Dataset Information

Producer_Agency: NASA
Producer_Institution: JPL
Sensor_Name: NSCAT
Project_ID: NSCAT
SIS_ID: 697-512-23/1994-08-29
Build_ID: SciSim 3.0
ADEOS_Data_Package_ID: SIMULATED DATA PRODUCT TEST
ADEOS_Data_Package_Type: S
Product_Creation_Time: 1995-278T23:30:04.000
Data_Type: L17
Data_Status: COMPLETE
First_Rev_Number: 101
First_Rev_Eq_Crossing_Time: 1996-215T01:31:07.223
First_Rev_Eq_Crossing_Lon: 54.95199966
First_Data_Time: 1996-215T01:13:28.456
Last_Data_Time: 1996-215T02:40:22.631
Num_Expected_Output_Records: 558
Num_Actual_Output_Records: 558
HDF_Build_ID: JPL D-xxxxx 12/15/94
HDF_SIS_ID: JPL D-12059 12/15/94
HDF_Conversion_Organization: JPL PO.DAAC
HDF_Conversion_Time: 1996-047T11:13:05
Data_Format_Type: HDF


Variables in this Dataset

NSCAT_Rev_17_WVC_Lat: Array of 16 bit Integers [row = 0..557][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: -6281, 8051
NSCAT_Rev_17_WVC_Lon: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [row = 0..557][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, -29545
NSCAT_Rev_17_Num_Sigma0: Array of Bytes [row = 0..557][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, 21
NSCAT_Rev_17_Num_Good_Sigma0: Array of Bytes [row = 0..557][WVC = 0..23]
long_name: The number of good 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, 21
NSCAT_Rev_17_Num_Beam_12: Array of Bytes [row = 0..557][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_17_Num_Beam_34: Array of Bytes [row = 0..557][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_17_Num_Beam_56: Array of Bytes [row = 0..557][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_17_Num_Beam_78: Array of Bytes [row = 0..557][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_17_WVC_Quality_Flag: Array of Bytes [row = 0..557][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_17_Cen_Lat: Array of 32 bit Integers [row = 0..557][WVC = 0..23][Sigma0_Dimension = 0..23]
long_name: The center geodetic latitude of a sigma-0 cell
units: deg
scale_factor: 0.0010000000000000000
scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000
add_offset: 0.0000000000000000
add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000
calibrated_nt: 24
valid_range: -62862, 80490
NSCAT_Rev_17_Cen_Lon: Array of 32 bit Unsigned integers [row = 0..557][WVC = 0..23][Sigma0_Dimension = 0..23]
long_name: The center longitude of a sigma-0 cell
units: deg
scale_factor: 0.0010000000000000000
scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000
add_offset: 0.0000000000000000
add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000
calibrated_nt: 25
valid_range: 0, 359997
NSCAT_Rev_17_Cell_Azimuth: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [row = 0..557][WVC = 0..23][Sigma0_Dimension = 0..23]
long_name: The center longitude of a sigma-0 cell
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, -30784
NSCAT_Rev_17_Incidence_Angle: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [row = 0..557][WVC = 0..23][Sigma0_Dimension = 0..23]
long_name: The angle between the local normal vector and cell center direction vector
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, 6259
NSCAT_Rev_17_Sigma0: Array of 16 bit Integers [row = 0..557][WVC = 0..23][Sigma0_Dimension = 0..23]
long_name: The sigma-0 measurement corresponding to each WVC
units: dB
scale_factor: 0.010000000000000000
scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000
add_offset: 0.0000000000000000
add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000
calibrated_nt: 22
valid_range: -6069, 344
NSCAT_Rev_17_Coeff_A: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [row = 0..557][WVC = 0..23][Sigma0_Dimension = 0..23]
long_name: The coefficient (alpha) of sigma-0 squared in the sigma-0 variance equation
scale_factor: 1.0000000000000001e-05
scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000
add_offset: 0.0000000000000000
add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000
calibrated_nt: 23
valid_range: 0, 5235
NSCAT_Rev_17_Coeff_B: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [row = 0..557][WVC = 0..23][Sigma0_Dimension = 0..23]
long_name: The coefficient (beta) of sigma-0 in the sigma-0 variance equation
scale_factor: 9.9999999999999995e-08
scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000
add_offset: 0.0000000000000000
add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000
calibrated_nt: 23
valid_range: 0, 793
NSCAT_Rev_17_Coeff_C: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [row = 0..557][WVC = 0..23][Sigma0_Dimension = 0..23]
long_name: The coefficient (gamma) representing the constant term in the sigma-0 variance equation
scale_factor: 1.0000000000000001e-09
scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000
add_offset: 0.0000000000000000
add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000
calibrated_nt: 23
valid_range: 0, 61
NSCAT_Rev_17_Sigma0_Quality_Flag: Array of 16 bit Unsigned integers [row = 0..557][WVC = 0..23][Sigma0_Dimension = 0..23]
long_name: Bit flags indicating the quality of sigma-0 measurements
valid_range: 0, 1
NSCAT_Rev_17_K_Polar: Array of Bytes [row = 0..557][WVC = 0..23][Sigma0_Dimension = 0..23]
long_name: The polarization index to the model function table
scale_factor: 1.0000000000000000
scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000
add_offset: 0.0000000000000000
add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000
calibrated_nt: 21
valid_range: 0, 2
NSCAT_Rev_17_Sigma0_Usable_Flag_1: Array of Bytes [row = 0..557][WVC = 0..23]
long_name: Eight bit flags indicating whether or not the first set of eight sigma-0 measurements is usable for wind retrieval
valid_range: 0, 0
NSCAT_Rev_17_Sigma0_Usable_Flag_2: Array of Bytes [row = 0..557][WVC = 0..23]
long_name: Eight bit flags indicating whether or not the second set of eight sigma-0 measurements is usable for wind retrieval
valid_range: 0, 0
NSCAT_Rev_17_Sigma0_Usable_Flag_3: Array of Bytes [row = 0..557][WVC = 0..23]
long_name: Eight bit flags indicating whether or not the third set of eight sigma-0 measurements is usable for wind retrieval
valid_range: 0, 0
NSCAT_Rev_17_Surface_Flag: Array of Bytes [row = 0..557][WVC = 0..23][Sigma0_Dimension = 0..23]
long_name: Bit flags indicating land and ice contamination of data
valid_range: 0, 0
vdata_NSCAT_Rev_17_SwathIndex_vdf_begin: Array of 16 bit Integers [VDFDim0_vdata_NSCAT_Rev_17_SwathIndex_vdf_begin = 0..819]
vdata_NSCAT_Rev_17_NSCAT_L17_vdf_Mean_Time: Array of Strings [VDFDim0_vdata_NSCAT_Rev_17_NSCAT_L17_vdf_Mean_Time = 0..557]
vdata_NSCAT_Rev_17_NSCAT_L17_vdf_L17_Quality_Flags: Array of 32 bit Unsigned integers [VDFDim0_vdata_NSCAT_Rev_17_NSCAT_L17_vdf_L17_Quality_Flags = 0..557]