Title :
Value added products for SeaWinds on QuikSCAT
Author :
Spencer, Michael W. ; Daffer, William H.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
The SeaWinds scatterometer generates near real-time surface wind data over the global oceans. In order to make this data more accessible to non-governmental organization and individuals, the SeaWinds Value-Added Product (VAP) effort was initiated. Daily wind data is available to the public via the VAP website. Various data visualization techniques, such as merger with the more familiar geosynchronous cloud images and vector field animation, have been employed to make the SeaWinds data more accessible to a variety of users
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; education; geophysical signal processing; meteorological radar; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; teaching; wind; QuikSCAT; SeaWinds; VAP; Value-Added Product; data visualization; education; marine atmosphere; meteorology; microwave radiometry; ocean; radar remote sensing; radar scatterometry; satellite remote sensing; sea surface; spaceborne radar; surface wind; teaching; value added product; wind; Animation; Clouds; Data visualization; Instruments; Meteorology; Radar measurements; Spaceborne radar; Weather forecasting; Web pages; Wind speed;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6359-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2000.857232
