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FOREWORD
The volume 2 of the MWF (Mean Wind Fields) product manual presents objectively analyzed
fields of surface wind parameters. These gridded wind fields are computed from the individual
observations provided by the NASA scatterometer SeaWinds onboard QuikSCAT. These raw data,
supplied by JPL/PO.DAAC (Level 2B data), are analyzed on a 0.5 degree by 0.5 degree global grid
over various averaging time period. The data, the method of analysis, the geophysical parameters
and all information to read the mean wind fields are described, in some details, in this manual.
Mean wind fields computed from ERS-1, ERS-2 and NSCAT on 1 x 1 degree grids are presented in
volume 1 of this manual.
This work was performed and funded by IFREMER / CERSAT. We request that you furnish us
with a copy of any publication employing these data and that the source of the data be
acknowledged in the publication. As always, we welcome your suggestions and would welcome a
visit, here at CERSAT whenever your travels allow it.
We thank the Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Centre (PO.DAAC), which
distributes the SeaWinds/QuikSCAT L2B Level data.
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