IMOS - Satellite Remote Sensing - Surface Waves Sub-Facility - scatterometer wind

This database contains global data of wind speed and wind direction obtained from scatterometer missions which have flown since 1992. The data has been calibrated against NDBC buoy data and validated with independent buoy measurements and at cross-over points with other scatterometer and altimeter missions. The performance of the scatterometers at high wind speeds was examined against buoy and platform measurements. Where necessary, corrections were applied to ensure scatterometer data agreed with the insitu wind speed for high wind speeds.

Data and resources

Website of the IMOS Surface Waves Sub-Facility

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Link to article on calibration - Young et al. 2017

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Link to article on calibration - Ribal and Young 2020

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NetCDF files via THREDDS catalog

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Files via Amazon Web Services S3 storage

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View and download data though the AODN Portal

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imos:srs_surface_waves_scatterometry_map

Scatterometer wind

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srs_surface_waves_scatterometry_map#file_url

The ncUrlList is a WFS service that returns a list of URLs matching a query.

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ncUrlList help documentation

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Website of the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)

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Website of the Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

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Additional information

Date (creation)	2019-10-14
Status	onGoing
Update frequency	continual
Metadata language	en
License	Data, products and services from IMOS are provided "as is" without any warranty as to fitness for a particular purpose.
Source metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-11-05
Created	2026-11-05
API	package_show