* Ancillary data from NetCDF-2 file * Title = SAR winds at 10-m height neutral stability Institution = BLANK Source = SAR imagery MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) History = ANSWRS 3.0 MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) 2021-07-27 20:11:09 UTC Reference = ANSWRS 3.0 Version: Release 1.0, September 2019 Comments = Operational as of May 1, 2013 Conventions = CF-1.6 ANSWRS Product Name = SAR-derived wind speed ANSWRS Note = Processed at NOAA NCWCP (OPERATIONS) PNG Note = Processed at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/SOCD for National Ice Center Original SAR Copyright = MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) ANSWRS Version = 2021-07-27 20:11:09 UTC Platform Name = RADARSAT-2 Platform Note = BLANK 2021 Date of data acquisition = 2021-08-05 17:54:20 UTC Date of data acquisition (Julian seconds) = 681501260 SIO creation time and date = 2021-08-06 00:41:06 UTC Icefile = BLANK Root SAR file name = RS2_OK129891_PK1137772_DK1094495_SCWA_20210805_175343_HH_SGF Direction file name = gfs05_cdf/GFS05_2021_08_05_18_00_00_0681501600_000.nc Direction file analysis time = 2021-08-05 18:00:00 UTC Direction file valid for time = 2021-08-05 18:00:00 UTC Model time (Julian seconds) = 0681501600 Model time with tau (Julian seconds) = 0681501600 Sensor frequency (Hz) = 5405000000.000 Sensor wavelength (m) = 0.05547 Frequency band = C Polarization = HH Geophysical model function = CMOD4 Alpha = 1.0 Remove Noise Cpol = N Remove Noise Xpol = Y Upper left longitude = 23.5026 Upper right longitude = 32.2509 Upper left latitude = -62.5637 Upper right latitude = -60.2267 Start center longitude = 23.9450 Start center latitude = -57.3914 Scene center longitude = 25.8603 Scene center latitude = -59.4426 Lower left longitude = 19.8101 Lower right longitude = 27.8048 Lower left latitude = -58.3701 Lower right latitude = -56.2791 End center longitude = 25.8603 End center latitude = -59.4426 Northernmost Latitude = -56.2791 Southernmost Latitude = -62.5637 Easternmost Longitude = 19.8101 Westernmost Longitude = 32.2509 Minimum latitude (deg) = -62.5597 Maximum latitude (deg) = -56.2813 Minimum longitude (deg) = 19.8101 Maximum longitude (deg) = 32.2384 * Default file inputs * Save SIO image as two bytes = N Degree of polynomial fit = 2 Produce SIO KMZ file = N Produce Level-1 CDF file = N Produce PNG Wind image = Y Produce KMZ wind file = Y Resample level-2 data to this size (m) = 500.000 Direction to use if no direction file = 135.000 Resample level-3 to this size (m) = 500.000 Rows in level-2 wind file = 1018 Columns in level-2 wind file = 1070 Resample mask to this size (m) = 500 Average rows on input read = 1 Average columns on input read = 1 Minimum wind in PNG image = 0.00000 Maximum wind in PNG image = 25.0000 L-band model code = 0 C-band model code = 5 X-band model code = 1 Produce map PNG files = Y Size of map PNG file (pixels) = 150 Product thumb nail wind PNG images = Y Size of thumb nail PNG file (pixels) = 150 Produce Level-3 output text file = Y Maximum wind in PNG image = 25.0000 Directory with Radarsat-2 data = radarsat2 Directory with ALOS PALSAR data = psar_asf Directory with ASF Radarsat-1 data = ers_rsat1_class Directory with Gatineau Radarsat-1 data = rsat1_gat Directory with CSTARS Radarsat-1 data = rsat1_cstars Directory with TerraSAR-X data = terrasarx Directory with Envisat data = envisat_esa Directory with GRIB executables = wgrib_utilities Directory with SIO output = rs2_sio_source_050 Directory with SIO finished = rs2_sio_finished_050 Directory with SIO KMZ output = answrs_siokmz2 Directory with netCDF-1 output = APL_ANSWRS_GFS_RS2 Directory with netCDF-2 output = APL_ANSWRS_GFS_RS2 Directory with netCDF-3 output = APL_ANSWRS_GFS_RS2 Directory with netCDF-3 THREDDS output = APL_ANSWRS_GFS_RS2 Directory with wind PNG images = APL_ANSWRS_GFS_RS2 Directory with wind KMZ files = APL_ANSWRS_GFS_RS2 Directory to deposit files after processing = rs2_already_processed Directory with map PNG images = APL_ANSWRS_GFS_RS2 Directory with thumbnail PNG images = APL_ANSWRS_GFS_RS2 Directory with level-3 info files = APL_ANSWRS_GFS_RS2 Directory with ANSWRS IDL code = idlsarops Directory with model data = gfs05_cdf File with list of flipped R1 data = asf_flipped_files.txt File with R1 file shifts = shifts.txt Directory with CIA map data = cia Directory with DEM 3s data = dem3 Directory with DEM 30s data = dcw Directory with OVRDLG data = dlg Directory with SRMAP data = cia Directory with GSHHS data = gshhs NRCS Slope = 1.00000 NRCS Bias = 0.00000 * IDL Information * Architecture = x86_64 Operating system = linux Operating system family = unix Operating system name = linux Release = 8.7.0 Build date = Jan 22 2018 (347767) Memory bits = 64 Memory offset bits = 64 * Wind Information * Fraction Land = 0.00 Fraction Ice = No ice mask data present Statistics Flag (0/1) = 1 SAR Wind Speed Max = 35.71 SAR Wind Speed Min = 0.00 SAR Wind Speed Mean = 8.85 SAR Wind Speed Standard Deviation = 5.41 Model Wind Speed Max = 13.16 Model Wind Speed Min = 0.45 Model Wind Speed Mean = 6.35 Model Wind Speed Standard Deviation = 2.74 Fraction SAR 00 - 05 m/s = 0.247 Fraction SAR 05 - 10 m/s = 0.430 Fraction SAR 10 - 15 m/s = 0.173 Fraction SAR 15 - 20 m/s = 0.102 Fraction SAR 20 - 25 m/s = 0.043 Fraction SAR > 25 m/s = 0.006 Fraction Model 00 - 05 m/s = 0.281 Fraction Model 05 - 10 m/s = 0.618 Fraction Model 10 - 15 m/s = 0.101 Fraction Model 15 - 20 m/s = 0.000 Fraction Model 20 - 25 m/s = 0.000 Fraction Model > 25 m/s = 0.000