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    COWVR STP-H8 Antenna and Microwave Brightness Temperatures Version 10.0

    Metadata Updated: February 22, 2025

    This data set includes satellite-based observations of calibrated, geo-located antenna temperature and brightness temperatures, along with the sensor telemetry used to derive those values. Brightness temperatures are derived from the microwave band frequencies 18.7 GHz, 23.8 GHz, and 34.5 GHz. This product is best suited for a cal/val user or sensor expert. These level 1c measurements make up the temperature sensor data record (TSDR) from the COWVR (Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer) sensor aboard the international space station (ISS), starting in January 2022 forward-streaming to PO.DAAC till the planned mission end in December 2024. Its swath width is 1012 km and spatial resolution is <35 km. Data files in HDF5 format are available at roughly hourly frequency (the ISS orbit period is ~90 minutes), although note that the coverage shown in the thumbnail is for a full day. Files include calibration and flag data in addition to brightness temperatures. Version 10.0 is the first public release, and is named as such to be consistent with the internal version numbers of the project team prior to release

    The COWVR sensor is a fully polarimetric, conically imaging microwave radiometer for measuring ocean surface wind vectors. It operates nominally on-orbit aboard the ISS and data are non-sun-synchronous. It was deployed as part of the Space Test Program - Houston 8 (STP-H8) technology demonstration mission. A successful COWVR mission will demonstrate a lower-cost sensor architecture (e.g. in comparison to WindSat) for providing imaging passive microwave data, including ocean surface vector wind products for the Department of Defense (DoD). COWVR was provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and flown by the United States Space Force, Space Systems Command, Development Corps for Innovation and Prototyping.

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    Metadata Created Date February 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 22, 2025

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date February 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 22, 2025
    Publisher NASA/JPL/PODAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C3237785963-POCLOUD
    Data First Published 2022-01-08
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-02-19
    Category COWVR-TEMPEST/STP-H8, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/COWVR-STPH8-TSDR100
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -61.0 180.0 61.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 67a90d4dc7714c61d2dc19996882d1efcf4aee53f6c5b5ff124c34e5bcb72b3e
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2022-01-08T00:00:00Z/2024-12-23T00:00:00Z

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