid_range: -32768, 2825
NSCAT_Rev_20_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: 1.0000000000000000 scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset: 0.0000000000000000 add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000 calibrated_nt: 21 valid_range: 0, 4
vdata_NSCAT_Rev_20_SwathIndex_vdf_begin:	Array of 16 bit Integers [VDFDim0_vdata_NSCAT_Rev_20_SwathIndex_vdf_begin = 0..819]
vdata_NSCAT_Rev_20_NSCAT_L2_vdf_Mean_Time:	Array of Strings [VDFDim0_vdata_NSCAT_Rev_20_NSCAT_L2_vdf_Mean_Time = 0..457]
vdata_NSCAT_Rev_20_NSCAT_L2_vdf_Low_Wind_Speed_Flag:	Array of 32 bit Unsigned integers [VDFDim0_vdata_NSCAT_Rev_20_NSCAT_L2_vdf_Low_Wind_Speed_Flag = 0..457]
vdata_NSCAT_Rev_20_NSCAT_L2_vdf_High_Wind_Speed_Flag:	Array of 32 bit Unsigned integers [VDFDim0_vdata_NSCAT_Rev_20_NSCAT_L2_vdf_High_Wind_Speed_Flag = 0..457]