The ice mask will be fixed in upcoming data.
All files are in tar format.
The reference height for the QuikSCAT wind vectors remains at 10 meters. Cells for which the algorithm could not compute a valid value contain the value -3. This gap is due to a missed downlink pass which could not be recovered. During rev 2793 the QuikSCAT spacecraft suffered a failure of the primary gyro, causing a spacecraft safe-hold condition. Once the cause of the problem was determined, the spacecraft and the SeaWinds instrument were brought back on-line with the backup gyro.