S-MODE Pre-Pilot Level 1 Data from the Ka-band Ocean Doppler Scatterometer (KaBODS) at the Air-Sea Interaction Tower Version 1
This data set includes tower-based Ka-band ocean surface backscatter measurements (cross section, incidence angle, radial velocity from radar, pulse-pair correlation) located offshore of Martha’s Vineyard (41°19.5′N, 70°34′W), Massachusetts (USA) over a period of three months, from October 2019 to January 2020. Data from the Ka-band radar are collected at multiple distances from the tower (up to ~32 m) at several incidence angles and at sub-second resolution. The measurements are provided as hourly files in netCDF format. Ka-band backscatter data are often utilized to derived ocean surface vector winds. The instrument used for this dataset was a Ka-Band Ocean continuous wave Doppler Scatterometer (KaBODS) built by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, which was installed on the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Air-Sea Interaction Tower (ASIT). The tower is located in 15 m deep water and extends 76 feet into the marine atmosphere. Data were collected as part of a pre-pilot campaign for the S-MODE (Submesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment) project. The measurements provided the opportunity to develop Ka-band backscatter models as well as study backscattering mechanisms under different wind, wave, and weather conditions in order to support operation of the airborne Ka-band Doppler scatterometer used during the main S-MODE intensive observation periods.
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| description | This data set includes tower-based Ka-band ocean surface backscatter measurements (cross section, incidence angle, radial velocity from radar, pulse-pair correlation) located offshore of Martha’s Vineyard (41°19.5′N, 70°34′W), Massachusetts (USA) over a period of three months, from October 2019 to January 2020. Data from the Ka-band radar are collected at multiple distances from the tower (up to ~32 m) at several incidence angles and at sub-second resolution. The measurements are provided as hourly files in netCDF format. <br><br>Ka-band backscatter data are often utilized to derived ocean surface vector winds. The instrument used for this dataset was a Ka-Band Ocean continuous wave Doppler Scatterometer (KaBODS) built by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, which was installed on the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Air-Sea Interaction Tower (ASIT). The tower is located in 15 m deep water and extends 76 feet into the marine atmosphere. Data were collected as part of a pre-pilot campaign for the S-MODE (Submesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment) project. The measurements provided the opportunity to develop Ka-band backscatter models as well as study backscattering mechanisms under different wind, wave, and weather conditions in order to support operation of the airborne Ka-band Doppler scatterometer used during the main S-MODE intensive observation periods. |
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| title | S-MODE Pre-Pilot Level 1 Data from the Ka-band Ocean Doppler Scatterometer (KaBODS) at the Air-Sea Interaction Tower Version 1 |
