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Winds

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Complete data set listings available through each individual data center.
Winds
Wind speed,
wind direction,
vertical air motions,
upper air winds		GES DISC
http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov

Assimilation Products

  • A Multi-year Global Analysis Employing the Goddard EOS (GEOS) Data Assimilation System
  • DAO 4D Assimilation Monthly Mean Subset Data
  • Modern Era Retrospective-analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA)

Upper Air Winds (Global)

  • UARS High Resolution Doppler Imager (HRDI) Level 3A Daily Data (Level 3AT Time Ordered and Level 3AL Latitude Ordered)
  • UARS Wind Imaging Interferometer (WINDII) Level 3A Daily Data (Level 3AT Time Ordered and Level 3AL Latitude Ordered
GHRC DAAC
http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov

Surface Wind Fields (Global Ocean)

  • TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) Wentz Ocean Products (with other atmospheric parameters plus SST under all cloud conditions)

Field Experiments (Regional)

  • CAMEX-3 Multi-center Airborne Coherent Atmospheric Wind Sensor (MACAWS)
  • CAMEX-4 MIPS 915 MHz Doppler Wind Profiler
  • GOES Water Vapor Transport
LaRC ASDC
http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov

Cloud Winds (Global)

  • MISR Level 2 TOA/Cloud Stereo Parameters, and Level 3 Component Global Cloud and Level 3 Cloud Motion Vector (daily, monthly, quarterly, and yearly) Products

Surface Winds (Global)

  • SSE data set
NSIDC DAAC
http://nsidc.org/daac
  • AMSR-E/Aqua Daily, Weekly, and Monthly L3 Global Ascending/Descending .25 x .25 deg Ocean Grids
  • AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Ocean Products derived from Wentz Algorithm
ORNL DAAC
http://daac.ornl.gov
  • FIFE Data Sets: Wind Profile Data: LIDAR - NOAA; Atmospheric Profile: STD. PRESS. LEVEL
  • BOREAS Data Sets: BOREAS/AES Campbell Scientific 15-Minute Surface Meteorological Data: 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996

PO.DAAC
http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov

  • Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) Ocean Surface Wind Vector Analyses
  • SeaWinds on ADEOS-II and QuikSCAT Level 2B Wind Vectors (at 12.5 and 25 km pixel resolution)
  • SeaWinds on ADEOS-II and QuikSCAT Level 3 Wind Vectors
  • BYU Daily Browse Images of NSCAT, QuikSCAT, and SeaWinds Sigma-0 Measurements
  • NSCAT Global 25km Sigma-0 and Ocean Winds
  • NSCAT Science Product, Levels 1.7,2,3
  • Seasat Scatterometer Products
  • AMSR-E, SSM/I, and TMI Derived Global Ocean Wind Vectors
  • Nimbus-7 SMMR Ocean Wind Speed
  • QuikSCAT Coastal High Resolution Wind Vectors for the U.S. West Coast Region
  • Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) L2 Near Real-Time Ocean Vector Winds (at 12.5 and 25 km pixel resolution)
  • ASCAT Level 2 Coastal High Resolution Wind Vectors