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Instrument: Quick Scatterometer

Acronym:
 QuikSCAT
External Identifier:
» skos:broadMatch http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/305/
Description

The QuikSCAT is a polar orbiting satellite with an 1800 km wide measurement swath on the earth's surface. Generally, this results in twice per day coverage over a given geographic region. This specialized microwave radar measures near-surface wind speed and direction under all weather and cloud conditions over Earth's oceans. Wind retrievals are done on a 25km x 25km spatial scale.