Winds from Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I)

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) / Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) Wind Speed

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Sample Filenames

SSMI1630004as_WW.hdf

Map projection of sea surface winds off of the southern Alaskan Coastline
Temporal Coverage

Near real-time + 3 days
Product Families
Sea Surface Winds
Measurements
Sea Surface Wind Speed
Processing Levels
Level 3
Latency Groups
0 Hours <= 24 Hours (NRT)
Latency Details

Less than 24 hours
Spatial Resolution Groups
2km+
Spatial Resolution Details

0.33° (37 km)
Data Providers
NOAA
NESDIS
OSPO
Spatial Coverage

Global

Description

180W - 180E
90N - 90S

DMSP

Description

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
 
Platform Type
Low Earth Orbit Satellite (LEO)
Instruments
SSMIS
Organizations
DoD
NOAA
Orbital Altitude
850 km
Orbital Period
101.8 min
Orbital Inclination
98.9°
Equatorial Crossing Times
06:36 desc

SSMIS

Description

Special Sensor Microwave - Imager/Sounder
Platforms
DMSP
Instrument Types
Imager
Sounder
Organizations
DoD

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