The data sets are also resorted from the original orbit by orbit organization, to daily observations. There is no processing of data. The goal is to provide essential data in a more user-friendly format. The data set should be considered research quality. Directions are assumed to be equal to the L2B directions.
Retained fields are stress magnitude, stress direction, time, latitude, and longitude.
The data sets are also resorted from the original orbit by orbit organization, to daily observations. The data set should be considered research quality. QuikSCAT Test Data and Read Files Documentation on test data is included in this file and on the PO.DAAC's QuikSCAT web site . The batch 0004 data files 2. C, Fortran, and IDL read software 4.