The PO.DAAC would like to remind its users that the OSI SAF/KNMI has officially discontinued production of the MetOp-A ASCAT Level 2 12.5km Ocean Surface Wind Vectors dataset. The official end date for this dataset is 28 April 2015. The last file on record corresponds to orbital revolution number 44218. The historical data record will remain available on FTP and OPeNDAP.
For users who wish to continue using the updated, near-real-time 12.5 km ocean surface wind vector data from ASCAT on MetOp-A, we recommend that such users begin to use the MetOp-A ASCAT Level 2 Ocean Surface Wind Vectors Optimized for Coastal Ocean dataset, which is available here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/ASCATA-L2-Coastal.
Access to the historical archive of the MetOp-A ASCAT Level 2 12.5km Ocean Surface Wind Vectors dataset remains unchanged and available at the following locations:
- FTP: ftp://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OceanWinds/ascat/preview/L2/metop_a/12km/
- OPeNDAP: http://opendap.jpl.nasa.gov/opendap/allData/ascat/preview/L2/metop_a/12km/
If you would like to direct any inquiries to KNMI regarding this change, you
may contact scat@knmi.nl.
Please direct all other inquiries to podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov.
Sincerely,
PO.DAAC User Services