Winds from Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I)

  1. Satellite Data Products
  2. Sea Surface Winds
  3. Winds from Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I)
Updated: February 11, 2021

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Data are available through the following servers:
Service Resource Locator
HTTPS Near real time search tool:  https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/cw_html/NearRealTimeSearch.html?region=ALL&product=wind&sensor=SSMI&daysback=1
FTP ftp://ftpcoastwatch.noaa.gov/pub/socd1/coastwatch/products/ssmi/

[Please acknowledge "NOAA CoastWatch/OceanWatch" when you use data from our site and cite the particular dataset DOI as appropriate.]

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KeyDescription
Platform/Sensor

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) / Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) 
Measurement/Products

Wind (Magnitude)
Sample Filename

SSMI1630004as_WW.hdf
Processing Level

Level-3, mapped
Spatial Coverage

Global
Temporal Coverage

Near real-time + 3 days
Latency

Near real-time
Resolution

0.33 deg (37km)
Projection

Geographic / WGS84
Swath Width

~1500km
Orbital Period

    101.8 min
Orbit

polar, near-circular, altitude ~851km, inclination 98.9 deg,
Data Provider

Creator: NOAA OSPO
Release Place: Suitland, MD, USA
Formats

PNG, TIFF, HDF
Keywords

NOAA, DOD, SSM/I, wind magnitude, CoastWatch
Keywords (Beta)
DOD
SSM/I
wind speed