Quikscat
Description
This dataset has quikscat surface winds for 2005.
Files are in candis format with file names
quik.${year}.${jday}(a or d)
a for the ascending satellite path and d for the descending satellite path
They were converted to candis using the command
qs3cdf
There is one file per day with the following variables and dimensions
| spd | lon 1440 | lat 720 | (wind speed) |
| u | lon 1440 | lat 720 | (u wind component) |
| v | lon 1440 | lat 720 | (v wind component) |
| spd2 | lon 1440 | lat 720 | (wind speed squared) |
| flag | lon 1440 | lat 720 | (rain_contaminated or not) |
| prob | lon 1440 | lat 720 | (rain_probability) |
Contents
| Type | Size | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| directory | - | 2005/ | year 2005 data |
| text | 586B | quiks.txt | text file of the description |