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    Ocean Surface Current Analyses Real-time (OSCAR) Surface Currents - Final 0.25 Degree (Version 2.0)

    Metadata Updated: February 23, 2025

    Ocean Surface Current Analyses Real-time (OSCAR) is a global surface current database and NASA funded research project. OSCAR ocean mixed layer velocities are calculated from satellite-sensed sea surface height gradients, ocean vector winds, and sea surface temperature gradients using a simplified physical model for geostrophy, Ekman, and thermal wind dynamics. Daily averaged surface currents are provided on a global 0.25 x 0.25 degree grid as an average over an assumed well-mixed top 30 m of the ocean from 1993 to present day. OSCAR currents are provided at three quality levels: final, interim and nrt with a respective latency of each of approximately 1 year, 1 month, and 2 days. OSCAR is generated by Earth & Space Research (ESR) https://www.esr.org/research/oscar/. More details on the source datasets, file structure, and methodology can be found in oscarv2guide.pdf.

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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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    References

    https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032%3C2938:DMAAOT%3E2.0.CO;2

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date February 23, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 23, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from nasa test json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date February 23, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 23, 2025
    Publisher NASA/JPL/PODAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2098858642-POCLOUD
    Data First Published 2021-07-27
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-02-19
    Category OSCAR, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 3a5a5b74-a54d-4439-975c-fc7b0038fcb4
    Harvest Source Id a73e0c30-4684-40ef-908e-d22e9e9e5f86
    Harvest Source Title nasa test json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/OSCAR-25F20
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -89.75 180.0 89.75
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032%3C2938:DMAAOT%3E2.0.CO;2
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash e1edb177842db76bd4e48864f5533b5897b003c6d9ef00c087aafdc04651ac55
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z/2022-08-05T00:00:00Z

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