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  - display_name: 'Data Archive : NASA JPL Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center '
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      display_name: NASA JPL Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center
      identifier: physical-oceanography-distributed-active-archive-center
      name: NASA JPL Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center
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description: 'The NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) Level 2 ocean wind vectors in 50 km wind vector cell (WVC) swaths contain daily data from ascending and descending passes. Wind vectors are accurate to within 2 m/s (vector speed) and 20 degrees (vector direction). Wind vectors are not considered valid in rain contaminated regions; rain flags and precipitation information are not provided. Data is flagged where measurements are either missing, ambiguous, or contaminated by land/sea ice. Winds are calculated using the NSCAT-2 model function. This is the most up-to-date version, which designates the final phase of calibration, validation and science data processing, which was completed in November of 1998, on behalf of the JPL NSCAT Project; wind vectors are processed using the NSCAT-2 geophysical model function.'
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display_name: NSCAT Level 2 Ocean Wind Vector Geophysical Data Record
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end_time: 1997-06-29T22:32:54
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    display_name: advanced-earth-observing-satellite/nasa-scatterometer/nasa-podaac-nscat_level_2_v2
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    platform_identifier: advanced-earth-observing-satellite
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name: NSCAT Level 2 Ocean Wind Vector Geophysical Data Record
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release_dt: 2011-01-21T17:10:13
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start_time: 1996-09-15T03:04:36
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