COAPS/QuikSCAT Level 2B Swath Data Format

The data is stored in a NetCDF format. The following is an example dump (of the header) based on the test data provided by the project. The header applies to any day in the data set, and it describes the data format and content.

To save space, the data has been stored with a scale factor and an offset. To convert the data to physical units, multiply the retreived value by the scale factor and then add the offset. The missing data value applies to the data prior to rescaling.

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Last Updated 8 January, 1999