This directory contains the Level 1.7 data files which consist of
ocean-only backscatter (sigma-0)  measurements, grouped by geographic
location into 50 km wind vector cells (WVC), as well as ancillary
geometric and beam membership information needed to process the data into
vector winds.The maximum number of data records is estimated at 820, while
the nominal number of records is approximately 70% of this, due to the
presence of land or ice. A record is written to the file if at least one
WVC contains data from which ocean winds may be retrieved, and for which a
corresponding WVC of wind vector data is present in the Level 2 data
product. S2 to S43 are batch directories.


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August 28, 2007