Global 1x1 Degree Gridded Monthly Fields of QuickSCAT Winds
Monthly fields of pseudo-stress are produced using a variational
approach (direct minimization) with tuning parameters determined using
Generalized Cross-Validation (GCV). These products are on a 1x1°
grid. The scatterometer winds, and these gridded winds, are calibrated to a
height of 10 m. This approach utilizes the only QuikSCAT observations filtered by the
NOF rain flag and should be considered as a research quality data set.
The technique used to make these fields is based on the method of
- Pegion,
P. J., M. A. Bourassa, D. M. Legler, and J. J. O'Brien, 2000:
Objectively-derived daily "winds" from satellite scatterometer data. Mon.
Wea. Rev., 128, 3150-3168.
Comments or questions about the availability of datasets can be addressed to Yan Gu at
gu@coaps.fsu.edu