Winds from Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I)

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

    Data Access
    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
    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
    Instrument Types
    Imager
    Sounder
    Organizations
    DoD

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