ASCAT Wind Superobbing Based on Feature Box

Table 3

Typical number of winds available, after thinning and assimilating in the experiment.

Superobbing scheme	Available winds	Winds after thinning (% of available)	Assimilated winds (% of available)
Regular box	43920	4880 (11.1%)	2155 (4.9%)
Feature box	43920	10613 (24.2%)	5870 (13.4%)