This directory contains the source data for the 25-km ASCAT CDR.

More information on this dataset is found here: 
https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/ASCATA_L2_25KM_CDR

The sub-directory structure beyond this point is: /YYYY/DDD

YYYY = 4-Digit Year
DDD  = 3-Digit Day of Year

Data files are housed under the final /ddd sub-directory. Each NetCDF file
represents a complete satellite orbit, beginning with the ascending node at the
equator, and ending at the next ascending node near the equator. The file naming
convention is as follows:

ascat_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS_metopa_ORBIT_SRV_T_SMPL_CONT.l2.frmt

ascat    = the scientific instrument: Advanced Scatterometer
YYYYMMDD = the date (Year, Month, Day) of the first data in the file
HHMMSS   = the time (UTC Hour, Minute, Second) of the first data in the file
metopa   = the satellite name: MetOp-A
ORBIT    = the orbit number (00000-99999)
SRV	 = the service: 'eps' for global OSI SAF product
T	 = the processing type: 'o' for operational, 't' for test
SMPL	 = the WVC sampling: 250 is 25.0 km
CONT	 = the product contents: 'ovw' for Ocean Vector Winds
l2	 = the processing level: l2 for Level 2
frmt	 = the file format: 'nc' for NetCDF

NetCDF files ending in *.gz are GNU zipped for compression. Each NetCDF file is
accompanied by an MD5 checksum file, which ends in the *.md5 extension. The MD5
files are only provided to help our users ensure that each downloaded NetCDF 
file is uncompromised during a download transfer.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact User Services at
podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov.

Last updated: 20 April 2018.