N: 70 S: -70 E: 180 W: -180
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Description
Contains dealiased ocean wind vector components (zonal and meridional) derived from the Seasat-A Scatterometer (SASS) provided on a global 1x1 degree grid. Dealiasing of the SASS data was achieved manually using ship observations in a joint effort between JPL, UCLA and AES. This data set underwent restoration in 1997. Data are provided in ASCII text files at six hour intervals.
Product Summary
Platforms
Instruments
SASS
Spatial Extent
Spatial Resolution
1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1978-07-07 to 1978-10-11
Data Partner
Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA (NASA/JPL/PODAAC)
Concept ID
C2617197672-POCLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
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Citation
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JPL/UCLA/AES. (1997). SEASAT Scatterometer Dealiased Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL-UCLA-AES) [Dataset]. NASA Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/SASSX-L3UCD Date Accessed: 2026-08-04
JPL/UCLA/AES. (1997). SEASAT Scatterometer Dealiased Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL-UCLA-AES) [Dataset]. NASA Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/SASSX-L3UCD Date Accessed: 2026-08-04
JPL/UCLA/AES. “SEASAT Scatterometer Dealiased Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL-UCLA-AES).” NASA Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center, 1997, https://doi.org/10.5067/SASSX-L3UCD. Date Accessed: 2026-08-04
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