Sydney-Hobart Scatterometer Wind Data
Original data from Ocean
Surface Wind Team (OSWT) customized here by Starpath
School of Navigation. See Notes
on figuring the valid times, which includes links to tactical use of
scatterometer data.
UTC = GMT = ASCAT A
DESCENDING As the satellite moves down the earth, the earth rotates to the
right, so the data path tilts to the left.
UTC = GMT = ASCAT B DESCENDING below it is
just 50m later, so these tracks at essentially the same time combine to
make a wider swath of data. Differences seen in overlap regions reflect
squalls or frontal activity.
UTC = GMT = ASCAT A ASCENDING. As the
satellite moves up the earth, the earth rotates to the right, so the data
path tilts to the left.
UTC = GMT = ASCAT B ASCENDING, 50 minutes
after ASCA, shifted slightly to the west..
UTC = GMT =
WINDSAT DESCENDING Notes to be added.
UTC = GMT = WINDSAT ASCENDING Notes to be
added.
UTC = GMT =
RapidSCAT DESCENDING Notes to be added.
UTC = GMT = RapidSCAT ASCENDING Notes to be
added.