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    • RSS CCMP 6-Hourly 10 Meter Surface Winds Level 4 Version 3.1

    Metadata Updated: April 9, 2026

    This data set contains a 6-hourly, 0.25 degree resolution, near-global gridded analysis of ocean surface vector winds from the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) project, produced by Remote Sensing Systems (RSS). CCMP is a combination of inter-calibrated 10 m ocean surface wind retrievals from multiple types of satellite microwave sensors and a background field from reanalysis. The wind retrievals are derived by RSS and include most of the wind-sensing U.S., Japanese, and European satellites flown to date. The background field is from ERA5 10m Neutral Stability winds. The result is a product that remains closely tied to the satellite retrievals where they are available and closely collocated in time and space. Data files are available in netCDF format, with one file per day. This time record is ongoing, with an expected latency of 2-3 months for new files.

    Version 3.1 updates include but are not limited to: (1) Improved performance and agreement with satellite winds at high wind speed, (2) Minimized spurious trends caused by the interaction between the amount of satellite measurements available and the satellite/model biases, and (3) improving the quality of the wind after 2012.

    Version 3.1 is produced and maintained by RSS with support from a NASA grant (ROSES proposal 17-OVWST-17-0023). Previous versions were funded by the NASA Making Earth Science data records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, with the original V1.0 led by Dr. Robert Atlas at Goddard Space Flight Center.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    Metadata Created Date April 9, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 9, 2026

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 9, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 9, 2026
    Publisher NASA/JPL/PODAAC;RSS
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/CCMP-6HW10M-L4V31
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-06
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Old Spatial "GEODETIC",{"NorthBoundingCoordinate":80,"WestBoundingCoordinate":-180,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-80}
    Program Code 026:000
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    Source Hash d9162ae181fb75999ee871ad1ea699376de928eb0f17de12b0943e9c4a7386fe
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1993-01-01/2026-03-30

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