jason3: Windspeed measurements from Jason-3 Satellite

Description Usage Format Source

Description

A dataset containing lightly preprocessed windspeed values from the Jason-3 satellite. Observations near clouds and ice have been removed, and the data have been aggregated (averaged) over 10 second intervals. Jason-3 reports windspeeds over the ocean only. The data are from a six day period between August 4 and 9 of 2016.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 18973 rows and 4 columns

windspeed

wind speed, in maters per second

lon

longitude in degrees between 0 and 360

lat

latitude in degrees between -90 and 90

time

time in seconds from midnight August 4

Source

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/jason-satellite-products


GpGp documentation built on June 10, 2021, 1:07 a.m.