The Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) Ocean Surface Wind Components time
series has been extended through 30 June 2011. This additional year of data
extends the CCMP climate data record (CDR) by 6 months, for a total of 24
years, starting on 1 July 1987.
Due to the loss of QuikSCAT’s ability to retrieve wind vectors since
22 November 2009, the CCMP analysis through 2011 does not assimilate any
scatterometer vector wind data. Additionally, SSM/I data from DMSP F13 has
been unavailable since 19 November 2009. To help make up for the loss of wind
observations, CCMP has included the WindSat polarimetric radiometer wind
speed data from Remote Sensing Systems (REMSS). SSM/IS data from DMSP F17
have also been assimilated starting in 2010. It is worth noting that F17 and
WindSat share a very close orbital ground track with a local time separation
of approximately 28 minutes at the equator. This relatively close orbit
proximity of F17 and WindSat results in a more limited resolution of synoptic
and transient features.
The AMSR-E data used in the CCMP analysis has been upgraded by REMSS from
version 5 to version 7. This upgrade is effective in the CCMP analysis from 1
January 2011 through the latest analysis time. For more details on this
upgrade, please visit: http://www.ssmi.com/amsr/amsr_data_description.html
To learn more and access the CCMP datasets, please visit our web portal:
http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/datasetlist?ids=Collections&values=Cross-Calibrated+Multi-Platform+Ocean+Surface+Wind+Vector+Analysis+Fields&search=
If you have any comments or questions, please email us at podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov.
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PO.DAAC User Services