Vector Winds OSCAT-2 SCATSAT-1

Ocean Surface Vector Winds (OSVW; magnitude and direction) from the Ocean Scatterometer (OSCAT) on SCATSAT-1.

    Data Access
    Map Projection of Vector Winds over the Pacific Ocean off of the North American West Coast

    OSCAT-2, aboard the SCATSAT-1 mission of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), is an active microwave sensor used to determine ocean surface level wind vectors through estimation of radar backscatter.  The ISRO sensor data are processed by the NOAA OSVW team to estimate wind speed and direction in near real time with global coverage, every 4 hours with a spatial resolution of about 12.5 km.  NOAA CoastWatch maps and distributes the OSVW products. See the "information" and "data access" tabs for more.

    Temporal Coverage

    Near real-time + 3 days

    Product Families
    Sea Surface Winds
    Measurements
    Sea Surface Vector Winds
    Processing Levels
    Level 3
    Latency Groups
    0 Hours <= 24 Hours (NRT)
    Latency Details

    Less than 24 hours

    Spatial Resolution Groups
    2km+
    Spatial Resolution Details

    12.5 km

    Data Providers
    NOAA
    NESDIS
    OSPO
    Spatial Coverage

    Global

    Description

    180W - 180E
    90N - 90S

    ScatSat-1

    Description

    ScatSat-1

    Platform Type
    Low Earth Orbit Satellite (LEO)
    Instruments
    Organizations
    ISRO
    Orbital Altitude
    732 km
    Equatorial Crossing Times
    08:45 desc

    OSCAT

    Description

    OceanSat Scatterometer

    Platforms
    Instrument Types
    Scatterometer
    Organizations
    ISRO

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