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    COWVR STP-H8 Surface Wind Vector and Column-Integrated Atmospheric Water Measurements Version 10.0

    Metadata Updated: February 21, 2025

    This dataset includes satellite-based observations of geolocated surface wind vectors, precipitable water vapor, and integrated cloud liquid water, as well as the microwave brightness temperatures used to derive them. Theses measurements make up the environmental data record (EDR) from the COWVR (Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer) sensor aboard the international space station (ISS), beginning in January 2022 with forward-streaming to PO.DAAC. Data over the satellite swath are available in HDF5 format with roughly one file per hour (the ISS orbit period is ~90 minutes), and coverage shown in the thumbnail is for a full day. Spatial resolution is roughly 35 km. The file metadata formats may be different than what an average user is familiar with – please see the User Guide to learn more. Version 10.0 is the first public release, and is named as such to be consistent with the internal version numbering 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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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Metadata Created Date February 21, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 21, 2025

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    Harvested from nasa test json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date February 21, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 21, 2025
    Publisher NASA/JPL/PODAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C3237678855-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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    Harvest Source Id a73e0c30-4684-40ef-908e-d22e9e9e5f86
    Harvest Source Title nasa test json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/COWVR-STPH8-EDR100
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -61.0 180.0 61.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 0e8c19df8758bbaaa83eb1b79d3e12cf8ab5e4791c9d44261938c6d2b8ae6070
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2022-01-08T00:00:00Z/2024-12-23T00:00:00Z

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