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Ordering Scatterometer Data

Scatteometry products are archived and distributed by NSIDC and several other sources:

• NSIDC
• PO.DAAC
• BYU
• JPL Polar Products
• NOAA Near Real-Time Products

Data Products

The links below take you to product summaries where you can order data directly from NSIDC, PO.DAAC or BYU. Click on the thumbnails below each product title to view larger images and descriptions. These are just a few examples of Arctic, Antarctic, and global scatterometer images from each data product; they do not necessarily represent the complete set of regions and images available from each product.

Data Products Availabe from NSIDC

NSIDC provides sea ice extent for the Arctic and Antarctic, produced from daily-averaged QuikSCAT sigma-0 measurements.

NASA SCP Arctic and Antarctic Ice Extent from QuikSCAT, 1999-2004

Data Products Available from PO.DAAC

PO.DAAC provides conventional and enhanced-resolution radar backscatter images of the polar regions from SASS, ERS-1/2, NSCAT, QuickSCAT and SeaWinds.

BYU Daily Browse Images of QuikSCAT Sigma-0 Measurements

BYU Daily Browse Images of SeaWinds Sigma-0 Measurements

BYU High Resolution Images of Seasat Sigma0 Measurements

BYU High Resolution Images of NSCAT Sigma0 Measurements

BYU High Resolution Images of ERS Sigma0 Measurements

Data Products Available from BYU

BYU provides enhanced-resolution images and derived products.

BYU Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) Data Sets

Data Products Available from JPL

JPL Polar Products provides access to specialized research products from the JPL polar research group.

Data Products Available from NOAA

NOAA Near Real-Time Products provides access to Paul Chang's QuikSCAT Near-Real-Time (NRT) wind, backscatter, and ice products.

Sensor Temporal Coverage

Table 1 lists the dates of available data for each scatterometer.